Police Dog Euthanised For Da

[sandgrubber]

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Monterey County Sheriff's K-9 dog euthanized after it attacks another dog</h1>By Daniel Lopez

Monterey County Herald

Posted: 01/13/2010 05:16:18 PM PSTUpdated: 01/13/2010 05:30:

A Monterey County Sheriff's K-9 police dog was euthanized Wednesday after escaping from its home, killing another dog and attacking a second.

Sheriff's officials said the dog, Bosco, a Belgian Malinois, ran away from the Aromas home of its handler, about 3 a.m.

The handler, deputy Justin Patterson, apparently let the dog out of the house and it did not return when called, sheriff's officials said.

"Police K-9s are very disciplined dogs. This is way out of character for a K-9," said Sheriff's spokesman Cmdr. Mike Richards.

A sergeant and several deputies were sent to search for Bosco and four hours later additional deputies and a helicopter joined the search, officials said. Residents of the Aromas area also received a telephone call through the county's alert system, asking them to keep an eye out for the missing dog.

Officials said that about 9 a.m. a resident of the 200 block of Carneros Road called 911 reporting that Bosco had killed their family dog and attacked another pet dog.

Bosco was held in a kennel by the homeowner until deputies arrived.

The sheriff's K-9 was euthanized Wednesday afternoon because it had "acted unexpectedly" once in the past, Richards said.

Richards said he could not discuss the prior incident involving Bosco, which happened last year, because a claim against the county is pending.

Bosco was with the sheriff's office for about two years, working exclusively with Patterson.

Richards said the dog was 3 to 5 years old, originally from the Netherlands and trained to respond to commands in Dutch.

Edited February 14, 2010 by sandgrubber

[OSoSwift]

Hmm interesting story.

Makes you wonder what was going on inside it's head doesn't it. Also makes you wonder if the dog was let out, as in, into an open yard and why it was not in a fenced yard?

[poochmad]

What's worse, is that it seems as though this behaviour had been noted before...perhaps if they had done something about the dog, i.e. for example not let it run free when be released for toiliting, someone's family pet didn't have to be killed.

[Nekhbet]

seems like the dog has done something like this before

although, lack of detail, if the mal had grabbed a tiny dog it wouldnt take much to kill it.

Hmmm let dog out and didnt come back when called ... makes you wonder if the handler or dog was untrained

[poochmad]

seems like the dog has done something like this before

although, lack of detail, if the mal had grabbed a tiny dog it wouldnt take much to kill it.

Hmmm let dog out and didnt come back when called ... makes you wonder if the handler or dog was untrained

Yes, letting a dog out into suburbia loose is one thing, but not having it properly trained was just asking for trouble. :rolleyes: