Whatever you do, do not put your arm around a police dog to take a selfie with it. Doing so is apparently an act of aggression, and a Georgia Deputy from Murray County, Deputy Greg Morrison found out the hard way.
“It’s an act of aggression to them whenever you do that,’ Major Greg Fowler told the Dalton Daily Citizen, referring to Morrison’s ill advised decision to wrap an arm around the dog.
‘The canine just responded by what was presented to him based on his training.’
The dog went straight for Morrison’s chin and bit hard.
The deputy was left with a slashed lip and chin after a handler ordered him to back off the the dog quickly complied.
Morrison was rushed to an area hospital where he eventually received stitches.
‘They had to do quite a bit of stitching in the lip area where (it had been opened up) in a pretty good gash,’ Fowler said.
‘We’re praying for the deputy and everything to be fine with him. He’s recuperating well, and we’re sorry for the incident, but you train animals, you train them to do certain things, and you don’t deviate from the training.’
