Joe Biden dog Commander bit Secret Service agents at least 24 times (www.bbc.co.uk)

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[-] Zehzin@lemmy.world 35 points 11 months ago

Good boy

[-] deweydecibel@lemmy.world 33 points 11 months ago

Why is the BBC reporting on this like it's a scandal?

Dog isn't even in the White House anymore.

[-] MotoAsh@lemmy.world 18 points 11 months ago

Because the BBC has slowly became a tabloid and not a respectable news organization.

[-] Shalakushka@kbin.social 33 points 11 months ago

I'm what universe is this news, let alone global news???

[-] RedditWanderer@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago

It's the tan suit thing all over again, the GOP platform of us vs them. Now theyre going to make some silly name they can belittle him with, which makes the dim feel special.

[-] GeneralEmergency@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago

Because small light-hearted news pieces are a new thing.

[-] MotoAsh@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

The world of 2020 before anyone knew what dog Biden had. It wasn't good news then, but at least it was news.

[-] Foofighter@discuss.tchncs.de 23 points 11 months ago

So after a minute of trying to parse this, I assume his dog is named commander? Or did Joe bidens dog commander, I. E. A person who commands dogs, bite his colleagues?

[-] GreenAlex@kbin.social 14 points 11 months ago

Option 3: the dog is a commander of other dogs. My beagle gets orders from him at least once a week.

[-] BrikoX@lemmy.zip 9 points 11 months ago

The dog's name is Commander.

[-] rickyrigatoni@lemm.ee 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Why did your dog bite all those people, Joe?

[-] Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

Also weirdly coincidental is that the US Commander is named Dog! But it gets deeper. He's actually a bunch of cats in a trenchcoat!

I made all of this up don't fact check me

[-] shiveyarbles@beehaw.org 2 points 11 months ago

That's my least favorite option

[-] Flumpkin@slrpnk.net 21 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

"Despite additional dog training, leashing, working with veterinarians, and consulting with animal behaviourists, the White House environment simply proved too much for Commander," a statement said.

Welp. I can kinda imagine how that could happen. Just a lot of chaos and people running around and no space to get settled for a dog, maybe some unpleasant interactions, and maybe just not a dog temperament suited for this.

[-] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.ca 16 points 11 months ago

What does he know

[-] Darkard@lemmy.world 29 points 11 months ago

[-] Zehzin@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

Just like a tootsie pop

[-] darkphotonstudio@beehaw.org 4 points 11 months ago

At least Biden wasn't the one biting them.

[-] Jaysyn@kbin.social 3 points 11 months ago

Probably just the Trump sycophants. No big loss.

[+] givesomefucks@lemmy.world -23 points 11 months ago

They show at least 24 biting incidents took place between October 2022 and July 2023, including members of the Secret Service being bitten on the wrist, forearm, elbow, waist, chest, thigh and shoulder.

The documents do not necessarily record all biting incidents related to Commander, as they only cover the Secret Service and not others that work in the White House or staff at Camp David in Maryland.

The Biden family's pet left the White House in October last year, one week after a Secret Service agent required medical treatment for a severe bite.

There's no bad dogs, just bad owners....

Not many couples in their 70s/80s can handle training a dog correctly.

But most 80 years olds also can't handle being US president, but Biden won't let a little thing like the inevitable and totally normal effects of aging stop him from being president!

And they won't let competitive primaries stop him either, that's why the DNC took all of NH primary delegates away as punishment for voting progressive the last two elections.

And before some idiot claims NH Dem party should have violated state election law to benefit Biden like him and the DNC demanded...

Just because trump is a giant piece of shit. Doesn't mean anything Biden does is automatically acceptable.

Have some fucking standards.

[-] Spitzspot@lemmings.world 24 points 11 months ago

Commander's previous owners should be banned from owning pets since he was a rescue.

[-] LemmyIsFantastic@lemmy.world 12 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

What makes you think the president doesn't have a full time person training dogs and handing the day to day house shit? Do you think he vacuumed and made the bed this morning?

And there are plenty of asshole dogs with food owners. Need to stop that tired line.

[+] givesomefucks@lemmy.world -17 points 11 months ago

And there are plenty of asshole dogs with food owners. Need to stop that tired line.

Biden defenders really that divorced from reality these days?

But forget all that, why did Biden keep putting the health and safety of his servants over this dog you're saying he didn't spend any time with...

Like, that makes it even worse he waited so long bro, him not spending any time with the dog makes it worse

[-] LemmyIsFantastic@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago

I'm sure the dog was much much better off in the shelter than at the White House.

[-] bane_killgrind@kbin.social 6 points 11 months ago

It's weird that you are pretending a person that obviously had staff was the only caretaker of the pup.

It's also obvious that it would take a while to determine if a reactive dog is not making behavioral improvements.

[+] givesomefucks@lemmy.world -14 points 11 months ago

So which was it?

It was his dog he spent time with like he said?

Or it was a dog that had special White House staff most of the time?

If he never spent time with it, why stick an abused rescue dog in a hectic environment creating danger for everyone involved? If it was just to humanize Biden for votes, doesn't this throw all that out the window and show he lied?

No matter how much you all try to have everything both ways, it doesn't work out with logic.

You can't just define reality as whatever makes your team look best in the moment, keep that stupid shit on the Republican side

[-] bane_killgrind@kbin.social 2 points 11 months ago

I don't know how much time he spent with the animal.

If he was doing the right thing, he probably hired a trainer that works with reactive dogs. That's not an instant process.

It is a hectic environment, so it was probably difficult to narrow down the dogs specific triggers.

You don't seem like you've ever worked with anxious or reactive animals.

[-] bane_killgrind@kbin.social 3 points 11 months ago

"Despite additional dog training, leashing, working with veterinarians, and consulting with animal behaviourists, the White House environment simply proved too much for Commander," a statement said.

Oh so they did get a lot of different people in trying to find a solution, thought so

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