[Dick Vomer]

By the time an officer gets a dog, he's been trained quite a bit. How many K-9 cops have been mauled by their dogs? How many dogs have been abused by their handlers?

I'm not naive about dogs. I've had GSD for 28 years of marriage and about 30 years before that.

I've been bitten once by my GSD because I was young and stupid. She was about 1 year old and chewed up my good cowboy boot. I got pissed and swatted the crap out of her and she saw me raise my hand and stopped me by clamping on briefly. I was shocked by how fast and how hard she clamped down.

I calmed down, she backed off and I just realized that I was the wrong one and she was scared. We were friends for 12 years and I respected her after that and learned what a crappy dog owner I was till I started to train myself and my dogs.

[wardaddy]

An officer has to want to be K9 and apply for and qualify for specifically

Less likely to be a dog beater