You be the judge......... - Page 1

Watched this video (that some of you may have seen) and asked myself should the dog have been allowed to keep working or sent back for more training? Although the reporter shouldnt have done what he did, did he deserve to be bit in the face. You be the judge.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHLnjiISsOo&feature=related

           IMO, the dog was giving warning signs that he was uncomfortable with the reporter petting him, I think that the handler should have been more alert to the body language of his dog, I think that the reporter was ignorant like many people about appropriate behavior around dogs.....Handler was responsible 100%.......JMO.....I am not sure about the stability of the dog for work, I will let someone more knowledgeable tackle that question.............


                      Deanna...: )

was an accident - the dog may be perfectly fine for the work - can't tell anything about the dogs' temperament or lack of by this video - other than the handler obviously didn't think the reporter being in the dogs' face/space would be a problem - so the temperament was probably not a problem until that point - I agree the fault is 100% with the handler who should not have put his dog in that position (uncomfortable with a stranger in his space) and should have been 100% more aware of the dogs' obvious signs of unease before the bite occurred.  Shouldn't have happened in the first place - and could have been avoided - but since it did happen, lesson learned won't happen again I'll wager.

molly

that officer should not be handling a dog , as he missed all the signs the dogs was giving from the beginning and didnot correct the reporter on all the mistakes he made
you could see this coming from second one

The dog needs more training from the officer who obviously doesn't have the slightest clue about handling and training the dog. AS for the reporter, the officer should have never let him get that close -warning signs or not- Those dogs are not bred to be pets are they?

A police dog should be safe around the public... now with that being said I do not blame the dog at all for this. He was young and also giving PLENTY of signals that he was not comfortable with the situation..the expression on his face, ears back, alot of lip licking, leaning away from the reporter...etc. Also the officer had a very tight leash on the dog. Maybe that also made the dog feel confined?? Since animals have two means of protecting themselves..fight or flight.... since the dog was restrained with the leash his ONLY option was to fight. The dog was trying the get away though, in the video you can see him leaning AWAY from the reporter. Who knows, I wasnt there...so I am only going on the short video. Just glad that the bite wasnt more serious. The good thing was that the officer was quick, but like others have mentioned this should have NEVER happened. The officer should have noticed the signs his dog was giving and ended the meeting BEFORE this happened.
The officer should have had a little "meeting" with the reporter before meeting the dog and be told the "do's and dont's". I will say that the reporter had very poor dogs skills.
A momentary laps in judgement. Doesnt make him a bad officer, afterall they are human just like the rest of us.

 To answer your question, I personally can't judge the dog's working ability from that video so I can't comment on if he should be sent back for more police training. Personally I don't have a problem with the way the dog reacted. Unfortunalely he had to get corrected for this behavior due to the circumstances. Poor handler, who should be sent back for training.

I guess I'll throw my $0.02 in....I agree with all said so far about the handler's insensitivity about the dog's signals, he certainly was sending a lot of signs....I'll just add that if that dog had been 'attacking', he could have inflicted a lot of damage. That was just a warning; & if someone put his hands around my neck & leaned over me, I'd have reacted much the same way. I hope the poor dog wasn't punished for ruining his handler's moment in the spotlight! jackie harris

100% Pedro's fault. He should have found an experienced handler.