At the end of March, a Calgary Police dog attacked a 12 year old, chasing him into his home, pinning him on the kitchen floor and biting him. The boy’s father got the dog off by punching the dog twice in the stomach. Eventually, the handler, who lived in the neighbourhood and had let the dog off the leash, ran into the house and took the dog away. It was the first time neighbours had seen the dog off his leash.
If one of my dogs did that, the cops would have shot my dog or it would have been put down at the SPCA and I would face a BIG fine, if not criminal charges. The police dog was not euthanized. Charges against the handler? Of course not! Some animals are more equal than others, especially the two legged, ‘blue’ kind.
The police dog was not euthanized.
Once an animal attacks a human you can no longer trust it. But there are many here who would argue with that and have.