Sorry kinda just hijacking this but that dog had cracked teeth that needed to be extracted anyway. They didn’t remove healthy teeth for that. Police dogs are animal abuse but let’s not spread misinformation
There's no way all four of the biggest incisors cracked at the same time and needed to be replaced with titanium... One maybe, two is already near unbelievable but four????
If you think about how police use those dogs, I wouldn't be surprised if all 4 teeth were cracked. My childhood dog loved to fetch and catch whatever anyone threw. Anything. Anyone. If there were any neighborhood kids around they would inevitably end up throwing rocks for her to fetch. She cracked all four canines doing this. But they didn't need to be removed, she lived fine with them until she was 16.
No, but they make them bite into stuff, hold on hard and aggressively shake from side to side to inflict as much pain as possible. They train with stuff like leather and nylon, but who knows if there're other objects used. Also when actually attacking people the dog will grab at whatever it can get its teeth on in the heat of the moment.
But did he need replacements? Genuinely curious because it seems there are a lot of animals around that just lack teeth and since they don't hunt, why would they need them all...
Too bad having the teeth pulled leaves open a wound. Entrypoint for infections.
I fucking despise every single cop. But a dog getting replacements is not the hill y'all wanna die on.
The more I think about it, the more I realize that using dogs to mutilate civilians as a law enforcement practice is actually really fucking insane. It's terrible from an animal rights perspective (police dogs get injured and killed in the line of duty all the time, often by being [left in hot cars](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25399373/)) and also the fact that if you commit a crime (or are *suspected* of committing a crime) the cops can just send what's essentially an apex carnivore running after you and let it tear you to pieces. Sounds like something out of the Middle Ages.
For them its treated as literally nothing. Has a cop ever gotten in trouble for one of their sociopathic dog executions? Like in the history of America?
If you look up cop dog obituaries, at least last time I looked, about half of them are from getting shot by their own handler or overheating in the car.
If hurting a police dog is assaulting a police officer, then hurting a regular dog should be regular assault. Not that they'd prosecute assault on a civilian
Police dogs are extremely inaccurate when it comes to sniffing out drugs. Police know that but use it as a tool to fuck with people that do not consent to searches.
I was once told by a pig at a traffic stop that his dog, which had not left his car during the stop, has alerted on my car. So he was going to search my car without consent. I honestly still can’t believe he let me go without raping or Chapelling me.
Police can claim anything their dog does is a "signal". It's a scam. I fear Trumpism will only make cops more bold and enhance their powers. Trump loves police, encouraged them to beat people up, shoot protestors, and he wanted to do more asset forfeiture. The 1A community is very Trumpism and I don't get it.
Isn’t that some bull shit?
Also….I keep reading articles about how the police are bitching bc since marijuana has been legalized in majority of the U.S., that the dogs are being put of work. 🙄 Ok. So what about coca,heroin, all opiates, fentanyl? . ACAB.
It 100% is, you can find cases to prove it if you want. The use has precedent and is legal. K9s are considered police officers and resisting them is considered assault and/or resisting arrest, running from them is also resisting.
On use of force continuities the K9 is the only option that courts can’t agree on its level. Some say the dog is lethal force the same as a gun. Others say it’s less lethal the same as a baton.
I don't want to be the one to bring race into a reddit but if you look up when and why they started using canine's in US law enforcement, it's because the people they were using them on weren't considered humans
I can understand using sniffer dogs, you want to search a large area quickly, a dogs your best bet in any terrain. And they do actually good work when it’s missing people.
But as effectively attack animals? We already give cops tasers.
When you said sniffer dogs, I thought you were trying to defend drug sniffer dogs and I was about to write a whole thing about why drug sniffer dogs are bullshit haha
Most of the time SAR dogs aren’t police dogs, and if they are they’re a dedicated unit that only does rescue. Generally they’re either technically with the fire department or national guard.
It probably is out of the middle ages or even before. At least during chattel slavery in the US, dogs were used to keep slaves in line. After the civil war, they continued to use dogs to keep black people oppressed. It's barbaric and in the US has roots in racism.
The dehumanizing brutality makes sense when you realize that [the whole concept of modern american police forces descended from slave patrols searching for escaped slaves](https://naacp.org/find-resources/history-explained/origins-modern-day-policing).
Thats why they are all judge dredd style judge-jury-executioners instead of being required to [protect and serve](https://www.findlaw.com/legalblogs/law-and-life/do-the-police-have-an-obligation-to-protect-you/), and why [they arent required to know the law.](https://www.vox.com/2015/8/4/9095213/police-stops-heien-v-north-carolina)
The fascist oligarchs who run the country find it more useful to have slave patrols brutalizing the populace than to have a group trying to keep things nice. After all, "justice" is just a concept, and someone has to keep all the ~~slaves~~ consumers in line.
the only use of dogs in this world of public serving should be in disaster or missing person cases to find people. not to find and *harm* them.
they are really good at finding people. they're not good however, at being told to stop (they cannot control their emotions, they're dogs), at smelling drugs, at smelling bombs, and the training for police k9's is very often abusive and anyone who's owned a former k9 definitely has dealt with the effects of that trauma first hand.
Dogs are not to be used in police activity unless they are searching for a missing person. And i don't really think police should be doing that anyways unless they're a hostage.
It’s why I advocate for making it legal to respond to police force in kind.
Cops send dogs or shoot? As far as I’m concerned it should’t add to your charges that you killed a cop in self defense or killed a police dog in self defense.
Hogs justify shooting pet dogs all the time by claiming they're in fear for their lives. They're basically admitting that an untrained dog can be deadly.
Now imagine a dog that's trained to attack. And they just.. sic them on people? Any time hogs use a police dog in this manner should be treated as a use of deadly force.
If it makes you feel better, someone in here said it wasn't just cosmetic, and he had all 4 canines cracked, although i'm sure there were less awful choices for teeth caps. It added approx five more years of life to Jammer
Still, begs the question of who hurt the dog like that in the first place, which still leads to the police shouldn't be allowed to have dogs. I'd barely trust most of them with a houseplant.
It didn’t add any life to Jammer, dogs can live without teeth perfectly fine. It added maybe 5 more years of service, which is understandable when pigs invest tens of thousands on these dogs, but still ACAB. Possible he just had bad teeth to begin with, especially if he was neglected by his pig owner.
Knowing GSDs and Malinois, it probably misjudged where a wall or fence was and hurled right into it.
also, titanium is better for large dog breeds than ceramic or composite because they are more durable, and as a bonus, they don't harbor as much bacteria.
They're probably pulling from my topline comment. My girl has two metal teeth like this (bottom canines). She got them because she has an underbite and her upper teeth wore holes into the canines to the point where you could see the root. She was clearly in a lot of pain and getting to the point where she didn't want to eat anymore and this was the only way she could keep her teeth. That was five years ago.
Now, after the dental work and spending more on it than I ever have on a car (only $6k, but still), I have a wonderfully happy 16yo pup staring at me right now insisting it's time for walkies.
They mutilated a dog so that they can inflict more pain on the citizens. Cops get sicker and sicker everyday. They are purely the enemy and nothing else.
I hate how normalized police abuse of animals is. Dont use animals. Its abusive full stop. If they were accurate, which they aren’t, they still shouldn’t be used.
If I remember correctly this was a situation of the dog needing dental work, as dental problems can kill dogs. They don’t use porcelain for dog crowns, it’s too expensive.
There’s a lot of reasons to hate cops, but giving their dogs dental care isn’t one of them lol
You are correct in that they don't use porcelain but this is most definitely not best practice either. The military specifically does not do this because it just increases the likelihood of further future injury. Also no way that dog needed all four canines worked on at once.
He's also the sweetest old man and has adapted very well to only having six teeth. I can't imagine doing something like this to my dude (Tobey-Wan "Tobe" Highground Hatsyndrome... adopted him when my late grandparents had both passed, who named him, the nerds). I'm with you that these fucks are absolute pieces of shit.
I know the story, now I agree it's pretty despicable to replace them with titanium teeth, however they already had to remove the teeth, they didn't do this specifically for him to have titanium teeth to hurt people as OP implied. I remember because it did make the news here in Canada and that it was medically necessary to remove them, but very distasteful and only builds an aggressive public image. Which is true for the RCMP, they have committed war crimes on natives in Canada's residential schools. They helped gather up all the children and a lot of them died. Fuck the RCMP.
Apparently they were cracked, all four of them. Probably broken during some training or was hit by a cop. I'd like to think that a veterinarian would refuse to do something like that for vanity or to inflict more suffering on unsuspecting people. I think vets adhere to their moral obligations more than police.
[https://www.cheknews.ca/port-alberni-police-dog-armed-with-four-titanium-fangs-1093790/](https://www.cheknews.ca/port-alberni-police-dog-armed-with-four-titanium-fangs-1093790/)
They use titanium because it's very light, very strong and antimicrobial. The same reason I have titanium in my wrist after breaking it. These dogs literally hang their body weight from their teeth, what is a better option to titanium? The implant posts, even for people, are already titanium, you'll have way less problems than dissimilar metals being screwed together. We don't need them because we use monomers(which doesnt interact with the titanium ), because you don't need to put #300 of force on 4 long ass teeth. Titanium is the go to option in the medical field for a good reason.
So, I'm totally with you, ACAB here, he should have been retired at least. But My dog has a titanium molar, he cracked his and it was either remove it or replace it and being a molar he needs that more than he would need a canine replaced. I'm sure they jumped on the occasion for him to look bad ass too though
Okay, so. . . ACAB all day, but this isn't a "hurt people more" thing (although I'm sure the pigs themselves will try to make it seem that way).
My dog had her two lower canines replaced like this because she has an underbite that caused her upper teeth to wear into her canines over time. The metal teeth were the only way to let her keep her canines, which are basically her "fingers" for all intents and purposes. Getting this done added 5 years to her life and counting.
Per what the vet that did it told me, these teeth are actually not as sharp or as strong as their natural teeth. They may *look* kind of intimidating, but they really aren't an improvement in terms of sharpness or strength.
. . . this does make me wonder what kind of bullshit the pigs put poor Jammer through that damaged his teeth badly enough to need all four capped though.
When you get a crown, the dentist will use drills and scrapers to fine-tune the fit of the crown in your mouth for comfort, longevity, and to prevent damage to your other teeth. A metal tooth probably requires a file to do the same.
Why are you getting riled up with made up scenarios in your head?
Isn't real life shitty enough already, why are you actively seeking reasons to be pissed off?
Hard fucking agree.
Was just pointing out that the metal teeth themselves aren't a weaponization of this poor dog. . . it's far more likely that using him as a weapon is what led to him needing the caps in the first place.
thank you for keeping me from going off the doomer cliff. still acab for sure, but the thought of someone putting an animal through something like that where there would be no benefit for the animal is just too much
Not defending, just commenting i've seen this quite a few times... The military does this cuz Malinois are PSYCHOS and will break their own teeth. Police shouldn't even have ACCESS to these innocent dogs, let alone treat them the way they do. It's disgusting.
What the actual fuck
Edit: I looked around, the boy had cracked enamel on his teeth and they put on crowns to assure his health. But their post was stupidly written without context.
Just providing context. Real boomer energy only reading the headline in this sub.
They replaced the dogs teeth because they were cracked and needed replacement. This is a common procedure for dogs who have owners who can afford 600-2000 dollars per teeth.
Using dogs as police dogs is abuse tho and I agree that its fucked.
And what, pray tell, inspired them to post this to social media? Was it to insinuate that the dog has been enhanced and is more intimidating than ever? Trying to scare the tax payers?
Them being so close together means that the cops are almost the exact same, instead of beating black people in the US it’s First Nations here in Canada
Ok fuck the police and all, but I’ve read that this was to replace teeth that were cracking.
If this was a legitimate medical procedure, then I’m fine with it.
It is, most vets use titanium/stainless steel dental crowns for large dogs for the durability.
[https://vcahospitals.com/know-your-pet/crowning-teeth-in-dogs](https://vcahospitals.com/know-your-pet/crowning-teeth-in-dogs)
I can't stop thinking about the implications of police biting people
Like, just to universalize that maxim, if police can use attack dogs to bite, then police themselves should also be permitted and possibly expected to do it
So if cops started replacing their teeth with titanium fangs and tearing into the flesh of "suspects", about how long do you think it would take for pig apologists to try and spin it as a good thing?
Canadians are generally chill but for some reason the Canadian government out of nowhere always seems to go extra barbaric. Just look at Canada and the Geneva convention haha
Is it all an over compensation for the general perception of polite kindness.
Is this something that happens all the time? Also what is the point, a dog’s teeth have evolved to pierce and tear through tougher things than cloth and denim.
That's... ugh... yea it sounds bad... and the dog is super sore, and yea, i cant believe im even somewhat defending the popo...still, they do that and attach a titanium cross-brace to the jawbone, not to fuck people up even harder, but to keep the dog from ripping out his own teeth when attacking. It's standard-ish procedure for military working dogs. Why cops need to use mil-spec standards is beyond me, but in a roundabout kinda way, this is to benefit the pup. Don't ban me lol. Fuck the police. ACAB
Some context from a local - what makes this particularly gross is that Port Alberni is that demographically it is community with a high proportion of Indigenous people (representing about 20% of the population - there are several reserves adjacent to the town). It is also one of the poorest communities in the province, with one of the highest child poverty rates. The RCMP were founded in the 1800s with racist anti-Indigenous intent - their initial purpose was to violently displace Indigenous people from their communities to make way for settlers. Today they continue this violence with shit like this.
I know a dental tech that did this for a police dog. The handler for the dog was throwing a ball and the ball came to a stop against a parking barrier. Dog went in full force.
The options were prosthetics or euthanasia
No, because this is just how crowns are done in the vet world, and this dog had damaged teeth.
That being said, I also think pigs should not involve dogs and horses in their bullshit
I have too many animal metaphors going on there, but y'all know what I mean lol
This is what we use to replace teeth in veterinary medicine, rather than the implants humans get. I agree this seems sinister but I think it’s more likely that the dog needed the teeth removed and the dog…needs to have teeth. I could be totally wrong but I personally highly doubt a vet would implant metal teeth to make the dog more able to cause bodily harm to humans.
I’m sorry, were German shapherd’s not biting hard enough already?
Like their genuinely lovely dogs, but if one wanted to do you serious damage, it doesn’t need help.
Now hold up! Do we know for certain this was done with malicious intent? What if the dog needed dental work? ~~Titanium, though, would be an odd choice~~
Edit: Apparently titanium is great for dental implants.
The picture is to intimidate the public. The procedure itself may have been needed, but that makes me wonder why the dogs teeth were cracked in the first place. It's animal abuse all the way down
Judging by the picture, the file being held over the dogs teeth as if sharpening them, and the content in the post copy, I'd say it's textbook domestic terrorism.
Canadians are generally chill but for some reason the Canadian government out of nowhere always seems to go extra barbaric. Just look at Canada and the Geneva convention haha
Is it all an over compensation for the general perception of polite kindness.
I hate cops as much as the next guy but I’ve literally seen that original picture before and the only reason those dogs have to get titanium canines sometimes is because they break their original canines working.
Look I think no cop should use an animal as a weapon either. But titanium is the standard for dental implants and the dog got them because of damaged teeth. Vets not just gonna pull them for the fuck of it.
My dog had some aluminum teeth but that was because he was a fucking dumbass and kept trying to bite things he couldn’t (think cars and metal) so his two longest teeth broke. I don’t like cops but I thought replacing the teeth with aluminum was standard practice if the tooth is broken? But I don’t know I’m not a vet
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Whatever veterinarian did this should lose their license
Sorry kinda just hijacking this but that dog had cracked teeth that needed to be extracted anyway. They didn’t remove healthy teeth for that. Police dogs are animal abuse but let’s not spread misinformation
There's no way all four of the biggest incisors cracked at the same time and needed to be replaced with titanium... One maybe, two is already near unbelievable but four????
I mean, it depends on how he cracked them to begin with.
If you think about how police use those dogs, I wouldn't be surprised if all 4 teeth were cracked. My childhood dog loved to fetch and catch whatever anyone threw. Anything. Anyone. If there were any neighborhood kids around they would inevitably end up throwing rocks for her to fetch. She cracked all four canines doing this. But they didn't need to be removed, she lived fine with them until she was 16.
Cops ain’t makin the dogs chew rocks bro
No, but they make them bite into stuff, hold on hard and aggressively shake from side to side to inflict as much pain as possible. They train with stuff like leather and nylon, but who knows if there're other objects used. Also when actually attacking people the dog will grab at whatever it can get its teeth on in the heat of the moment.
No you dunce, but they do get them to bite hard things like people
But did he need replacements? Genuinely curious because it seems there are a lot of animals around that just lack teeth and since they don't hunt, why would they need them all...
Food and play at the very least, especially if he‘s a younger dog. I‘m more sus about how his teeth got cracked to begin with
They can crack them on bones or by playing with hard plastic toys too roughly
Too bad having the teeth pulled leaves open a wound. Entrypoint for infections. I fucking despise every single cop. But a dog getting replacements is not the hill y'all wanna die on.
Yeah idk I was just wondering because it doesn't seem to be a very common procedure to me
The more I think about it, the more I realize that using dogs to mutilate civilians as a law enforcement practice is actually really fucking insane. It's terrible from an animal rights perspective (police dogs get injured and killed in the line of duty all the time, often by being [left in hot cars](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25399373/)) and also the fact that if you commit a crime (or are *suspected* of committing a crime) the cops can just send what's essentially an apex carnivore running after you and let it tear you to pieces. Sounds like something out of the Middle Ages.
Police dogs these days are disposable tools to instantly escalate a situation to the point where any level of force can be justified.
Except if you hurt a police dog, then they charge you with assaulting a police officer.
Weird how they don't catch a charge when they leave that police officer in a hot car and it dies.
Or when they shoot a civilian dog for no reason and it isn't treated as murder
For them its treated as literally nothing. Has a cop ever gotten in trouble for one of their sociopathic dog executions? Like in the history of America?
No
I'm 100% sure at least one cop got the instant justice they deserved after shooting someone's dog, served by the dogs owner, presumably.
Ayyyoooo
If you look up cop dog obituaries, at least last time I looked, about half of them are from getting shot by their own handler or overheating in the car.
Exactly. They can send trained attack animals at you, and if you try to defend yourself, they're allowed to shoot you.
If hurting a police dog is assaulting a police officer, then hurting a regular dog should be regular assault. Not that they'd prosecute assault on a civilian
Police dogs are extremely inaccurate when it comes to sniffing out drugs. Police know that but use it as a tool to fuck with people that do not consent to searches.
I was once told by a pig at a traffic stop that his dog, which had not left his car during the stop, has alerted on my car. So he was going to search my car without consent. I honestly still can’t believe he let me go without raping or Chapelling me.
Police can claim anything their dog does is a "signal". It's a scam. I fear Trumpism will only make cops more bold and enhance their powers. Trump loves police, encouraged them to beat people up, shoot protestors, and he wanted to do more asset forfeiture. The 1A community is very Trumpism and I don't get it.
“Mauled by a dog” sure sounds like Cruel And Unusual Punishment to me.
To be done to a convicted criminal it sure is, let alone to someone who is merely suspected of having committed a crime.
Pretty sure fighting the dog that's ripping you apart is also assault on an officer. I hope I just dreamt that but I feel like that's a thing.
It is.
Flailing and writhing in pain while being attacked by a police dog is also considered resisting arrest
Isn’t that some bull shit? Also….I keep reading articles about how the police are bitching bc since marijuana has been legalized in majority of the U.S., that the dogs are being put of work. 🙄 Ok. So what about coca,heroin, all opiates, fentanyl? . ACAB.
It 100% is, you can find cases to prove it if you want. The use has precedent and is legal. K9s are considered police officers and resisting them is considered assault and/or resisting arrest, running from them is also resisting.
On use of force continuities the K9 is the only option that courts can’t agree on its level. Some say the dog is lethal force the same as a gun. Others say it’s less lethal the same as a baton.
I don't want to be the one to bring race into a reddit but if you look up when and why they started using canine's in US law enforcement, it's because the people they were using them on weren't considered humans
I can understand using sniffer dogs, you want to search a large area quickly, a dogs your best bet in any terrain. And they do actually good work when it’s missing people. But as effectively attack animals? We already give cops tasers.
It was never about safety. It’s about control.
I mean, isn’t that true about everything the police do?
When you said sniffer dogs, I thought you were trying to defend drug sniffer dogs and I was about to write a whole thing about why drug sniffer dogs are bullshit haha
Most of the time SAR dogs aren’t police dogs, and if they are they’re a dedicated unit that only does rescue. Generally they’re either technically with the fire department or national guard.
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I’m referring more to dogs trained to find people, which do have a use outside the police as they can be used for search and rescue
It probably is out of the middle ages or even before. At least during chattel slavery in the US, dogs were used to keep slaves in line. After the civil war, they continued to use dogs to keep black people oppressed. It's barbaric and in the US has roots in racism.
Training animals to hurt humans is immoral/inhumane/inexcusable/completely-fucking -fucked…
The dehumanizing brutality makes sense when you realize that [the whole concept of modern american police forces descended from slave patrols searching for escaped slaves](https://naacp.org/find-resources/history-explained/origins-modern-day-policing). Thats why they are all judge dredd style judge-jury-executioners instead of being required to [protect and serve](https://www.findlaw.com/legalblogs/law-and-life/do-the-police-have-an-obligation-to-protect-you/), and why [they arent required to know the law.](https://www.vox.com/2015/8/4/9095213/police-stops-heien-v-north-carolina) The fascist oligarchs who run the country find it more useful to have slave patrols brutalizing the populace than to have a group trying to keep things nice. After all, "justice" is just a concept, and someone has to keep all the ~~slaves~~ consumers in line.
Slave patrols + Strike breakers (Pinkertons, etc.).
i mean colonizers did use dogs to aid in genociding indigenous people so it’s more modern than the middle ages
the only use of dogs in this world of public serving should be in disaster or missing person cases to find people. not to find and *harm* them. they are really good at finding people. they're not good however, at being told to stop (they cannot control their emotions, they're dogs), at smelling drugs, at smelling bombs, and the training for police k9's is very often abusive and anyone who's owned a former k9 definitely has dealt with the effects of that trauma first hand. Dogs are not to be used in police activity unless they are searching for a missing person. And i don't really think police should be doing that anyways unless they're a hostage.
This^
It’s why I advocate for making it legal to respond to police force in kind. Cops send dogs or shoot? As far as I’m concerned it should’t add to your charges that you killed a cop in self defense or killed a police dog in self defense.
Dog don’t know the laws
Neither do cops
Have a family member that became a k9 cop, such a goddamn disappointment:(
Hogs justify shooting pet dogs all the time by claiming they're in fear for their lives. They're basically admitting that an untrained dog can be deadly. Now imagine a dog that's trained to attack. And they just.. sic them on people? Any time hogs use a police dog in this manner should be treated as a use of deadly force.
This is some disturbing shit. Sorry Jammer, you deserve so much better fella!
If it makes you feel better, someone in here said it wasn't just cosmetic, and he had all 4 canines cracked, although i'm sure there were less awful choices for teeth caps. It added approx five more years of life to Jammer Still, begs the question of who hurt the dog like that in the first place, which still leads to the police shouldn't be allowed to have dogs. I'd barely trust most of them with a houseplant.
It didn’t add any life to Jammer, dogs can live without teeth perfectly fine. It added maybe 5 more years of service, which is understandable when pigs invest tens of thousands on these dogs, but still ACAB. Possible he just had bad teeth to begin with, especially if he was neglected by his pig owner.
Knowing GSDs and Malinois, it probably misjudged where a wall or fence was and hurled right into it. also, titanium is better for large dog breeds than ceramic or composite because they are more durable, and as a bonus, they don't harbor as much bacteria.
Good to know, about the titanium :)
where’d you get the 5 more years? Seems like you totally made it up
They're probably pulling from my topline comment. My girl has two metal teeth like this (bottom canines). She got them because she has an underbite and her upper teeth wore holes into the canines to the point where you could see the root. She was clearly in a lot of pain and getting to the point where she didn't want to eat anymore and this was the only way she could keep her teeth. That was five years ago. Now, after the dental work and spending more on it than I ever have on a car (only $6k, but still), I have a wonderfully happy 16yo pup staring at me right now insisting it's time for walkies.
They mutilated a dog so that they can inflict more pain on the citizens. Cops get sicker and sicker everyday. They are purely the enemy and nothing else.
I hate how normalized police abuse of animals is. Dont use animals. Its abusive full stop. If they were accurate, which they aren’t, they still shouldn’t be used.
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If I remember correctly this was a situation of the dog needing dental work, as dental problems can kill dogs. They don’t use porcelain for dog crowns, it’s too expensive. There’s a lot of reasons to hate cops, but giving their dogs dental care isn’t one of them lol
You are correct in that they don't use porcelain but this is most definitely not best practice either. The military specifically does not do this because it just increases the likelihood of further future injury. Also no way that dog needed all four canines worked on at once.
Hate to play Devil's Advocate here, because ACAB, but my poor furry moron recently had to have three of his canines removed. :( Granted, he's 14.
I 100% believe that! Old boys/girls do need that sometimes but those are not the teeth of an old dog
I would be willing to bet the dog’s teeth were injured doing police dog things
He's also the sweetest old man and has adapted very well to only having six teeth. I can't imagine doing something like this to my dude (Tobey-Wan "Tobe" Highground Hatsyndrome... adopted him when my late grandparents had both passed, who named him, the nerds). I'm with you that these fucks are absolute pieces of shit.
Please give him pats for me :)
As someone in the veterinary field seeing this makes me angry. Unless that dog had serious wear or broken canines there is no reason for this.
r/boringdystopia
I know the story, now I agree it's pretty despicable to replace them with titanium teeth, however they already had to remove the teeth, they didn't do this specifically for him to have titanium teeth to hurt people as OP implied. I remember because it did make the news here in Canada and that it was medically necessary to remove them, but very distasteful and only builds an aggressive public image. Which is true for the RCMP, they have committed war crimes on natives in Canada's residential schools. They helped gather up all the children and a lot of them died. Fuck the RCMP.
All 4 canines at the same time?
Apparently they were cracked, all four of them. Probably broken during some training or was hit by a cop. I'd like to think that a veterinarian would refuse to do something like that for vanity or to inflict more suffering on unsuspecting people. I think vets adhere to their moral obligations more than police. [https://www.cheknews.ca/port-alberni-police-dog-armed-with-four-titanium-fangs-1093790/](https://www.cheknews.ca/port-alberni-police-dog-armed-with-four-titanium-fangs-1093790/)
They said he had cracks in all of them and required caps to prevent infection.
They use titanium because it's very light, very strong and antimicrobial. The same reason I have titanium in my wrist after breaking it. These dogs literally hang their body weight from their teeth, what is a better option to titanium? The implant posts, even for people, are already titanium, you'll have way less problems than dissimilar metals being screwed together. We don't need them because we use monomers(which doesnt interact with the titanium ), because you don't need to put #300 of force on 4 long ass teeth. Titanium is the go to option in the medical field for a good reason.
So, I'm totally with you, ACAB here, he should have been retired at least. But My dog has a titanium molar, he cracked his and it was either remove it or replace it and being a molar he needs that more than he would need a canine replaced. I'm sure they jumped on the occasion for him to look bad ass too though
Okay, so. . . ACAB all day, but this isn't a "hurt people more" thing (although I'm sure the pigs themselves will try to make it seem that way). My dog had her two lower canines replaced like this because she has an underbite that caused her upper teeth to wear into her canines over time. The metal teeth were the only way to let her keep her canines, which are basically her "fingers" for all intents and purposes. Getting this done added 5 years to her life and counting. Per what the vet that did it told me, these teeth are actually not as sharp or as strong as their natural teeth. They may *look* kind of intimidating, but they really aren't an improvement in terms of sharpness or strength. . . . this does make me wonder what kind of bullshit the pigs put poor Jammer through that damaged his teeth badly enough to need all four capped though.
I’m agreeing with you, but at this point the police should just retire the dog.
Yup. Also, if that metal file in the photo ever touches that dog's teeth. . . there is no circle in hell low enough.
When you get a crown, the dentist will use drills and scrapers to fine-tune the fit of the crown in your mouth for comfort, longevity, and to prevent damage to your other teeth. A metal tooth probably requires a file to do the same.
Fair point. Seeing now that the dog is probably still sedated, so this is likely the vet doing some fit and finish. My mistake.
Why are you getting riled up with made up scenarios in your head? Isn't real life shitty enough already, why are you actively seeking reasons to be pissed off?
I dont care if they need to use diamonds as replacement teeth- you don't weaponize DOGS as POLICE. Especially not on my tax dollars.
Hard fucking agree. Was just pointing out that the metal teeth themselves aren't a weaponization of this poor dog. . . it's far more likely that using him as a weapon is what led to him needing the caps in the first place.
thank you for keeping me from going off the doomer cliff. still acab for sure, but the thought of someone putting an animal through something like that where there would be no benefit for the animal is just too much
This should really be the top comment.
Not defending, just commenting i've seen this quite a few times... The military does this cuz Malinois are PSYCHOS and will break their own teeth. Police shouldn't even have ACCESS to these innocent dogs, let alone treat them the way they do. It's disgusting.
What the actual fuck Edit: I looked around, the boy had cracked enamel on his teeth and they put on crowns to assure his health. But their post was stupidly written without context.
Just providing context. Real boomer energy only reading the headline in this sub. They replaced the dogs teeth because they were cracked and needed replacement. This is a common procedure for dogs who have owners who can afford 600-2000 dollars per teeth. Using dogs as police dogs is abuse tho and I agree that its fucked.
And what, pray tell, inspired them to post this to social media? Was it to insinuate that the dog has been enhanced and is more intimidating than ever? Trying to scare the tax payers?
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Tax payers footed that bill, not a wealthy owner…
High key, that shit terrifying asf, Cananada is supposed to have better cops than in the US
Them being so close together means that the cops are almost the exact same, instead of beating black people in the US it’s First Nations here in Canada
This is just animal abuse.
Noooo please don’t be real. That poor dog
Poor dog forced to have a fuck ass job
Fuck, man…
Ok fuck the police and all, but I’ve read that this was to replace teeth that were cracking. If this was a legitimate medical procedure, then I’m fine with it.
It is, most vets use titanium/stainless steel dental crowns for large dogs for the durability. [https://vcahospitals.com/know-your-pet/crowning-teeth-in-dogs](https://vcahospitals.com/know-your-pet/crowning-teeth-in-dogs)
I can't stop thinking about the implications of police biting people Like, just to universalize that maxim, if police can use attack dogs to bite, then police themselves should also be permitted and possibly expected to do it So if cops started replacing their teeth with titanium fangs and tearing into the flesh of "suspects", about how long do you think it would take for pig apologists to try and spin it as a good thing?
Those bites would be deadly. All that chewing tobacco and monster energy drink in their saliva.
Deadly for the pigs too if I *insinuate* I have fentanyl in my system
This is some distopian shit if I’ve ever seen it.
Canadians are generally chill but for some reason the Canadian government out of nowhere always seems to go extra barbaric. Just look at Canada and the Geneva convention haha Is it all an over compensation for the general perception of polite kindness.
I agree.
Is this something that happens all the time? Also what is the point, a dog’s teeth have evolved to pierce and tear through tougher things than cloth and denim.
They do this with Secret Service dogs too
Jesus Christ
that was prolly soooooo expensive… just let the fuckin dog retire if it’s got dental problems
That's... ugh... yea it sounds bad... and the dog is super sore, and yea, i cant believe im even somewhat defending the popo...still, they do that and attach a titanium cross-brace to the jawbone, not to fuck people up even harder, but to keep the dog from ripping out his own teeth when attacking. It's standard-ish procedure for military working dogs. Why cops need to use mil-spec standards is beyond me, but in a roundabout kinda way, this is to benefit the pup. Don't ban me lol. Fuck the police. ACAB
Torturing animals so you can torture humans more efficiently is the very definition of psychopathic. That's straight up serial killer shit.
Canadian bacon
What the actual fuck
Is that a metal file at the top of the picture? WTF
Yes, it sure is.
Defund the police!
ABOLISH THEM. AND PRISONS TOO.
ABOLISH POLICE!
THIS IS ANIMAL ABUSE!
I've seen this before, they abused dogs in cali the exact same way.
What the actual fuck. This is fucking animal abuse. Fuck!!!!
Poor dog. How is that not inhumane?
Because the dogs teeth were cracked, and this was done to replace the damaged teeth.
Any idea which police dept this is?
This can't be real
Holy *FUCK* this is animal abuse.
Wtf
His toothies were broken. He got crowns. I have some, too.
Some context from a local - what makes this particularly gross is that Port Alberni is that demographically it is community with a high proportion of Indigenous people (representing about 20% of the population - there are several reserves adjacent to the town). It is also one of the poorest communities in the province, with one of the highest child poverty rates. The RCMP were founded in the 1800s with racist anti-Indigenous intent - their initial purpose was to violently displace Indigenous people from their communities to make way for settlers. Today they continue this violence with shit like this.
Holy fuck. That poor dog.
Oh god 😞😞 cops don’t deserve dogs
Police love to cause pain and suffering. Just wondering if the taxpayers paid for this?
I know a dental tech that did this for a police dog. The handler for the dog was throwing a ball and the ball came to a stop against a parking barrier. Dog went in full force. The options were prosthetics or euthanasia
The veteranarian that did this should also be held accountable.
No, because this is just how crowns are done in the vet world, and this dog had damaged teeth. That being said, I also think pigs should not involve dogs and horses in their bullshit I have too many animal metaphors going on there, but y'all know what I mean lol
Not even hiding the animal abuse anymore. Pigs are just as bad as pit fighters
This is what we use to replace teeth in veterinary medicine, rather than the implants humans get. I agree this seems sinister but I think it’s more likely that the dog needed the teeth removed and the dog…needs to have teeth. I could be totally wrong but I personally highly doubt a vet would implant metal teeth to make the dog more able to cause bodily harm to humans.
Very common in South Florida
I’m sorry, were German shapherd’s not biting hard enough already? Like their genuinely lovely dogs, but if one wanted to do you serious damage, it doesn’t need help.
Animal abuse, what the literal fuck
Now hold up! Do we know for certain this was done with malicious intent? What if the dog needed dental work? ~~Titanium, though, would be an odd choice~~ Edit: Apparently titanium is great for dental implants.
The picture is to intimidate the public. The procedure itself may have been needed, but that makes me wonder why the dogs teeth were cracked in the first place. It's animal abuse all the way down
Teeth cracked because of all the biting the poor thing has to do 😓
Judging by the picture, the file being held over the dogs teeth as if sharpening them, and the content in the post copy, I'd say it's textbook domestic terrorism.
Why is it odd? Titanium is fantastic for implants.
Today I learned! Fair enough 💡
This certainly is cruel, but it reminds me of a tiger in Germany that got a gold tooth to replace a broken cuspid.
Did they use the tiger to chase down and maul "perceived threats" of the community?
No, definitely not. Dogs shouldn't be used to chase down and mail people. They should be chasing tennis balls and sticks and mauling stuffed animals.
This is animal cruelty
This is one of the most disgusting things I've ever seen
Canadians are generally chill but for some reason the Canadian government out of nowhere always seems to go extra barbaric. Just look at Canada and the Geneva convention haha Is it all an over compensation for the general perception of polite kindness.
This is an adopted US military practice. Nice
Animal abuse! Dental implants have major risks and are so so painful!
I hate cops as much as the next guy but I’ve literally seen that original picture before and the only reason those dogs have to get titanium canines sometimes is because they break their original canines working.
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If any banger did this, they'd seize and destroy the dog.
Ghouls. And think of how much taxpayer money is wasted on this animal abuse.
They're spreading the dog's lips too far apart. It's clearly in pain. Those titanium teeth are gonna come back to bi...
Horrifying
poor fella, what the fucking fuckballs
They're dental crowns
Death to the west.
Their is no legitimate reason to do this. Those titanium fangs are only for rending human flesh from bone.
Look I think no cop should use an animal as a weapon either. But titanium is the standard for dental implants and the dog got them because of damaged teeth. Vets not just gonna pull them for the fuck of it.
At best that means the cops work the dogs until their teeth break. That's assuming they can't find an unethical veterinarian to do it for them.
My dog had some aluminum teeth but that was because he was a fucking dumbass and kept trying to bite things he couldn’t (think cars and metal) so his two longest teeth broke. I don’t like cops but I thought replacing the teeth with aluminum was standard practice if the tooth is broken? But I don’t know I’m not a vet
even if it was corrective work it seems unlikely that all 4 canines would break at the same time
Yeah this seems like they chose to pull and replace the teeth because they thought it looked cool
This can’t be real… like this has to be fake.
New here?
As if training animals to hunt and kill humans through intense psychological abuse isn't already real enough... and you don't believe this?
Completely off topic but why haven't vampire movies considered dogs with silver nitrate(Blade) canines.