The Biden family dog, a two-year-old German Shepherd named Commander, bit a Secret Service agent on Monday evening—the eleventh biting incident since the First Family adopted the dog in 2021.
On Tuesday, Secret Service communications chief Anthony Guglielmi confirmed that a uniformed officer “came in contact with a first family pet and was bitten” on Monday around 8 p.m. The injured agent was treated by medical staff on-site and did not sustain serious injuries, according to the agency’s statement.
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Monday’s incident marks the eleventh time Commander has bitten a member of the Secret Service. According to agency communications made public by the conservative watchdog group Judicial Watch in July revealed ten previous incidents, with seven taking place in the four-month period between September 2022 and January 2023. In one incident, an agent was hospitalized after Commander bit them repeatedly on the arms and legs.
A statement to the New York Times from First Lady Jill Biden’s communications director Elizabeth Alexander said that the daily activities in the White House “can be a stressful environment for family pets.” In order to avoid further attacks, the First Family will “continue to work on ways to help Commander handle the often unpredictable nature of the White House grounds.”
However, many have been quick to point out that, in addition to the 11 incidents with Commander, the Bidens’ other German Shepherd, three-year-old Major, was removed from the White House following his own string of violent encounters with Secret Service. Major was also responsible for an injury to President Biden’s ankle in November 2020, when the then-78-year-old Commander-in-Chief fell while playing with the dog. Soon after, Major was sent to live with family friends, with Commander taking his place.
Tom Fitton of Judicial Watch declared that “the Biden family doesn’t care one whit about the danger this out-of-control dog poses.”
Biden's dog bites another Secret Service agent, the 11th known incident. The Biden family doesn't care one whit about the danger this out-of-control dog poses! https://t.co/u9y7XRyAAI https://t.co/OJPjjLjbKR
— Tom Fitton (@TomFitton) September 26, 2023
“Are the Biden family’s Secret Service agents supposed to just accept being attacked by their disturbed dog as part of the job?” asked New York Post columnist Miranda Devine.
Are the Biden family’s Secret Service agents supposed to just accept being attacked by their disturbed dog as part of the job? https://t.co/ZDkSteTaca
— Miranda Devine (@mirandadevine) September 26, 2023
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