Commander Biden bites another Secret Service agent, the 11th known incident

[LiberalArkie]

Comment: Good Boy

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President Joe Biden’s younger dog, Commander, bit another US Secret Service agent at the White House Monday evening, CNN has learned, the 11th known biting incident involving the 2-year-old German Shepherd.

“Yesterday around 8 p.m., a Secret Service Uniformed Division police officer came in contact with a First Family pet and was bitten. The officer was treated by medical personnel on complex,” USSS chief of communications Anthony Guglielmi told CNN in a statement.

The injured officer spoke with Secret Service Uniformed Division Chief Alfonso M. Dyson Sr. on Tuesday and is doing OK, Guglielmi said.

Commander has been involved in at least 11 biting incidents at the White House and in Delaware, according to CNN reporting and US Secret Service email correspondence, including a November 2022 incident where an officer was hospitalized after the dog clamped down on their arms and thighs.

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https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/26/politics/commander-biden-biting-incident/index.html

[Walleye]

1. I had a bad bite from a big dog. Chesapeake Bay retriever

It was owned by a homeless woman so I had to get rabies shots. Commander is in the category of dogs I call “those that can get their mouth around my leg”. Nothing against Commander. I don’t know maybe the Secret Service agents are provoking him

[TheProle]

2. He needs to be removed from the workplace

No one who isn't in animal control should be exposed to an out-of-control animal while doing their job.

[notdarkyet]

16. Commander was doing his job. Good boy Commander. Bad SS bad.

They probably have a baggie of coke in case they need it. When trump was there the SS were his buddies and probably still are. Like Congress, they do what trump wants. If the SS can’t get along he’s the one who should be removed.

[tritsofme]

33. Is this supposed to be satire? Hard to believe otherwise.

[brewens]

3. Todays SS is infested with white supremacist MAGAts. The dog knows. n/t

[sarisataka]

11. They do? Amazing.

Every singal person bitten has not only been white, but a white supremacist? That dog is good.

Well that's an easy fix- don't assign any white agents to the Biden close security detail and the should be no more incidents. Wouldn't you agree?

[LiberalFighter]

4. They need to investigate the Secret Service agent.

His personality may not be right to be around any dog.

[Wingus Dingus]

5. Why hasn't the dog been removed yet, I wonder?

Why would you force people who are trying to do their jobs to encounter a hazard like this, over and over? Can this turn into lawsuits? I just don't understand what's happening here.

[exboyfil]

23. If I was the GOP I would run it as ads

It shows disrespect to the SS agents who protect the President. I know they love the dog, but you absolutely cannot have your employees (or in this case government workers) being subjected to this hazard. It is ridiculous.

This coming from a dog lover.

[Wingus Dingus]

25. I know, I feel bad for Commander--I've had dogs all my adult life, and

I know he's loved, but this just isn't working and isn't fair to anyone, including Commander. He probably wants to be a good boy, but it's not a good environment for him.

[MorbidButterflyTat]

42. So where was the president?

There are no details here. Were they just sitting around and Commander just up and bit the guy in front of Prez Biden?

Why are we given these little bitty details of alleged bites and no context?

[Deuxcents]

6. Commander is doing his job and he demands respect.

The CNN article, true to their name, makes a big deal of the Biden’s pets causing a disruption to business as usual. 😠

[Wingus Dingus]

7. Commander doesn't have a job. He's a pet. Are the Bidens waiting until

someone gets their face ripped off? It's just so bizarre.

[Boomerproud]

12. The posters that think this funny...

This could get litigious. If it's being exaggerated that's one thing, but something must be done.

[Wingus Dingus]

15. Yeah, this was discussed over and over, and nothing changes--the dog's still

there, and there are still some posters here who think the dog is somehow "protecting' the Bidens or some nonsense. I have no idea what sort of people these agents are, but it's likely they're doing their jobs, and don't deserve to have to deal with this.

[Maeve]

8. OK, the dog can't handle the situation

I suspect the humans aren't dog-friendly but the dog is in a bad situation. He feels threatened or that his humans are; either way, he needs to be taken out of there
Poor dog.

[Renew Deal]

9. I thought that dog was being moved to Delaware.

[Boomerproud]

13. That was Major.

Nt

[Renew Deal]

22. So there are two biting dogs?

They shouldn't be in a public workplace.

[pinkstarburst]

51. Yes, there are two biting german shepherds

Major and Commander. And correct, neither one of them should be in the workplace.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

10. Here's the earlier thread at DU about that dog. It was only ten bites at that time.

Tue Jul 25, 2023: Biden's dog Commander has bitten Secret Service officers 10 times in four months, records show

[sarisataka]

14. At this point not only is it a workplace hazard,

Which no one here would tolerate under any other circumstances, but it is cruel to keep the dog in such a stressful environment.

[ripcord]

17. Dogs that are habitual biters can be out down by law

Also with Commander having bitten 11 times the Bidens are open to a lawsuit for creating a dangerous workplace. Commander needs to be removed because right now he is being set up to fail.

[Johnny2X2X]

18. That dog should not be at the White House

This is bullshit, he is biting people over and over, Joe should send the dog to live somewhere else.

[Irish_Dem]

19. Exactly. Enough is enough.

[Goonch]

20. 👇👇👇👁️👁️

[Conjuay]

48. Dark Brandon

And even darker Commander

[milestogo]

21. German Shepherds are naturally protective of their owners.

I'm sure the dog is trying to protect Biden from the Secret Service. But if its interfering with the SS doing their jobs, send him back to Delaware.

[mn9driver]

26. Guessing that the dog is seriously stressed.

The reporting seems to indicate that SS agents are the only ones being bitten? No guests, family, friends, workers etc?

The dog isn’t going to change. He needs to be relocated or else the SS needs to find a different way for their agents to interact with him.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

31. He's bitten others besides the Secret Service.

The Secret Service is what gets the most attention because (a) people love to think that Commander's behavior is some kind of indication of the moral character of the agents handpicked by Biden and (b) because most of the FOIAs that uncovered this biting history were for the Secret Service.

[mn9driver]

40. Then the dog is in a situation that it simply can't handle.

That sucks for the dog, but there aren’t a lot of places for habitual biters. Certainly not where he is now. If I had a dog with this problem, the city I live in would require the dog to be put down long before they got to double digits in the bite count.

☹️

[MorbidButterflyTat]

43. Who else has he bitten?

I've not seen anything about Commander biting anyone but SS.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

45. He bit a security technician when they were all at home in Delaware awhile back.

[BlueTsunami2018]

27. I trust dogs.

They’re good judges of character.

[Shrek]

28. I was bitten by a German Shepherd when I was a kid

I never stopped to think that it was due to my defective character.

Thanks!

[yardwork]

35. Same here. I was attacked and bitten by a large dog when I was a child.

I don't think it was my fault. I still love dogs.

Commander needs to go to the house in Delaware. It's not cool to keep a biting dog at work.

[roamer65]

36. I would agree.

The house in Delaware sounds like the perfect spot for him.

[sarisataka]

32. Do you say the same

When dogs attack children? What do the dogs know that we don't?

[meadowlander]

46. Dogs kill dozens of kids a year. The victim blaming is just gross and not funny.

This is a workplace. Employees should not be put in a position where they have to either let themselves be bitten, defend themselves against their boss's pet, or quit.

We would not tolerate that in any other workplace.

[pinkstarburst]

50. Do you say the same thing when toddlers are killed by pit bulls?

[BlueTsunami2018]

56. I sometimes forget that sarcasm gets lost on the internet.

You’d think I’d know better by now.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

29. It's clear he's simply too much dog for that environment. He's certainly being set up to fail.

A dog that's bitten people almost a dozen times has gotten a lot more latitude than most dogs.

[msfiddlestix]

38. ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ n/t

[MontanaMama]

30. What I do not want to see happen

is this dog being put down because he’s a biter. When there are animal/human problems, animals almost always lose. Maybe this dog’s instincts are right on and maybe not…but it might be time to move Commander out of the WH…or away from the SS at least.

I was badly bitten once by a yellow lab that belonged to my brother in law. It was awful.

[Chainfire]

34. I have often thought that dogs were a better judge of people than other people. ;)

I am not sure what that means for the SS. Commander needs a home where he is not stressed out by the constant coming an going of agents. It ain't his fault...

[msfiddlestix]

37. This is getting a bit beyond the pale....

why is this situation not under complete control at this point?

[Hotler]

39. "Best judge of character is a dog. I've found that to be true." Benoit Blanc

Danial Craig in the movie Knives Out.

[Recycle_Guru]

41. great movie! Sequel was meh--hopefully a next installment

will be closer to the first

[budkin]

44. Hungry

Must feed.

[hunter]

47. All our dogs have been shelter dogs of the most difficult sort.

Don't know why, but those are the sorts of dogs my wife is most attracted to. Which possibly explains our marriage.

I grew up with many difficult dogs so I've got six decades of experience.

I'm always very cautious introducing our dogs to people who are not comfortable with dogs, and I never let them anywhere near people they could possibly perceive as a threat to their family/pack.

I'm very much a dog person, our dogs are allowed to sleep with us on the bed, but I don't think anyone should be allowing dogs (or cats) to breed. Spay and neuter them all.

There are too many dogs, cats, and humans on this planet. The humans are especially dangerous.

[pinkstarburst]

49. This is disgraceful. If it was anyone else's dog, it would have been put down

Eleven biting incidents? Why on earth hasn't Biden proactively moved Commander back to Delaware along with his other biting dog, Major? I'm sorry. I love the President, but in this, he is absolutely wrong.

The men and women who work at the White House and on the President's protection detail have the right to go to work without being bitten by a vicious dog. It should not be at the White House in that environment. It is too reactive to all the stress, people, and the general environment of the White House. GSD's are natural protectors. Commander is clearly not suited to be a White House dog. He would do better back in Delaware out of that environment. Right now, he is being set up to fail.

It has been eleven bites. I am embarrassed by some of the comments in this thread. What would we say if a child was bitten in our town by a vicious dog who had bitten 11 times before? What would we say if a Black male blue collar worker had to go to work every day and their boss insisted on bringing their vicious dog who had bitten 11 times previously and it bit them? This site would be up in arms! What would we be saying if the Trumps had a vicious pit bull in the White House and it had bitten staff 11 times? Democrats would be going crazy. So why is it suddenly okay for Commander to be biting men and women who are just trying to go to work and do their jobs? There is a huge power differential here between some staff worker in the White House, whether it's the secret service, or a housekeeper, or a staffer, and the President of the United States.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

53. One correction: Commander was not a rescue dog. Major was.

[pinkstarburst]

54. Thanks. Edited my post.

[liberal_mama]

52. It sounds like Commander might have to go to Delaware with Major

The White House might be too overstimulating for him. He's a beautiful dog, but I think he's really stressed out in this environment.

[enough]

55. This must be adding all kinds of stress for everyone involved. I don't see why this situation

is allowed to go on.

[obnoxiousdrunk]

57. Some people say

Commander only bites Republicans so there is nothing to worry about.