Police dog tries to eat toddler's face...

[Okey Dokey]

Off topic, but I think it is sad that a three year old is in kindergarden at all. Seems too young to me

[T.W.R]

We have no idea what would have happened to the child if the handler wasn't holding onto the dog, The potential for far more serious injury was only a hair away.

More like we have no idea what provoked the dog to bite the kid, if the dog nipped the kid that easily the potential was there already for the dog to have taken half the kids face off in one swipe as it was.
clips like the one the dog did are a get the fuck out of my face warning to the provokee If the dog wanted to really grab the kid there'd be a young fella under going facial reconstruction now......75PSI pressure can do a lot of damage to soft skin & bone

[YellowDog]

The kid tried to pat the dog.

I also feel sorry for the handler. Like has already been said, the kids shouldn't have been allowed to get so close.

Hope the kid recovers OK. Looks like a nasty bite.

[Jonathan]

Over all it was an unfortunate event but everyone seemed to be very reasonable about it (for once!).

Mr Hatton said the family were not angry. "These things happen.

Good on the family for not being these hysterical nut jobs you see usually when things like this happen.

Little kids are immensely annoying to dogs and, like others have said, the trick is to keep the kids' faces away from the dogs' faces. I should know, my face was mauled by my cousin's dog when I was 4 (Still have the scars - they add to my rugged masculinity). I was sorry, the dog was sorry, and the dog and I were best friends until he passed on many years later.

[Little Miss Trouble]

Off topic, but I think it is sad that a three year old is in kindergarden at all. Seems too young to me

FFS! I hope you are absolutely god-damned perfect if you are going to go judging other peoples personal choices for child care...

[imdying]

FFS! I hope you are absolutely god-damned perfect if you are going to go judging other peoples personal choices for child care...

Pssh, if you can't afford or don't have the time, to have children, then don't.

[Okey Dokey]

FFS! I hope you are absolutely god-damned perfect if you are going to go judging other peoples personal choices for child care...

I wasn't being "judgemental". I was making a personal observation that I thought it was sad- are you a bit touchy about the topic?

[Little Miss Trouble]

I wasn't being "judgemental". I was making a personal observation that I thought it was sad- are you a bit touchy about the topic?

No actually, I don't have kids and don't have any plans for them in the immediate future either. I just think its sad that people have to make comments like that, that make wonderful parents who've for whatever reason put their kids into daycare feel any more guilty about it than they already do.

[Headbanger]

If the dog wanted to really grab the kid there'd be a young fella under going facial reconstruction now......75PSI pressure can do a lot of damage to soft skin & bone

If enough damage was done to require facial reconstruction then I'd want to see the cop shot as well as the dog.

As is already evident by the damage done a massive fuckup has been made,and the kid sure as hell aint the one at fault.

[Headbanger]

Truthfully I can see merit in multiple view points on this issue, But I would be interested to hear from a couple of real word dog experts.

(thats legitimate real world dog experts, Not just internet experts)

and for more meh

"It's about dog safety, ironically. I wasn't there but apparently he was patting the dog - they weren't crowding it or anything - and the dog just spun around and gave him a nip on his face."

[T.W.R]

If enough damage was done to require facial reconstruction then I'd want to see the cop shot as well as the dog.

As is already evident by the damage done a massive fuckup has been made,and the kid sure as hell aint the one at fault.

Bit like the police dog that had it's muzzle sliced up a few weeks back huh? why not have the criminal sliced & diced for inflicting such a damaging wound

Having been brought up around German Shepards, A grandfather who was a cop that had two of the 1st recognised police dogs under his control and having had the police approach the family about breeding for the police; German Shepards don't under that sort of control do things just for the sake of it, they're a lot more intelligent than that.

[Flip]

That dog can get the lead handshake.

You would never trust a dog that has bitten a child. Don't care that it's a police dog.

Just remove it from the K9 gean pool for every bodies sake.

[Headbanger]

German Shepards don't under that sort of control do things just for the sake of it, they're a lot more intelligent than that.

Ah,yeah, which is why they are looking into it, Its quite possible the dog can't be trusted.

As in defective.

And may warrant lead poisoning.






BANG!

[blackdog]

That dog can get the lead handshake.

You would never trust a dog that has bitten a child. Don't care that it's a police dog.

Just remove it from the K9 gean pool for every bodies sake.

i agree

i remember an incident when i had a cop in my house many years ago and he had raised his voice. my dog didn't like that at all, so shot out from under the couch and nipped the coppers ankle

we had quite a fight on our hands saving her, even though all she was doing was letting him know that he wasn't the boss there (either that or she felt like some bacon)

[imdying]

You would never trust a dog that has bitten a child. Don't care that it's a police dog.

Wait.... what? I've seen Police Ten Seven and the like... don't these dogs, you know, chase and then bite people for a living? Or are those padded up guys they use for training taking the piss? You can't teach the poor dog to bite people and then get upset when it does... I'm not sure it's fair on poor fido to teach him to bite people and then stick him under the nose of some children, they're not exactly the kids it lives with and is familar with. I would've though an agility demonstration would've been more suitable for what's basically an attack dog.

And German Shepherds aren't smart, they're thick (cuddly and loyal, but still thick), that's why they use as police dogs. Smack a rotty or a doberman with a bar and it'll be like screw this, I'm outta here... German Shepherds just hang on and wag their damn tails!