Police Dog Stabbed

Interesting Reactions about this situation in Oaklahoma.



http://newsok.com/police-dog-expecte...rticle/5335571

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http://newsok.com/article/5335571

Welsh.....thank you.....think it's fixed as well.

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“During those eight days, I spend more time with my dog than I do with my wife or my children,” Stark said. “You rely on these dogs for everything. I rely on him to keep me alive and send me home at the end of the night.”

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Pretty special bond, and animal.

Am I missing something?

http://cdn2.newsok.biz/cache/w620-81...57855254ff.jpg

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Oklahoma City police Sgt. Ryan Stark is shown in February working with K-9 officer Kye

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Kye, a 3-year-old German shepherd

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I have never seen an all black German Shepherd, with floppy ears?

LOL, I noticed that too.

Must be the angle..lol

Sad story, but this looks like the right dog.

http://localtvkfor.files.wordpress.c...4/08/stark.jpg


http://kfor.com/2014/08/25/police-of...h-speed-chase/

This is the reason proximity alerts are needed, in his book 'K-9 Trailing' by Jeff Schettler he goes through this.

The following story is from a dog trainer I had the honour of working with last month: 3 months ago an officer and k-9 were shot in the US by an armed fugitive. An individual shot his parents then fled on foot through the bush. He was pursued by officers on foot with a man trailing dog, the handler and dog moved at a faster pace than his support and lost them in pursuit. When the dog went right up to the fugitive, as it had been trained, the fugitive shot both handler and dog.

Sad. Grief is the price for loving.

Dogs in service have been saving lives since at least WW1.
I saw a special on dogs in Iraq/Afghanistan.
One dog died as it was leading the convoy sniffing for bombs. A terrorist threw a grenade over the wall at it. The enemy always hated bomb sniffing dogs as you can understand.

This is an excerpt:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UetJwgpTATg

My BIL is a canine officer. The dog is amazing and has the most intelligent looking eyes that I've ever seen in a dog. At home he's a pet, a big softie but when the BIL comes out of the house with his uniform on he's a totally different dog. It's time to go to work for him. I hate to think of the grief in that house if anything ever happened to that dog.

In some jurisdictions, an attack on a working K9 unit dog is considered the same as an attack on an officer in uniform. The response protocol is the same and so is the legal result.....as it should be.

They are quite amazing animals. I have the honor of working around them a fair amount and once the collar goes on they are all business. Unbelievably skilled and trained dogs.

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Originally Posted by Marker

This is the reason proximity alerts are needed, in his book 'K-9 Trailing' by Jeff Schettler he goes through this.

The following story is from a dog trainer I had the honour of working with last month: 3 months ago an officer and k-9 were shot in the US by an armed fugitive. An individual shot his parents then fled on foot through the bush. He was pursued by officers on foot with a man trailing dog, the handler and dog moved at a faster pace than his support and lost them in pursuit. When the dog went right up to the fugitive, as it had been trained, the fugitive shot both handler and dog.

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That happens often. Dog and handler move quicker than many other officers can keep up to. Especially some of the regular patrol officers. ERT or swat officers aren't always immediately available to support the K9 team.

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Originally Posted by marysburg

In some jurisdictions, an attack on a working K9 unit dog is considered the same as an attack on an officer in uniform. The response protocol is the same and so is the legal result.....as it should be.

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Unfortunately not really in Canada.

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Originally Posted by Marker

This is the reason proximity alerts are needed, in his book 'K-9 Trailing' by Jeff Schettler he goes through this.

The following story is from a dog trainer I had the honour of working with last month: 3 months ago an officer and k-9 were shot in the US by an armed fugitive. An individual shot his parents then fled on foot through the bush. He was pursued by officers on foot with a man trailing dog, the handler and dog moved at a faster pace than his support and lost them in pursuit. When the dog went right up to the fugitive, as it had been trained, the fugitive shot both handler and dog.

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The original article posted here was not a tracking/trailing situation though.

It was a chase and apprehension.