I'd want to know more details before making that judgement. Recently, a police dog here was sent to hold a violently angry truck driver who went out of control about losing his job. As the dog rounded the truck, the truck driver dropped to the ground in surrender, and the dog hit a member of the swat team who was closing in. Of course, the whole thing was live on TV, so the police force put out a public statement. The dog was actually doing what he was trained to do, and the swat team member had forgotten that he was supposed to freeze when a dog was being sent. You can't expect a dog to automatically know which of two people in a fight he is being sent after, if both are behaving in an aggessive or agitated manner. Janice In a message dated 7/6/05 9:05:08 PM Mountain Daylight Time, Tigra12@xxxxxxx writes: Just have to say that this is a weak dog that has no business being on the force if he won't out when he's told to. A dog is worthless as a patrol animal if he doesn't listen to a simple command. - Jackie In a message dated 7/6/2005 9:58:05 PM Central Daylight Time, ELG440@xxxxxxx writes: I have another case of a man who was trying to break up a fight and the police sent in the dog, (German shepherd) , who attacked the wrong person and would not release when ordered to do so. ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2005. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://www.showgsd.org ============================================================================