The dog was only 6-yo, not like they were whipping along some old man.
Ever been around dogs? They love doing what they’re trained for. Had he been forcibly retired, he would have been devastated.
The caps are almost certainly way cheaper than purchasing a new dog. Last I heard, trained Germans Shepherds were going for $10,000, and that was 30-years ago.
Just today I was listening to Peter F. Hamilton’s “Exodus: The Archimedes Engine” and the mention of attack dogs with diamond-tipped teeth sounded a little wacky for sci-fi. Sometimes life can be stranger than fiction.
always remember the #1 killer of K-9 units is neglectful officers.
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10282580.2019.1576128
oh they’ll call it heat exhaustion! Like the pups ran a marathon off their own accord and didn’t hydrate.
It can’t be normal to wear out k9 teeth. I know they file them so they punch instead of tear but this seems dumb. What is he biting bricks?
Devils advocate: retiring an old service dog means you’d need to invest in training another pup which is way more expensive than titanium teeth and dealing even with animal cruelty complaints and/or lawsuits. Also “bleed blue” fanboys will see this as badass, so its free PR.
As a mortal/moral person advocate: WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU.
Devil’s advocate counter: You think the pigs give one hoot about the cost? Of course they don’t.
Money saved on k9’s is money for some super ugly Oakley’s dude
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Yeah, it saves money. Still insane, but not due to the cost.
Is it proper to hold the dog’s snout like a bowling ball to show its teeth?
A dog’s nose is 1000 times more sensitive than a human’s
It’s animal cruelty so it works!
Which cop was that vet a cousin/brother/spouse of?
“To extend its service life” really bugs me.
To be fair, animals have been used that way for many millennia. It’s just recently we decided that some animals are pets and not tools.
It’s a dog, not a squad car.
It makes them sound like a car or something.
This fuckin dog gets better healthcare than I do.
They’re Cops. “Better blue than you” per every municipality ever.
What the fuck. How is this not animal cruelty?
And how is it nobody seems to have noticed the two jawbones mounted above?
I don’t think those are jawbones. They’re casts of the dogs jaws with the prepared caps test-fitted to each tooth.
That makes sense.
Animal Cruelty is basically every K9 Unit’s motto.
To them dogs are not man’s best friend, just a loyal tool.
Dude it’s dental benefits for K9 workers.
Apparently that’s better for the teeth? It’d be the attack training that wears them down.