MOSCOW, June 15 US President Joe Biden's dog, a German shepherd named «Commander», bit another Secret Service agent responsible for the security of the American leader's family in September 2023, ABC News reported, citing an email sent by the employee that it had obtained.
Commander came to the Bidens as a puppy in December 2021, and began to demonstrate aggressiveness in October 2022, after which he was expelled from the White House in October 2023. In February, CNN reported that Commander attacked Secret Service officers at least 24 times. According to ABC News, on September 12, 2023, Biden was walking his dog in Jacqueline Kennedy's garden near the White House when a Secret Service agent approached him.
“When I started to approach him (the president — ed.) to see if he needed help, the Commander ran between his legs and bit me on my left arm through the front of my jacket. I pulled my hand away and shouted “no,” — The channel quotes the words of an unnamed service employee. According to him, after he turned to close the door, the dog jumped on him again and bit the same hand for the second time.
It is noted that the employee’s skin. was not damaged, but bite marks remained on the jacket. CNN previously reported that the Bidens felt “terrible” because of the pet’s behavior. “They are literally heartbroken. They apologized to everyone he bit, sent flowers to some… They worked very hard on him, but they had to send him to live with other family members,» a TV channel source said.
For the Bidens to say goodbye to the dog because of This is not the first time that she has bitten. In 2021, for the same reason, the shepherd dog Major was taken away from the White House, which could not cope with adaptation to life in the presence of strangers and periodically bit the guards. The dog was then taken to Delaware for re-education, and now she lives with the Bidens’ friends.