TSA dog bites woman in ATL
May 16, 2013, 2:13 pm
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I don't know jack about handling a dog, but as someone who owned a dog as a pet, if that dog ever bit somebody, the Very Last Place on Earth I would go a few minutes later with that dog would be back to the person the dog bit. Even if that dog and I were standing together as our nation's last and only defense against somebody trying to remove their artfully-concealed contraband from the airport to a rent-a-car.
What would possess the dog's handler to do this?
What would possess the dog's handler to do this?
Either that or perhaps they just wanted to see if the dog wanted seconds.
May 16, 2013, 2:37 pm
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There are many pit bulls that are very child-friendly and make great family pets. Any dog can bite. Pit Bulls and other big breeds tend to get a bad reputation because those bites tend to cause more damage, due to the dog's size. However, smaller dogs tend to bite a lot, but because they don't cause a lot of tissue damage, they aren't as hated.
In at least one US city, labs, commonly considered a great family pet, accounted for most of the dog bites recently.
http://www.omaha.com/article/20130131/NEWS/701319918
In at least one US city, labs, commonly considered a great family pet, accounted for most of the dog bites recently.
http://www.omaha.com/article/20130131/NEWS/701319918
May 16, 2013, 3:31 pm
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I can guarantee that was a printing error. Nobody trains a dog to detect both explosives and drugs.
May 16, 2013, 3:41 pm
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I get that the dog may not have gotten it right the first time in terms of discovering whether the woman was actually carrying contraband. But, what I don't get is why the officer didn't call a colleague attached to a different dog to do the re-sniff after Fido decided to have an early lunch. I'm trying to get why it isn't common sense not to take a dog who bit somebody back to the scene of the crime.
May 16, 2013, 5:22 pm
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There are many pit bulls that are very child-friendly and make great family pets. Any dog can bite. Pit Bulls and other big breeds tend to get a bad reputation because those bites tend to cause more damage, due to the dog's size. However, smaller dogs tend to bite a lot, but because they don't cause a lot of tissue damage, they aren't as hated.
In at least one US city, labs, commonly considered a great family pet, accounted for most of the dog bites recently.
http://www.omaha.com/article/20130131/NEWS/701319918
In at least one US city, labs, commonly considered a great family pet, accounted for most of the dog bites recently.
http://www.omaha.com/article/20130131/NEWS/701319918
I get that the dog may not have gotten it right the first time in terms of discovering whether the woman was actually carrying contraband. But, what I don't get is why the officer didn't call a colleague attached to a different dog to do the re-sniff after Fido decided to have an early lunch. I'm trying to get why it isn't common sense not to take a dog who bit somebody back to the scene of the crime.
May 16, 2013, 6:26 pm
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May 16, 2013, 11:52 pm
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May 17, 2013, 6:11 am
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Small dogs also tend to bite far more than many other large dogs, but because their bites do less damage, people don't think much of it.
Top 10 Deceptively Dangerous Dog Breeds:
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May 17, 2013, 7:43 am
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So, to rephrase this....having failed to ascertain the answer to the handler's question ("Is this lady TheNextBigCatch?") and having instead answered the question "What's for lunch, Fido?" why did he take THAT dog back to visit her?
May 17, 2013, 10:49 pm
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Sadly the Sequester is showing us that innocent people are hurt by dogs whose training abruptly stopped. From the gropers at the Body Scanners to TSA dogs biting people.
Is the TSA really just a security blanket ala Hollywood? I would hope this pooch gets pulled off line.
Am I wrong to not trust the TSA anymore? Mr. Obama please work with the Department of Homeland Security to allow us to bring liquids through security of more than 3 ounces. I feel that liquids are safer than those TSA dogs
Is the TSA really just a security blanket ala Hollywood? I would hope this pooch gets pulled off line.
Am I wrong to not trust the TSA anymore? Mr. Obama please work with the Department of Homeland Security to allow us to bring liquids through security of more than 3 ounces. I feel that liquids are safer than those TSA dogs
May 18, 2013, 12:35 am
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Sadly the Sequester is showing us that innocent people are hurt by dogs whose training abruptly stopped. From the gropers at the Body Scanners to TSA dogs biting people.
Is the TSA really just a security blanket ala Hollywood? I would hope this pooch gets pulled off line.
Am I wrong to not trust the TSA anymore? Mr. Obama please work with the Department of Homeland Security to allow us to bring liquids through security of more than 3 ounces. I feel that liquids are safer than those TSA dogs
Is the TSA really just a security blanket ala Hollywood? I would hope this pooch gets pulled off line.
Am I wrong to not trust the TSA anymore? Mr. Obama please work with the Department of Homeland Security to allow us to bring liquids through security of more than 3 ounces. I feel that liquids are safer than those TSA dogs
What makes you think that training has stopped for the dogs?
This dog is worked by APD on a daily basis. It must perform a percentage of its work servicing the airport in support of TSA. And besides going through a TSA regulated certification, I'd expect that is the end of the TSA involvement.
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May 18, 2013, 5:55 am
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Are we really going to just create things out of mid air? I'm no TSA apologist, but we should at least make an effort to label our assumptions as such and not as fact.
What makes you think that training has stopped for the dogs?
This dog is worked by APD on a daily basis. It must perform a percentage of its work servicing the airport in support of TSA. And besides going through a TSA regulated certification, I'd expect that is the end of the TSA involvement.
What makes you think that training has stopped for the dogs?
This dog is worked by APD on a daily basis. It must perform a percentage of its work servicing the airport in support of TSA. And besides going through a TSA regulated certification, I'd expect that is the end of the TSA involvement.
The Transportation Security Administration plans to close its San Antonio facility for the breeding and development of bomb-sniffing dogs early next year, a federal official said.
May 18, 2013, 9:06 am
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There are many pit bulls that are very child-friendly and make great family pets. Any dog can bite. Pit Bulls and other big breeds tend to get a bad reputation because those bites tend to cause more damage, due to the dog's size. However, smaller dogs tend to bite a lot, but because they don't cause a lot of tissue damage, they aren't as hated.
In at least one US city, labs, commonly considered a great family pet, accounted for most of the dog bites recently.
http://www.omaha.com/article/20130131/NEWS/701319918
In at least one US city, labs, commonly considered a great family pet, accounted for most of the dog bites recently.
http://www.omaha.com/article/20130131/NEWS/701319918
May 18, 2013, 12:18 pm
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I can see how some could be confused by the headline. But, all that article says is that they are no longer breeding their own dogs for the program. Now, they are procuring their dogs from vendors, as many other agencies do.
It has nothing to do with the training of dogs in the field. Which is what I replied to.
Sadly the Sequester is showing us that innocent people are hurt by dogs whose training abruptly stopped. From the gropers at the Body Scanners to TSA dogs biting people.
Is the TSA really just a security blanket ala Hollywood? I would hope this pooch gets pulled off line.
Am I wrong to not trust the TSA anymore? Mr. Obama please work with the Department of Homeland Security to allow us to bring liquids through security of more than 3 ounces. I feel that liquids are safer than those TSA dogs
Is the TSA really just a security blanket ala Hollywood? I would hope this pooch gets pulled off line.
Am I wrong to not trust the TSA anymore? Mr. Obama please work with the Department of Homeland Security to allow us to bring liquids through security of more than 3 ounces. I feel that liquids are safer than those TSA dogs
May 18, 2013, 12:51 pm
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I can see how some could be confused by the headline. But, all that article says is that they are no longer breeding their own dogs for the program. Now, they are procuring their dogs from vendors, as many other agencies do.
It has nothing to do with the training of dogs in the field. Which is what I replied to.
It has nothing to do with the training of dogs in the field. Which is what I replied to.
I wonder how the vendors have been chosen. Transparent public bidding process? Yeah, right.