Our Bullmastiff caught a burglar last night
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That is a dog that's eating steak for a week
There's a dog that eats the best meat going on a daily basis, the lucky sod. He's definitely getting treated today though!
Give that dog a bonewas the burglar ever caught?
Unfortunately not, but to be fair as the officers who attended said: 'We'll probably never catch him now, but to be fair your lad gave him a better punishment than we could, anyway'...
Sorry to have not replied to all individually but I'm up to my eyes in it today and replying where I can lol
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Excellent! 
It depends on the dog, and unfortunately a fair few of them retire early due to hip issues etc. Not so much with the imported dogs (German, Slovakian and Hungarian lines) but it's still an issue. They usually stay with their handler and family, after all they're part of the clan after so many years and not many handlers will let them go if they can help it. It does depend on the dog, however.
i did wonder, but i wasnt sure how often they changed the dogs cant expect a handler to be keeping al lfo them if they say retire them after 6 years or so.
We have two German Shepards and it's amazing what they can pick up on. One of ours can tell if there is a cat creeping around the back garden while he's sat in the living room with my mother watching TV.
We always had trouble with people stealing bikes and things from the shed. Since getting the dogs we have had no trouble at all. There is absolutely no doubt at all that one of them would make a mess of someone if they were to attack any member of our family. Both his parents are guard dogs so it's bred into him, he won't leave my mothers bedroom on a morning until she is awake and ready.
We always had trouble with people stealing bikes and things from the shed. Since getting the dogs we have had no trouble at all. There is absolutely no doubt at all that one of them would make a mess of someone if they were to attack any member of our family. Both his parents are guard dogs so it's bred into him, he won't leave my mothers bedroom on a morning until she is awake and ready.
Depends on the handler and his role. For most they'll generally have a retired dog at home, and one on the job. By the time another dog comes into play the first one will already have passed of old age. Obviously in some roles there are several dogs in play and they tend to live in the kennels, but it just depends. A lot are family dogs however, which puts paid to the myth they're aggressive devil dogs. To be fair in the UK a lot of 'police dogs' aren't that highly trained, at least not compared to a proper civil/crowd trained PP dog. Regardless they get the job done and live a good life, which is what counts.
Talking of good life I'm off to buy our fella something nice so I'll BBL.
In regards to the hip issues. I remember watching the BBC spotlight or panorama or whatever it was about the inbreeding of dogs and crufts a couple of years ago (one of the reasons the BBC dropped crufts) and one of the dogs they talked about was the GSD and the bad slant they have because of the inbreeding and the rear end on them which tends to give out early as you say. I've seen the UK and US military are now using Belgian Malinois a lot. Is that filtering down into the police for attack dogs?
Spotted this just before I left lol... The sloping back is purposely bred into the show dogs because it 'looks good'. A lot of the show criteria are fairy tales and ego based thinking. For example the 'Bulldog' with his 'wrinkled face to drain away the bull's blood' (lol)... They have ruined a lot of good dogs unfortunately. The docu was Pedigree Dogs Exposed iirc.
Malinois are good workers, but lighter and smaller than most GSD even from working lines (the latter are lighter and leggier than show derived dogs). That makes them easier to throw around (by a perp). However Malinios also have a much nervier disposition and are good at grounding out (biting the handler in frustration/excitement) so they do need more careful handling/training. They do make explosively good dogs when done right, however. The Israeli security services love them.
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Top Dog!
Nothing more to add!
There's some irony in that statement, but for the sake of gentlemeness, I'll let it slide
If anything, for your own sake you should let it slide. As with your previous comments aimed towards you knowing more than a man with 20 years in the profession, despite never having your own dog, makes you look more than slightly foolish.
We need more pics!
It was the SAS or the Paras I saw with the Malinois. Attached to a harness. Jumping out of a plane. LOL. So I imagine the smaller size is better for that. But if they're prone to biting the handlers it must be mustard on landing.
That pedigree dogs exposed was eye opening. I mean, I knew there were some conditions due to inbreeding. But the severity, in every breed, and the fact that some of the show dog champions, that were basically ****ed medically were being studded out or spawning several litters again. Blew my mind. When I got my first full size bull terrier, I bought all the books and did all my homework. I was aware of what illness plagued them. But I thought I was grand on my choice. Pure white, but no skin conditions and not deaf. Job done. Simple ignorance on my part. In the very front of one book in the history of the breed section there was pictures of the original hinks bull terrier. You compare those examples to the deformed egg shaped head of the modern bull terrier and you can see exactly what they're talking about in regards to breeding in deformaties. That dog died. From liver failure. An inherited genetic illness. I thought he'd be OK since he'd been given the all clear as a pup. But it came on suddenly and he was dead within the month of symptoms starting to show. This wasn't long after the Pedigree Dogs Exposed program had been on. I vowed never to own another pure bred bull terrier again. My current bull terrier is a cross. With what I'm not sure (rescue dog, no way I'm buying from a breeder again either). I think it may be a staffy. She's longer in the leg like the english bull and has a head more akin to a hinks than a modern bull terrier. Fawn (no white dogs for me ever again). And she's 11. Which is 6 years older than my first bull terrier was when he died. And aside from a bladder infection a couple months back, she's been healthy as.
