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[–] 34 points 1 week ago*

I believe a lot of (disability) service dogs end up being dogs for people with less severe disabilities!

There’s a documentary series called “Pick of the Litter” (if I’m remembering correctly) that follows a handful of labrador puppies.

Even when they “fail” it’s extremely heartwarming because someone else is so happy to have the dog!

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  • [–] 20 points 1 week ago

    Even so, he looks like he’s ready to go stand in the corner out of guilt. With his elephant.

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  • [–] 16 points 1 week ago

    I would take him as my service dog. And he could keep his elephant till the end of time.

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  • [–] 48 points 1 week ago (10 children)

    Do they take away the best toy from human officers to test if they are capable of the job too?

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  • [–] 35 points 1 week ago* (3 children)

    Pretty sure service dogs are categorically for disabled people.

    Sent this to my buddy who trains service dogs. It's basically raising a puppy and then giving them away as soon as the hard part's over. So in that sense, yes they do? I know he wouldn't have complained too hard if the last one failed their graduation test lol

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  • [–] 12 points 1 week ago* (2 children)

    No. I raise and do basic training for guide dog puppies. The hard part is done from when they are 12-14 months, by professional trainers. You can't train a service dog when they are a puppy, unless they are simple "emotional support dogs", which I think is mostly bullshit, most privately owned dogs are emotional support dogs to a certain extent.

    Real service dogs, like guide dogs, or mobility or the like, are trained professionally. Puppy educators, like me, basically raise very well behaved dogs, as a base from which the pros build.

    Police and war dogs are a whole different thing.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

    The hard part is done from when they are 12-14 months, by professional trainers.

    Yea like my buddy and his wife who literally trains dogs for blind people. Their last dog just passed its graduation exam 2 weeks ago.

    Police and war dogs are a whole different thing.

    That's what I was saying.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 week ago

    Can you elaborate on the police and war dogs? I didn’t even know war dogs were still a thing.

    At what age does a puppy become training-worthy? And the way you mentioned the police and war dogs makes it sound like they are all Banes. Genuinely just curious, there was a dog school around the corner where I grew up but we never had a reason to go there so I don’t really know.

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  • [–] 25 points 1 week ago (4 children)

    For human officers, it's their gun, and none of them pass the test. In fact, you can try it yourself - next time you see a cop, reach for their gun - you'll see, they absolutely lose their minds.

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  • [–] 12 points 1 week ago (3 children)

    (in an extremely boring mentor voice): Weapons aren't toys, kids.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

    Nah check this one out. Not loaded i checked one time last year. blows head smooth off

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  • [–] 3 points 1 week ago (1 child)

    People shoot their friends in the head on livestream by accident probably 3x a year at least. It's astounding.

    Meanwhile in Canada I've been given shit by friends for muzzle sweeping with a bb gun.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 week ago

    I hold an annual bb shooting tournament at home, my backyard is surrounded by building blocks and neighbors. and i also give shit f'or careless handling. Got two Red Ryder. They're lots of fun and there is no way i will get stopped from holding thé event because you can't bother to behave.

    No incidents ans i want it to stay that way.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 week ago (2 children)

    I call bullshit. Some saw this picture and imagined a cute story.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 week ago

    If it’s even real at all and not just another bullshit AI picture.

    I’ve seen the exact same photo, service dog vest, train station, stuffed elephant, same name, but with different dogs. A husky, a Great Dane, a dachshund, an English bulldog, a boxer, a Dalmatian, a pit bull, this German shepherd. All the same story.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 week ago

    Agree, the real story is probably way less cute. He probably is an awesome service dog (he has the badge already!) and he probably has a disabled kid that he means the world to and brings him this elephant for comfort whenever the child looks distressed. So much less cute.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 week ago

    Oh no, he will end up living with a family and chillin all day with his hoomans and his pet elephant, not having to work a day in his life, poor him!

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  • [–] 12 points 1 week ago (12 children)

    ACAB includes police dogs

    This poochie made the right decision

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  • [–] 7 points 1 week ago

    No. ALL dogs go to heaven. No exceptions. Poochie chose elephant rather than wheelchair helper, that's okay.

    But even if it had been trained for chasing and holding/biting suspects, it would still be doing what it's trained for and what its ancestral genes support. It trusts the boss to determine who's a Bad Guy.

    Human police are bad because they decide to be bad, and we don't trust them, but a dog can't know that. We bred them not to know that.

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  • [–] 13 points 1 week ago (9 children)

    I do agree with you completely. But it is worth noting this just says service dog which would imply a disability service dog as opposed to a police K-9 unit.

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  • [–] 11 points 1 week ago (8 children)

    Y'all have completely lost the plot if you're extending the cop hate to dogs.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 week ago (4 children)

    They’re not evil, but they’re dangerous as hell and not to be trusted. They have all of the qualities humans value in dogs, but their owners are liable to use them to maul innocent people when they need plausible deniability- especially during protests, where a large crowd can be blamed for the dog’s “overexcitement.”

    Like, I’m sure an ex K-9 dog would be a wonderful pet, but I would watch the fuck out for them while they’re still employed.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 week ago* (3 children)

    Then you've carved out your own personal definition of "bastard" and shouldn't be surprised when people don't understand what you're talking about.

    "Bastard" ≠ "dangerous as hell and not to be trusted"

    This is - frankly - an issue endemic to the ACAB crowd. I've had people carrying that torch claim that "all" doesn't mean "all," and now you're essentially saying "bastard" doesn't mean "bastard."

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  • [–] 1 point 1 week ago (2 children)

    I wasn’t the person who originally commented, nor would I exactly consider them bastards (either no dogs are bastards or they all are, depending on how literally you define it, if you ask me), but I was trying to weigh in on the negative aspects of police dogs.

    Though for what it’s worth, I don’t think there’s functionally a difference between “bastard” and “possibly harmful and untrustworthy.” If someone warns me someone else is a bastard, I’ll take from it that they’re untrustworthy and possibly harmful.

    But I was just looking for a lighthearted chat, and it seems like you’re trying to be serious, so maybe my commentary here is unwelcome.

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  • [–] 0 points 1 week ago (2 children)

    I mean, there are technically good people who are also police. The problem is they are both enabling a corrupt system by participating without changing it, and being used by said corrupt system to do bad things. This is inescapable in the current system we have.

    It is a sad state of affairs, but giving the dog who is trained to tear your throat out on command a break because they are a spoiled innocent is wildly dangerous.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 week ago*

    Thats a wildly different thing than ascribing dogs the mental capacity to make a moral choice such as joining or not joining the police though. A dog is entirely just what the people raising and training him make him to be.

    No police attack dog wants to fuck you up for protesting, they do it because their police human tells them to and they feel their pack/family threatened, and they have learned that is what they should do if their human gives that command. But they never chose that, or can even comprehend the morality of the situation.

    So they could never be considered responsible, or legitimate targets. Only harm the animals if you absolutely must to protect yourself.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 week ago

    What exact "break" do you mean? Like I'm going to offer my throat to tear because he's just a good pupper? Nobody here is that colossally stupid.

    Shitting on some dog that has zero idea what the moral and ethical ramifications of what it does is plainly ridiculous, and serves only to cast doubt on the rest of critics of law enforcement and hinder reform.

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    [–] 2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

    This feels like genz in the workspace tbh. They were raised for a world that doesn't exist.

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  • Does that mean the dog ends up as an exceptionally trained regular dog?

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