I can understand why they would do this.
Here is an older article from a blog called 17 Barks:
http://17barks.blogspot.com/2013/01/pit-bull-behavior-3-distinctions.html
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Pit bull behavior: 3 distinctions
This post from a couple years ago has been updated and bumped to the top, as it has become increasingly relevant in the current climate. We see a surreal contrast between, on one hand, the daily toll of disfigured, maimed and mutilated pit bull victims, and on the other hand, the swarms of sociopathic pit bull promoters angrily attacking any news site reporting any news of pit bull attacks, bullying and threatening any who say a word about the pit bull problem.
As pit bull fans like to say, pit bulls are not like other dogs, and we must agree, but not for the reasons they would like. As a natural result of a long, bloody heritage, pit bulls have a set of behaviors and motor patterns which differ from other canines.
Pit bull attacks A/C officer
Those differences emerge often in the following notable pit bull behaviors:
Performing a remarkable escape in order to attack a victim.
Entering a stranger’s house to torture and kill the animals living inside.
Unexpectedly mauling an owner or other family member.
How can we explain this? Do we chalk it up, as the pit bull promoters would have us do, to a problem exclusively of “bad owners”? How then do we explain so many kindly, loving pit bull owners like Darla Napora who have been suddenly betrayed and mauled by their well-treated and well-behaved pit bulls? No, we have to look at the genetic characteristics of the breed - this should be patently obvious. Only someone with a very specific agenda could deny the reality of breed-specific characteristics. Why do pit bull fans refuse to accept or understand the role of genetics in pit bull behavior?
From what I understand, K9 police or military dogs are considered officers? Or at least part of the team. It would be like a dog attacked your partner or brother in arms. So I can also understand why this happened. Plus, apparently these dogs develop a very close relationship witheir handlers.
If the article is accurate, it’s 100% a good shoot. I’ve seen Pits attack other dogs and people at random. I love dogs, but don’t trust pits.
Pit bull = ok shoot. (Owner didn’t get shot).
Great. Any fear and hate mongering post. Just what we DON’T need here.