Police Dog Attacked During Raid

[aussielover]

It is unfortunate that the police dog got attacked, but it seems he will be fine which is great news :)

It is part of the risk of the job for the police dog though, they would face possible serious injury a number of times during their careers. On the other hand they are mentally and physically stimulated, well fed, well looked after which is more than many dogs get. They do amazing work

[shihtzufan]

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[mita]

It is unfortunate that the police dog got attacked, but it seems he will be fine which is great news :)

It is part of the risk of the job for the police dog though, they would face possible serious injury a number of times during their careers. On the other hand they are mentally and physically stimulated, well fed, well looked after which is more than many dogs get. They do amazing work

Well said.

[mymatejack]

And they wonder why cops shoot dogs... Based on this kind of sentiment a 'shoot on sight' policy appears justified.

Shoot pets?? just 'cause they attacked a police dog..???? hardly justified. Pets don't chose their owners.

And yet we've just had people say that any police dog that enters their premises is mincemeat. Are you saying the police shouldn't be able to use a dog as and where they deem necessary because there might be 'pets' on the premises or that they should just stand by and watch their dogs ripped up by resident dogs?

Those dogs were secure inside the house until the owner bolted out the back door and the dogs followed.

What are the police supposed to do?? Take their chances? It took OC spray and tasers to deal with those two dogs.

Well let me ask you a question.

If you were at home and you heard people in your backyard and had a couple of dogs that could possibly defend you, would you take them out when going to investigate what was going on?

p.s i would't take my dog as he's much to small to take on a human but if i did own a big dog i wouldn't hesitate to have him along side me

p.p.s i'm just going on the little i've read, but it sounded to me like the police were going through peoples backyards searching for a suspect(hence the dog being there) so the owner of the dogs probably didn't know who was out there?

[Salukifan]

Well let me ask you a question.

If you were at home and you heard people in your backyard and had a couple of dogs that could possibly defend you, would you take them out when going to investigate what was going on?

p.s i would't take my dog as he's much to small to take on a human but if i did own a big dog i wouldn't hesitate to have him along side me

p.p.s i'm just going on the little i've read, but it sounded to me like the police were going through peoples backyards searching for a suspect(hence the dog being there) so the owner of the dogs probably didn't know who was out there?

Of course I would. My guess is that police announced themselves at the front door and were in the yard when the 'suspect' bolted out the back door.

My dogs know all about police dogs - we have had two next door over the years I've lived here. My dogs are amazingly brave and bold toward them from behind the fence. ;)

Securing dogs is something I imagine is a pretty standard procedure when searching homes. It's not like they are an unusual feature of suburbia. We've seen a few incidents reported here where police have had issues with dogs though. I think the last Australian one, it was the officer who was on the recieving end of the aggression.

[Janba]

p.p.s i'm just going on the little i've read, but it sounded to me like the police were going through peoples backyards searching for a suspect(hence the dog being there) so the owner of the dogs probably didn't know who was out there?

I've had the police with dogs looking for a suspect, who was thought to be armed, in my place when I lived on acreage. They did announce themselves and asked us to keep our dogs inside and lock the doors while they searched. What they didn't do was tell us it was safe to come outside again.

[mymatejack]

Well let me ask you a question.

If you were at home and you heard people in your backyard and had a couple of dogs that could possibly defend you, would you take them out when going to investigate what was going on?

p.s i would't take my dog as he's much to small to take on a human but if i did own a big dog i wouldn't hesitate to have him along side me

p.p.s i'm just going on the little i've read, but it sounded to me like the police were going through peoples backyards searching for a suspect(hence the dog being there) so the owner of the dogs probably didn't know who was out there?

Of course I would. My guess is that police announced themselves at the front door and were in the yard when the 'suspect' bolted out the back door.

My dogs know all about police dogs - we have had two next door over the years I've lived here. My dogs are amazingly brave and bold toward them from behind the fence. ;)

Securing dogs is something I imagine is a pretty standard procedure when searching homes. It's not like they are an unusual feature of suburbia. We've seen a few incidents reported here where police have had issues with dogs though. I think the last Australian one, it was the officer who was on the recieving end of the aggression.

If the police had advised the owner that they were moving through their backyard, why were the police so understanding that the dogs were only protecting thier territory? Again, it comes down to information that i'm not aware of although the police officers comments would suggest that maybe the owner didn't know that the police were going through their backyard. All speculation, i'm no offering any comment as to what actually went down, just my take on what i've read in the media reports

[WExtremeG]

Well let me ask you a question.

If you were at home and you heard people in your backyard and had a couple of dogs that could possibly defend you, would you take them out when going to investigate what was going on?

p.s i would't take my dog as he's much to small to take on a human but if i did own a big dog i wouldn't hesitate to have him along side me

p.p.s i'm just going on the little i've read, but it sounded to me like the police were going through peoples backyards searching for a suspect(hence the dog being there) so the owner of the dogs probably didn't know who was out there?

Of course I would. My guess is that police announced themselves at the front door and were in the yard when the 'suspect' bolted out the back door.

My dogs know all about police dogs - we have had two next door over the years I've lived here. My dogs are amazingly brave and bold toward them from behind the fence. ;)

Securing dogs is something I imagine is a pretty standard procedure when searching homes. It's not like they are an unusual feature of suburbia. We've seen a few incidents reported here where police have had issues with dogs though. I think the last Australian one, it was the officer who was on the recieving end of the aggression.

If the police had advised the owner that they were moving through their backyard, why were the police so understanding that the dogs were only protecting thier territory? Again, it comes down to information that i'm not aware of although the police officers comments would suggest that maybe the owner didn't know that the police were going through their backyard. All speculation, i'm no offering any comment as to what actually went down, just my take on what i've read in the media reports

I don't think the dogs got that memo?

I reckon they (the police) were understanding as what would one expect from that scenario...? It's not the dogs fault they have a dickhead of an owner.

[Jade~Harley~Bella]

I reckon they (the police) were understanding as what would one expect from that scenario...? It's not the dogs fault they have a dickhead of an owner.

Judging his performance on the news video I'd say it's a given ;)