Joe Biden’s dog bit US Secret Service employees at least 24 times during the year – News

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Current US President Joe Biden’s German shepherd has been implicated in at least 24 bite incidents at the White House over a 12-month period.

Two-year-old German shepherd Komandor was evicted from the residence of the head of state in October last year, writes the Telegraph.

One of the incidents happened at the presidential beach house in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware. The commander bit a Secret Service agent during a walk.

According to the report, the bite caused a serious open wound and the agent lost a significant amount of blood and received six stitches. More than 10 identical incidents did not go without providing medical assistance to the victims.

The Commander arrived at the White House in 2021 when he was still a puppy. It was presented by Joe Biden’s younger brother, James.

He became the second dog of the president’s family to be kicked out of the White House. Majora, a German shepherd, which the Bidens took from an animal shelter in 2018, also suffered such a fate earlier. This favorite of the head of the White House also attacked people. In November 2020, the president even broke his leg while playing with Major.

The Bidens believed that the dog’s unruly behavior was triggered by the stressful environment in the White House. Eventually the dog was sent to live with friends of the president in Delaware.

Another of Biden’s German shepherds, Champ, was more docile. She died in 2021, when she was already 13 years old.

Pets are a longstanding tradition in the White House.

Bill Clinton had a cat. Barack Obama had a Portuguese water dog named Bo.

John Quincy Adams and Benjamin Harrison kept alligators. Martin Van Buren had two tiger cubs, and William Henry Harris had a cow.

Abraham Lincoln had a large menagerie: a pig, two goats, a couple of dogs, a turkey and a horse.

And Theodore Roosevelt had more than 40 pets, including a snake, guinea pigs, several dogs and a lizard.