Biden's dog Commander has been biting Secret Service agents

[Jilly_in_VA]

President Biden's dog Commander has found himself in the doghouse after a series of incidents where he bit Secret Service officers on duty at the White House.

The German shepherd bit several Secret Service agents a total of 10 times during the four-month period between October 2022 and January 2023, records show. One incident resulted in an agent getting sent to the hospital for treatment.

Tipped to the incidents, the conservative watchdog group Judicial Watch filed a lawsuit to get access to 194 pages of emails and texts where Secret Service agents and officials described aggressive encounters with Commander.

For example, on Oct. 26, Commander charged at an agent while on a walk with first lady Jill Biden.

"The First Lady couldn't regain control of Commander and he continued to circle me. I believe it's only a matter of time before an agent/officer is attacked or bit," an email about a Secret Service official said. The names of most agents and officials were redacted.

https://www.npr.org/2023/07/25/1189957208/biden-dog-commander-bites-secret-service-agents

We know that the Secret Service needs cleaning out. Maybe Commander is doing the work for us. Dogs know.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

1. I am on Team Commander

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[Rebl2]

6. Personally not

a fan of German shepherds. I am a small woman and have been scared of big dogs all my life, when a large chased me back in the 1960’s. Have never gotten over that. Remember screaming and my mom running out of the house screaming at the dog and grabbing me and taking me in the house.

[orthoclad]

7. German Shepherds terrified me when I was a kid

Size, loudness, teeth.

Then I had a shepherd-retriever mutt. Wonderful dog. But I understand the fear of "police dogs", especially from the viewpoint of Black people and Whites with dogs.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

16. I like herding dogs

My family has had bearded collies for a very long time. Beardies are close to same size as GSDs. We know some breeders/handlers of GSDs and the GSDs, I have met and played with have been well trained and good dogs. At the first firm that I worked at, the managing partner brought his GSDs to the office on weekends. These GSDs were well behaved. We had a couple of recruiting event at this partner’s house and the GSDs were well behaved with the recruits

The issue for me is that I like the fact that President Biden is a dog person. The fact that TFG hates pets tells me a great deal about TFG’s lack of character.

[Major Nikon]

20. I've only had herding dogs for the past 40 some years

Never had an issue where any were aggressive towards humans other than one that used to try to herd my MIL and infant nephew. She would sneak up behind my MIL and bump her calves if she was ever walking too far behind us. She could also be commanded to round up my toddler nephew if he ever got too far away from us, but never would harm or frighten him. He just enjoyed chasing her when she would run from him and she knew it.

Some herding dogs can be aggressive, particularly around young children while trying to herd them, but generally speaking they are smart enough to be easily trained out of it.

[True Blue American]

2. If a dog dislikes you

There is usually a good reason. Biden said he was not sure if he trusted some of his detail.

[orthoclad]

8. Dogs can smell true intents,

smiles don't fool them.

[dchill]

3. We know there are "elements" of the Secret Service...

...who still support Trump - and what that means to their psychological makeup is completely disqualifying for any kind of government job. Commander is just reacting to his sharp instincts.

[spooky3]

4. I was confused. I thought Commander had been moved to a friend's home, but

That was Major. Didn’t know Commander was also biting. I hope things work out for him.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

17. That was President Biden's older GSD named Major

[spooky3]

22. That's what I said. Nt

[emulatorloo]

5. Judicial Watch. It figures.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

9. Lotta jokes about this but a dog that bites people 10 times in four months is being set up to fail.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

10. Those are "alleged" bites.

Until proven otherwise, I choose to believe those are alleged traitortrumpers being allegedly bitten.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

13. weird flex but ok

[hamsterjill]

11. This shit again?

They already made the Bidens remove Major from the White House.

Someone is jockeying for attention, and it’s not the dog.

[sarisataka]

12. As I said in the previous thread

If it was a "republican" dog the same folks saying good boy would be screaming louder than Almira Gulch-
That dog's a menace to the community. I'm taking him to the sheriff to make sure he's destroyed.

[MichMan]

14. Things I learned on DU from a post yesterday about this

People bitten by dogs deserve it and getting bit by the president's dog is part of the job as a white house employee


https://democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=18117637

[maxrandb]

15. Did he eat the missing text messages from January 6?

Retrumplican politicians and the media will be all over this like a Hillary Clinton email Risotto recipe on Hunter Biden's laptop.

[maccafan]

18. German shepherd owner

I have had 5 GSDs in my life. They have to have a job to do. They are protectors. More training on the part of the Secret Service and Commander is important. They are wonderful dogs and they are protecting Jill and Joe.

[JustAnotherGen]

25. We had one

When I was a little girl. Gift to the family when we were stationed in Germany.

Duke was a lovey. Very well trained. He used to snitch on us. But he was also trained to protect us. My dad was a Green Beret and we were very often left alone in Weisbaden. It was his job to protect us . . . and think my brother and me were HIS kids - not my parents.

I'm sure you understand that. Its a German Shepherd thing - along with snitching on his two legged humans.

[diane in sf]

19. Maybe it's time for Joe to adopt a golden retriever, or clean the MAGAts out of the SS.

[bigtree]

21. the balking is worse than the bites

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[ripcord]

23. Some people think this is amusing

I wonder if they will think the same when the dog is put down for being aggressive, this also opens up the President to legal action because the dog is biting people it can be claimed they are creating a hostile workplace.

[JustAnotherGen]

24. My gut instinct

When I heard this yesterday?

Dogs know. My Maltese will be 7 in August. 3 years ago he started an aggressive thing on walks.

He is a sweetheart attention whore - but if you begin to approach me (Nazi Dad was rambling around our town) and he doesn't like the look of you, he will snarl and bare his teeth.

Doesn't do it with my husband, but with me. And its a pause, a raised paw, and then it starts.

Dogs know.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

26. What do dogs know?

[JustAnotherGen]

27. Everything

[WhiskeyGrinder]

28. lol

[JustAnotherGen]

30. Also

This is my dog's house. We are just the maid and butler to Uncle Ruckus.

[betsuni]

29. This scandal needs incriminating sexy photos of Commander humping agents' legs, too.

Just the biting isn't exciting enough.

[kskiska]

31. I love dogs and have nothing against German Shepherds,

but I don't think that breed is the best choice for the White House.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

32. For this thread

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