Althouse: Major... minor... Biden's dog bites again.

March 30, 2021

Major... minor... Biden's dog bites again.

ADDED: This is a new incident. Here's the CNN report: "Bidens' dog Major involved in another biting incident."

68 comments:

Michael K said...: That is one smart dog. He knows who the assholes are.; 3/30/21, 6:41 PM
h said...: This is an old story right? Here's my opinion: You can't blame a dog for acting like a dog. Many dogs instinctively protect their "family". You can keep your dog from hurting another person by making a lot of effort to identify danger situations, and avoiding them. For example, I lock my dog on the screen porch when I have workers (plumbers, electricians, etc) into the house. I know that my dog want to protect me and my house from "strangers". I can forestall this in the case of friends and family by inviting the people into the house (doorways are a danger point for my dog) and then introducing the dog to them where he can see that I have welcomed them as friends. This took me some time to figure out; therefore I don't blame the Bidens for not knowing this right off the bat.; 3/30/21, 6:47 PM
iowan2 said...: Simple rule. Dogs that you cant trust get put down.; 3/30/21, 6:47 PM
Mike of Snoqualmie said...: What @h said. It's up to the staff/family to control the dog in an unfamiliar situation. When our dog is in her carseat, she'll barks at anyone that's near the car, even me if it's the wife's car she's in.; 3/30/21, 6:53 PM
Ann Althouse said...: "This is an old story right?"

NO!

I will add something to the post to make that clear.; 3/30/21, 6:55 PM
Yancey Ward said...: Really, if the dog can't be trusted around strangers, you either never allow them to interact with strangers, like Michael K above, or you put them down.; 3/30/21, 6:55 PM
Readering said...: Sounds like this time it was a groundskeeper on the lawn. Sounds like there are too many strangers at Major's owners' place of business for him to be permitted to spend time there.; 3/30/21, 6:56 PM
Owen said...: h @ 6:47: good advice, that. The presumption with dogs is that they are very territorial/protective. And averting literal crunch points it helps to think from a dog POV and start from what they *can’t know*. To you that stranger is your long-lost friend. But to your dog that stranger is...a stranger.; 3/30/21, 6:56 PM
Readering said...: It's an old story that big dogs bite people.; 3/30/21, 6:57 PM
Yancey Ward said...: Though, I do feel sorry for Major- having President Joe Shitforbrains trying to sniff and hump you all day long can cause issues.; 3/30/21, 7:02 PM
rhhardin said...: The dog should do foreign policy.; 3/30/21, 7:04 PM
Readering said...: I feel sorry for you YW. You knew it was not funny but you hit send anyway.; 3/30/21, 7:05 PM
Michael K said...: Blogger Readering said...

I feel sorry for you YW. You knew it was not funny but you hit send anyway.

Stay away from Major, readering. He has it in for you guys.; 3/30/21, 7:06 PM
Sebastian said...: Major may cause minor injury but major's master causes major injury.; 3/30/21, 7:13 PM
Yancey Ward said...: I sent it, Readering, because it annoys people like you. That you don't understand that tell me a lot about you.; 3/30/21, 7:17 PM
gilbar said...: serious question

How many times, can YOUR dog bite someone; before they put it down?; 3/30/21, 7:18 PM
Yancey Ward said...: In short, I am done, fully done, with civility when it comes to politicians on the left and their sniveling cretin supporters like you. Done. I will mock them relentlessly and anyone who who gets upset about about it.; 3/30/21, 7:19 PM
Yancey Ward said...: If you don't want to read me mocking President Shitforbrains and Vice President Knob Polisher, then skip my comments if you can.; 3/30/21, 7:20 PM
gilbar said...: doorways are a danger point for my dog

interesting!
i went to visit friends last Saturday; and when i came up to the dog; their dog made it Clear, that he was NOT going to let me in their house.
My friend pulled her dog over to its cage; and penned him in
Then, came back to the door, and let me in
THEN we went over by the cage, and she let him out
*** I was VERY Concerned! ***

BUT! when her dog came out of its cage; it was All Sweetness and Light: Tail wagging goodness

That dog was NOT going to let me in through the door; but since his mistress had let me in...
i was Aokay!; 3/30/21, 7:26 PM
Michael K said...: Basset hounds are very mellow but my last basset got very territorial with our house. She was the first basset (of 6 ) that acted this way. She was a rescue and, while I never board dogs, she would not allow our dog sitter in the house. She dug a hole in the back yard and contracted Valley Fever which is endemic in the soil of AZ and CA. She died last December of the fever. Our new rescue, Nick, seems typically mellow.; 3/30/21, 7:32 PM
Thistlerose said...: Interesting that she stated the dog was a member of the family so would not be hurt but didn't think the worker that was bitten was important enough for her to know his name or where he worked. Interesting priorities.; 3/30/21, 7:33 PM
Readering said...: YW I have said many times, it could all be dogs on the internet. Bark away.; 3/30/21, 7:33 PM
Clyde said...: Sounds like someone needs to be sent to military school.; 3/30/21, 7:43 PM
Readering said...: That place closed down.; 3/30/21, 7:44 PM
MikeD said...: I'd venture these two photo op shepherds have never been socialized. Restricted to Biden's million dollar estate, everything outside those environs is "scary". Dogs most likely bite out of fear, especially if their handler is startled/fearful. I'd also bet one or both have had some "guard dog" training without the presence of Xiden or his "Dr."?; 3/30/21, 7:51 PM
Temujin said...: He needs to be put down. No, not the dog.; 3/30/21, 7:52 PM
Dan from Madison said...: Time to take Jill's dog back to Delaware and leave him there, and I assume Jill should stay with him. This madness is totally stupid and cruel.; 3/30/21, 7:53 PM
Skeptical Voter said...: He's learning from his master. Biden is a biting SOB--a truly nasty man--so why not have a truly nasty dog?; 3/30/21, 7:56 PM
DavidUW said...: Shoot him.

He's a danger to others.

The dog can probably be rehabilitated.; 3/30/21, 8:03 PM
rehajm said...: In many places, with one dog bite the dog gets a rap sheet. Two and their out.

...responsible owners take responsibility for protecting others when a bite occurs.; 3/30/21, 8:08 PM
PM said...: Joe ought to make sure Major meets Xi.; 3/30/21, 8:12 PM
h said...: To commenters gilbar and others. One might imagine a dog baring his teeth and being aggressive at the door, but my (shepherd type) dog is protective in a different way, when a person "enters the space" and "doesn't belong" my dog quietly and without warning comes up behind the person and bites his ankle or leg. But (DavidUW or are you making this point in a way I don't understand?) don't shoot him -- this is an issue of training the owners, not punishing the dogs.; 3/30/21, 8:15 PM
MadTownGuy said...: Dog bites man. Unless the groundskeeper was a woman (or identifies as one), in which case, man, ain't that news!; 3/30/21, 8:17 PM
Yancey Ward said...: "Time to take Jill's dog back to Delaware and leave him there, and I assume Jill should stay with him. This madness is totally stupid and cruel."

Sure, this is a solution I could live with, but then what do we do with Major who would still be in the White House?; 3/30/21, 8:22 PM
Michael K said...: ..responsible owners take responsibility for protecting others when a bite occurs.

Joe is responsible? The dog sounds smarter to me.; 3/30/21, 8:32 PM
Yancey Ward said...: Major is smarter.; 3/30/21, 8:34 PM
Joe Smith said...: Hope he didn't bite a black guy.

That would be...awkward.; 3/30/21, 8:36 PM
Bob Boyd said...: Slippery Psaki failed to promise Major won't be euthanized. She promised that major is a member of the family.; 3/30/21, 8:43 PM
AZ Bob said...: "Psaki said Major was 'surprised by an unfamiliar person.'"

Probably a Republican.; 3/30/21, 8:46 PM
Joe Smith said...: Joe heard one of his staff calling Jill a bitch.

He got excited and thought he was getting another dog.; 3/30/21, 8:47 PM
iowan2 said...: - this is an issue of training the owners, not punishing the dogs.

Dog training is always to train the owners. And yes, early training often produces a dog that does not bite. But once the dog does go after a person, they have gone back to their instincts.; 3/30/21, 8:48 PM
Bob Boyd said...: As President Joe can pardon the dog.; 3/30/21, 8:56 PM
Bob Boyd said...: Once they taste human blood...; 3/30/21, 8:59 PM
GingerBeer said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 3/30/21, 9:01 PM
Mike of Snoqualmie said...: Psaki tried to bullshit the press and used weasel words. Of course, she is a weasel, but that doesn't excuse her explanation. The explanation is like has been discussed here: Major did not recognize the gardener, or whoever, and the whoever did not do what's SOP when meeting a strange dog: crouch, extend your hand and let the dog sniff. The dog's handler did not adequately control Major, either. If the handler had, there would have been no incident and no story for Psaki to bullshit about.; 3/30/21, 9:03 PM
GingerBeer said...: Too much stimulus, too many strangers, broken routines, and new, larger territory. Do right by Major, and take him home where he is comfortable and feels secure. Jill can take Amtrak.; 3/30/21, 9:04 PM
Bob Boyd said...: He's a man eater. No one is safe.; 3/30/21, 9:15 PM
Assistant Village Idiot said...: Such hard-hitting questions! I am so proud of American journalism!; 3/30/21, 9:26 PM
Bob Boyd said...: Obama did things a little different, if you know what I mean.; 3/30/21, 9:26 PM
Original Mike said...: "Biden's dog bites again."

Just shoot the fucker.

(the dog, that is); 3/30/21, 9:29 PM
madAsHell said...: The dog is a reflection of the dysfunction in the Biden household.; 3/30/21, 9:40 PM
Mark said...: If Joe was competent, as someone the dog(s) trust (and presumably look to as top dog, if properly raised), he would have personally walked the dog(s) around the grounds and personally had them meet every person that the dog(s) might encounter.; 3/30/21, 9:41 PM
madAsHell said...: He's learning from his master. Biden is a biting SOB--a truly nasty man--so why not have a truly nasty dog?

His wife can't be much better.; 3/30/21, 9:43 PM
Francisco D said...: Major is the fall guy, I mean dog.

It's Joe Biden who is biting people in the ass.; 3/30/21, 10:02 PM
Anonymous said...: Unarmed Ashli Babbitt killed by badly trained police officer.

She's white, nothing to see here, moving on.

Dog bites person.

News at 11!; 3/30/21, 10:11 PM
paminwi said...: Jonathan Turley wrote today that each dog gets one free bite.
“ ...this could be a matter for the Federal Tort Claims Act as a personal injury occurring on federal property. Fortunately, Major is not considered a government official entitled to immunity for discretionary functions, including occasional “nipping” noted by the press secretary.”

The dog needs to go!; 3/30/21, 10:20 PM
veni vidi vici said...: Joe and Doktor Jill are so dumb.

The dog acts out and bites someone, demonstrating that it can't hang in the White House environment. Dog is sent "back to Delaware to the family compound" or whatever.

Mere few weeks later, Dumb bunny Joe brings the dog back to the White House, where the only thing the public sees is the dog being walked by some staffer - not even Joe himself - suggesting this club-footed team of administration PR superstars can't even manage the optics of "the presidential dog" correctly.

But we knew that much from watching Biden's gal pal Tony Blinken getting his ass handed to him like clockwork since the beginning of his tenure as the "kinder, gentler" American foreign policy huckster. The entire group of Bidenites comes off like a bunch of amateur dweebs in genpop at a maximum security state prison, except far less boneable.; 3/30/21, 11:04 PM
Mr. Forward said...: Saw a picture of Biden patting Major on the head. We all do it but in dog world that's dominance behavior. Scratch a dog on the side of his neck and notice the difference.; 3/31/21, 1:12 AM
Quaestor said...: Dogs often mirror the personality of their owners. It's not so much that they adopt the owner's personality, it's that certain personality types are drawn to certain breeds. Very insecure and cowardly men are often drawn to breeds with a reputation for aggression.

Walking around in public with a loud and intimidating German Sheppard Dog perfectly conforms to Resident Biden's fundamental nastiness. Two of them even more so. What a shithead.; 3/31/21, 3:32 AM
Quaestor said...: Some popular names for German Sheppard Dogs:

1) Major (The Resident's pooch is at least the third so-named GSD I've encountered)
2) Rommel
3) Patton
4) Lupé
5) Panzer
6) Soldier
7) Sarge
8) Remington

See a pattern? I do.; 3/31/21, 3:39 AM
BUMBLE BEE said...: Fello I knew raised Dobermans. He said that even a nip was an alert. He could not, in good conscience, release a biting dog to the world. Out behind the garage with a .22.; 3/31/21, 5:26 AM
boatbuilder said...: Psaki should have said that she has a sense of impending doom about Major’s future.

No problem.; 3/31/21, 7:01 AM
Butkus51 said...: He's pandering by raising fighting dogs.; 3/31/21, 8:05 AM
Sam L. said...: Biden's dog Major needs to be broken to pup private.; 3/31/21, 9:14 AM
Aggie said...: Did the dog bite a person of color? Wouldn't that be the lead, if it was a Trump dog? And isn't it all about race and racism now, anyway? On the other hand, just think of the opportunity to claim 'justice' if the victim is white.; 3/31/21, 9:41 AM
Aggie said...: @Sam L.: Or maybe, pup-no-privates.; 3/31/21, 9:42 AM
Dr Weevil said...: Major doesn't just bite. Journalist Amber Athey tweeted this an hour or so ago:

"One of Biden's dogs pooped on the floor of the White House this morning, per WH print pool"

To which David Burge aka Iowahawk, replied:

"yes, that's it, it was 'one of the dogs'"

Link here if you want to see their pictures and all.; 3/31/21, 10:56 AM
Dr Weevil said...: In one of the replies to the Iowahawk tweet, Joe Gabriel Simonson says:

"I'm not kidding when I say if trump had a dog that was biting people, CNN would be interviewing several psychologists on how there are no bad dogs, just bad owners. The New York Times would run a story with quotes by the humane society"; 3/31/21, 10:58 AM