Frank_N_Stein
Grandmaster
But I guess it didn't really count as abuse because I volunteered for it...
As I was getting ready to leave training today, two IMPD K-9 vehicles and two unmarked (but obviously gubment) SUVs pull in. The question was asked of who the guys were in the SUVs and we were told they were Rangers there to train their patrol dogs on explosive detection and people apprehension. Not being the sharpest tool in the shed I raised my hand when the Ranger-in-charge (didn't catch his rank) asked if anyone wanted to put on the bite suit. I thought I was just going to "run" from one dog and let him apprehend me, little did I know I was going to have to help train 4 dogs.
If you've never seen a bite suit, they are constructed of burlap and some kind of padding. Not very thick padding I should add... The one they gave me to wear smelled of urine and fear, not all of it my own.
Of the 4 dogs, 3 of them were big enough to knock me on my ass when they jumped on me. The 4th didn't weigh enough and I was able to walk back to its handler with it still hanging off my arm. The Rangers took their sweet time getting the dogs back on lead and off my arms, and one of them even had to choke his dog a little bit to get it to release. The last dog to hit me hit hard enough that I spun when I fell and landed on it. I sure would have felt bad if I'd have broken it...
I've got some decent scratches and bruising on the back of both arms, but even though it felt like it no teeth made it far enough through the suit to cause puncture wounds. I can honestly say now that I have some compassion for fleeing criminals that are apprehended by the k-9.
As I was getting ready to leave training today, two IMPD K-9 vehicles and two unmarked (but obviously gubment) SUVs pull in. The question was asked of who the guys were in the SUVs and we were told they were Rangers there to train their patrol dogs on explosive detection and people apprehension. Not being the sharpest tool in the shed I raised my hand when the Ranger-in-charge (didn't catch his rank) asked if anyone wanted to put on the bite suit. I thought I was just going to "run" from one dog and let him apprehend me, little did I know I was going to have to help train 4 dogs.
If you've never seen a bite suit, they are constructed of burlap and some kind of padding. Not very thick padding I should add... The one they gave me to wear smelled of urine and fear, not all of it my own.
Of the 4 dogs, 3 of them were big enough to knock me on my ass when they jumped on me. The 4th didn't weigh enough and I was able to walk back to its handler with it still hanging off my arm. The Rangers took their sweet time getting the dogs back on lead and off my arms, and one of them even had to choke his dog a little bit to get it to release. The last dog to hit me hit hard enough that I spun when I fell and landed on it. I sure would have felt bad if I'd have broken it...
I've got some decent scratches and bruising on the back of both arms, but even though it felt like it no teeth made it far enough through the suit to cause puncture wounds. I can honestly say now that I have some compassion for fleeing criminals that are apprehended by the k-9.
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