Comments about ‘Owner charged with ordering pit bull to attack Midvale police dog’

A person cannot "command" a Pit Bull to let go of whatever or whoever may be in their jaws. The dog's jaws LOCK when they bite down. They can be pryed apart, however it may take some time, the dog needs to relax, tazing the animal is inhumain and inappropriate,, any person with knowledge of the Bull dog would and should know that, The dog does not choose to lock the jaws, it just is, and is the nature of the animal. The owner of the bull dog should have been the one tazed by police officers, not the dog..

Forget world hunger and homelessness, we have dog news!!!

So would it be a felony if the cops dog attacked his dog?? Nope I bet not, it's a one way street. Everyone line up, there's a cell waiting for us all. Felonies galore, a cattle drive, the more cattle the more money the prison firms make.Mooove over!!

Oh no that poor dog. I hate people that train there dogs to do that.

Sorry Jamie.

I am wholy unconcerned about the welfare of the pit bull and extending it humanity, even if it was acting instinctively or according to training.

The expense of acquiring and training a police dog is tremendous, and a well-trained police dog is an extraordinarily valuable asset, a literal partner for its handler. At the moment the police dog was in danger of serious bodily injury or death, and especially at the moment the pit bull locked on to the police dog, the pit bull should have been shot dead.

Forget the "inhumanity" of tazing. Tazing resulted in the release of grip and spared the police dog. Bravo. The problem is that this vicious pit bull is now roaming the streets. It should have shot. End of story.

You are excactly right Jamie. That's one of the reasons that nobody should be allowed to have one!

such profound ignorance.our voices are all animals have to rely on.of course we worry about world hunger,child abuse so many horrific things that happen in this world. but for god sakes have compassion for poor innocent animals as well.

The pit was just protecting it's domain and family. Dogs don't understand human drama.

Hello?

All your base are belong to us.

Pit Bulls Should be outlawed and so should their owners

A dog is a dog regardless its breed if it was not a pit bull attack it would not have been in the paper guaranteed!! And I think since the dog and the owner were both in the wrong it should have ended with the dog being put down and now there are childrens lives at stake with an angry attack dog on the loose but Im guessing no one cares about that, oh well a trafic end to stupid act of opening the door knowing you dog will come out and attack!

Um...Jamie...you are way off base. The Pit Bull does not have any special mechanism in its jaw to "lock" onto its prey. There have been numerous studies on this...I suggest you look into them. In fact, the bite of a German Shepard is more powerful than the bite of a Pit Bull.

What an ignorant statement. Do your research before you post.

"Bennett tried kicking the pit bull off and eventually drew his handgun, but Knowlton stepped in front of the officer and told him not to shoot the dog, according to court documents."

The cop should have shot the idiot owner, then the pit bull.

Jamie, please get your facts straight. No dog breed has a "locking jaw." I'm a veterinary medical student and our small animal anatomy dog was a pit bull. No difference than any other breed.