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.
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.
I’m sure they have side effects, but I’d think that’d be better than breaking teeth.
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.
Yeah, it saves money. Still insane, but not due to the cost.
How about we save the money by not giving the police literal attack dogs to maul people with… Maybe just start ripping budget away from the police that insist on buying up surplus military equipment, ensuring that the only tool they have to solve any problem is a gun. Nah - the people that relentlessly bleat about freedom just loooove that shiny new boot leather taste.
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.
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.
If he was retired, he just needs his own Pixie kitten to help him acclimate to civilian life.
Pixie and Brutus is so cute.
I maintain that Pixie is his therapy kitten, but Brutus doesn’t know that.
I can headcanon that.
My favorite strip so far is the one in which the rabbit kicks a pinecone at Pixie. The illustration of “the gang” showing up is absolutely brilliant.
Pigs don’t need attack dogs. They never did. They don’t now.
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
Which cop was that vet a cousin/brother/spouse of?
