Bad ass police dog in action..

[Webster Green]

Popped up on stumbleupon...

[orestes]

1. Damn

That's one brave dog.

[TorchTheWitch]

2. saw this posted here awhile ago

Nice to see it again though. Still amazes me no matter how many times I watch it. Dogs are awesome.

And I hope that cretin with the gun has terrifying cold sweat nightmares of this incident the rest of his worthless life.

[951-Riverside]

3. Why?

He's just the dog trainer.

[TorchTheWitch]

5. is he?

Looks like a real incident to me. Dude hasn't got any protective padding.

[951-Riverside]

6. Yes

If you look at the gif closely he's wearing a white "bite suit". Anyway, here is the original video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbD3qzMcJxA

[TorchTheWitch]

7. ok that makes me feel better

My vision isn't the greatest even with these damn glasses and the figures are so small in the gif it looked to me like the guy was just wearing a down jacket or something. Bite suits I'm accustomed to are a lot more cumbersome and obvious looking especially with hand protection.

In any case, it makes me feel a lot better that it was training and not an actual incident so now I don't need to worry that the dog got hurt or heaven forbid killed.

[lunatica]

4. That's amazing.

It looks like the man was wearing one of those protection suits they use when they're training the dogs to attack. The dog sailed right over that car!

[BrklynLiberal]

8. The point is that the dog did not know it was a training exercise, and would have done the same

exact thing if that had been a real killer with a real gun with real bullets. THAT is what makes it so impressive...

Dogs can lose their lives in situations like this. They are sent out to do a job, and do not even know the risk involved.