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Originally Posted by burn_this_city
These dogs are usually leashed except when released by the handler to catch a suspect. It somehow got loose and chased a kid who ran. I don't really think we should expect a dog that has been trained to pursue not to react. It's a dog after all and it reacted based on its instincts and training.
There's no permanent damage to the kid, he got a puncture wound on his leg and a pretty bad scare. He's not the first person to be chased and bit by a dog. His parents seem to be playing up the severity of the incident like hes received life altering trauma. Being in the kitchen vs the lawn really doesn't change things immensely. It just happened to be where the kid ran with the dog closing in.
Should it have happened? Obviously not, but lets not act like the kid is in hospital on life support.
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The dog, when properly trained, attacks or chases people down when commanded to do so. We have been to police events where the handlers and dogs are present and kids are running around and playing nearby the dogs. The dogs aren't constantly chomping on the bit to get free and run down the nearest person.
This dog was/is obviously poorly trained/early on in it's training. The dog shouldn't be attacking unless the handler gave the command.