I've watched three videos in the past few weeks of a police dog not obeying commands. In one the dog got away from the handler and attacked a guy on the ground, complying, in handcuffs, with two officers on top of him. In one the dog went after a guy on the ground complying. In one the dog went after a completely innocent woman and refused to let go. Each one of these lasted several minutes, with the cops casually telling the dog to let go and yelling at the people to stop moving. They spend too much time training these dogs to bite and hold and not enough time obeying commands. The handler should say "release" or something similar and the dog should let go and return to the handler's side.
Those are unfortunate circumstances. But when that knowledge leaks to the people they are supposed to hold down, what do you think will happen? A really bad perp could simply tell the dog off.
The dog does its job, and you can't teach a dog "no". I doesn't understand the concept of NOT doing something, especially if it was specifically trained to do just that something.
The dog does its job, and you can't teach a dog "no". I doesn't understand the concept of NOT doing something, especially if it was specifically trained to do just that something.