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Stupidity at its finest: http://www.theindychannel.com/news/local-news/deputy-forced-to-shoot-fishers-k-9-after-attack

Sometimes I wonder if reporters do report exact way an incident hapenned. Also in the report it does not mention breed, yet there is a picture of a " Mali " if I'm not mistaken without mentioning if it's the picture of the said dog.

 

Supposing what the report is true and exact, why would that dog do so?

Is it possible that the dog kept its bite all the time till help arrived?

 

Sorry if I missed something in the story

 

Ibrahim

There are so many things wrong with this story as well as some BS, i would not know where to start.

If this is true as it is written (I doubt) My comment is "you can't fix stupid"

Keith, do you know what happened? The whole story.

I do not, Paul.  What I suspect happened is that the dog's handler had to go out of town and, for whatever reason, left the dog with a fellow officer who is apparently not a K9 handler.  Sounds like she had the dog running free in her house like a pet, the dog got excited when someone pulled into the driveway and she grabbed for the dog and ended up wearing it.  I'm finding it difficult to believe that the dog maintained its grip while another officer was dispatched and en route but who knows, maybe the car pulling in was him/her.  It's a safe bet that that person was also not an experienced K9 handler and had no idea how to out the dog so they shot it instead.  Any way you look at it, there was a series of bad decisions made that ultimately cost this decorated K9 ( http://www.fishers.in.us/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=156&ARC=240) his life and it was all completely avoidable.

I agree is was completely avoidable, but only because that person should have never handled that dog. The K9 should have been in a kennel and never loose, under the attempted control of this person. I have no idea if the person was an experienced handler or not, but I do know she could not out the dog. That being said it is not that hard to choke out a dog. I see this all the time with dogs too hard for the handler or too hard for the points they are trying to obtain, They put to much pressure on the dog until he/she fights back and the dumb ass puts the dog down. IMO find a dog that fits your task and not try to make a dog into something it is are not. These dumb asses that keep on getting bit by their dog, need to find their dog a real handler, and find a dog that is softer that they can handle.

It wasn't her dog, acording to the article. But she still should not have had the dog put in her care. The handler who left the dog with her should have his ass kicked and never give him another k9.