Not according to the Coward County Sheriff's Dept...
So, if a dog goes into the same building to do the same thing, and all he has is his teeth, is that not trying to accomplish the same result to include that police officer that would have had to go in instead?
Of course not...That dog is sent in there to kill someone...And at that point, it is likely anyone it comes in contact with...What if there were kids in there???
That's ridiculous. The dog was sent into the attic to locate and subdue the suspect.
It’s common knowledge that these dogs are not aggressive—high energy? Absolutely! Playful? Sure! Ask any K9 law enforcement handler, and they’ll tell you basically the same thing. After a ten hour shift, the dogs go to grade schools, get introduced to the kids, and their ears get pulled and the tails get tugged—the dogs take it all in stride. They’re just being calm dogs. They’re not aggressive—they can’t be! Contrary to a lot of people’s thinking, it’s not about aggressiveness: it’s about training. Police dogs are police dogs.
These dogs are trained to go after the arms of the criminal, not the throat. They are trained to bite once, and hold on until giving the command, in German, Plotz, which means relax, or Aus which means drop it and the dog will release and return to his/here trainers side. They use the German language because it is not a common language used in the US.
According to Sound Off Signal, a K-9 training school in Michigan, they use the “drunk uncle scenario” and rendered that the dogs learn to read their handler’s body language in order to make their own judgement call. If the handler is relaxed and moving toward the person in question, the dog will also be relaxed. If the handler is tensed and backing up, the dog will read this body language to mean the person is threatening their owner. The dog will focus on the threat and show signs of aggression, either on command, or on its own if it feels the threat is getting too close. However, until the command is given or physical contact is made, the dog will only intimidate the threat rather than engaging. And that engagement is not to kill, but to render the hostile helpless.
And as for kids that might be in the building, almost all of the dogs are taken to child atmospheres like schools and Y’s to mingle with the kids. It is based upon training, not feeding.
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