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The absolute #1 purpose of a police K9 is to defend the handler. Now that being said, all of our dogs are not dog aggressive meaning they won't attack another dog. In fact, if at all possible we won't let them engage in a dog fight because of the possibility of them being injured. I would gladly take a bite from another dog if it means my K9 will remain unharmed. He protects me, but I also have to protect him. If a police K9 was actively engaging a suspect and the handler was attacked in the yard by another dog would the K9 "come to the rescue"? Maybe, maybe not. I've been in competitions where the K9 is engaging a suspect and another suspect attacks the handler. Most of the dogs released on command to come to the handler's aid, but some didn't and stayed engaged with the first suspect. Now me personally, I wouldn't want my K9 to engage in a dogfight to protect me. Not only because of injury, but also because I don't want him to become a dog fighter. We have a saying in our unit that "dog fighting breeds dog fighting" If I let him do it once, he might be prone to do it again, and that's not good. That would give me a problem that would take a long time to fix. We never conduct searches alone, so it would be the responsibility of my cover officer to deal with any dogs that are in the yards that we're searching.
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- K-9's are more human than you think
Yes they will defend themselves and their handler (and most likely win) against another dog.
Some K-9's are more aggressive than others and will ignore another dog just to get the assailant however, most will stop the immediate threat first. By the way, chances are likely that they will continue pursuit after a brawl.
When I was doing K-9 security, I ran into a close encounter where another dog growled at me but left once he saw me step out AND let my dog out of the vehicle.
Hope this helps. - It is trained to attack anything that will harm the cop, but the cop can command it to attack the dog so he can a suspect, or he can command it to get the suspect, depending on the situation
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