Meanwhile regular people have to shell out a small fortune for fake teeth out of their pockets, because they surely haven't bought the right brand of toothpaste, mouthwash, floss, and electric toothbrush, not to mention that teeth are for smiling, not eating.
I hate these fucking dogs and the cops that use them https://www.themarshallproject.org/2020/11/17/we-re-tracking-police-dog-bites-across-the-country
The dog was only 6-yo, not like they were whipping along some old man.
Ever been around dogs? They love doing what they're trained for. Had he been forcibly retired, he would have been devastated.
The caps are almost certainly way cheaper than purchasing a new dog. Last I heard, trained Germans Shepherds were going for $10,000, and that was 30-years ago.
There's no reason to have dogs in "law enforcement" at all.
Working dogs do love their work. But that doesn't mean all work is meaningful.
My town has a golden retriever. He's basically just a mascot, he goes around with one of the school resource officers, helps police engage with young people in the community. I know this is not exactly what you're referring to.
There should be a program to retire trained service animals that are too old to keep to go to like...veterans with a high-activity lifestyle or something idk. Or even like a retirement home for service animals where they can live out the rest of their days feeling challenged and engaged
They are good dogs, highly trained, very obedient, and quite intelligent. Probably smarter than most the cops they get paired with. They just need to stay active or they get really depressed.
If he was retired, he just needs his own Pixie kitten to help him acclimate to civilian life.
Just today I was listening to Peter F. Hamilton's "Exodus: The Archimedes Engine" and the mention of attack dogs with diamond-tipped teeth sounded a little wacky for sci-fi. Sometimes life can be stranger than fiction.
always remember the #1 killer of K-9 units is neglectful officers.
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10282580.2019.1576128
oh they'll call it heat exhaustion! Like the pups ran a marathon off their own accord and didn't hydrate.
It can't be normal to wear out k9 teeth. I know they file them so they punch instead of tear but this seems dumb. What is he biting bricks?
To me, its that being forced to do the same thing all day, nearly everyday, wears out your body and mind, long before their due date.
We just that we don't get many reframed, visible representations of it. Especially ones this apparent.
Devils advocate: retiring an old service dog means you'd need to invest in training another pup which is way more expensive than titanium teeth and dealing even with animal cruelty complaints and/or lawsuits. Also "bleed blue" fanboys will see this as badass, so its free PR.
As a mortal/moral person advocate: WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU.
Is it proper to hold the dog’s snout like a bowling ball to show its teeth?
A dog's nose is 1000 times more sensitive than a human's
It's animal cruelty so it works!
It's 1000 times more sensitive to scent. I'm no veterinarian, nor am I a dog, but I foster dogs, and those little fuckers aren't exactly gentle about shoving their snouts into anything and everything available. I doubt it would hurt the dog.
That being said, yeah, the dog doesn't like it, and would probably bite anyone other than their human that tried to do that.
"To extend its service life" really bugs me.
To be fair, animals have been used that way for many millennia. It's just recently we decided that some animals are pets and not tools.
To be even more fair, that is exactly the terminology used for military personnel medical procedures. We all know that the thugs with badges absolutely love to cosplay as military, so it follows that they would use military terminology.
It's a dog, not a squad car.
Which cop was that vet a cousin/brother/spouse of?
This fuckin dog gets better healthcare than I do.
They're Cops. "Better blue than you" per every municipality ever.
What the fuck. How is this not animal cruelty?
Animal Cruelty is basically every K9 Unit's motto.
To them dogs are not man's best friend, just a loyal tool.
Dude it's dental benefits for K9 workers.
Apparently that's better for the teeth? It'd be the attack training that wears them down.
Probably not actually, especially in the long term. Crowns and veneers can lead to lots of other dental problems and the thing is, the dog doesn't have human speech to let handlers know it's in pain or having a problem right away so if they have a rotting tooth or a cracked one under the cap all kinds of things can go wrong.
