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A handler walks Major, one of President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden's dogs, on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington Evan Vucci via PA Images

Joe Biden's dog Major to get private training after two biting incidents

Last month, the White House confirmed that Major had nipped someone during a walk.

US PRESIDENT JOE Biden and first lady Jill Biden’s dog Major will get professional help adjusting to the White House after two biting incidents last month.

Private training for the three-year-old German shepherd will be “off-site” in the Washington area, Michael LaRosa, a spokesperson for Jill Biden, said in an emailed statement.

The training is expected to last a few weeks, he said.

The Bidens also have a second German shepherd, 12-year-old Champ, at the White House.

But it is the younger canine who has been the source of angst since both dogs were relocated to the White House in January from the Bidens’ home in Delaware.

Last month, the White House confirmed that Major had nipped someone during a walk.

Shortly before that incident, Major caused what the White House said was a minor injury to a Secret Service employee on 8 March.

Both dogs spent time back in Delaware after the first incident – the White House said it was because the first lady would be travelling for a few days – and the president had said Major was being trained.

On National Pet Day yesterday, Jill Biden tweeted photos of both dogs captioned: “I love these two!”

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    Mute TommyC
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    Apr 12th 2021, 3:50 PM

    He’ll be grand once the smell of Trump goes

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    Mute Martin Galvin
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    Apr 12th 2021, 5:05 PM

    @TommyC: I think it’s the shmell of the shwamp that’s turning it savage ….

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    Mute Billy McNamara
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    Apr 12th 2021, 8:15 PM

    @TommyC: Anyone think of putting a muzzel on this savage mutt?

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    Mute Patricia O'Reilly
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    Apr 12th 2021, 11:45 PM

    @Billy McNamara: he’s hardly savage.. in fact I have no doubt it’s the secret agents fault.. stranger to the dog. He needs time settling in..

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    Mute Karl
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    Apr 13th 2021, 11:43 AM

    @Patricia O’Reilly: jeez, that’s some victim blaming

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    Mute Claudia Varell
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    Apr 12th 2021, 4:06 PM

    Imagine the headlines if it would have been Trumps dog :)

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    Mute Seán Ó Briain
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    Apr 12th 2021, 4:20 PM

    @Claudia Varell: He lost the election, get over it.

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    Mute Shane Freeney
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    Apr 12th 2021, 6:00 PM

    @Claudia Varell: A dog wouldn’t live with Trump…

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    Apr 13th 2021, 12:41 AM

    @Seán Ó Briain: No he didn’t… It was won by fraud and Chinese influence. .

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    Mute John Staunton
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    Apr 13th 2021, 8:04 AM

    @Asid: well… that’s not true at all. If you really believe that, then you sound like the one who needs professional help.

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    Mute HonestGrump
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    Apr 12th 2021, 3:51 PM

    They’re quick enough to sentence humans to death yet the president’s dog gets correctional training. Such a joke.

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    Mute Hugh Morris
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    Apr 12th 2021, 3:53 PM

    @HonestGrump: wow, impressive how you managed to fit that message into this story

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    Mute TommyC
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    Apr 12th 2021, 3:55 PM

    @HonestGrump: that’s probably due to the fact the dog didnt kill anyone I’d say. So they are to quick to sentence people to death, to slow to sentence biting dogs to death? Is it consistancy we are after here of an aul rant?

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    Mute HonestGrump
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    Apr 12th 2021, 3:56 PM

    @Hugh Morris: You’re impressed by that? Jeez, some craic your life must be.

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    Mute Dave Byrne
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    Apr 12th 2021, 3:59 PM

    @HonestGrump: Disgraceful that they’re executing people for biting now. What’s next, life sentence for peeing on the carpet?!

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    Mute R
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    Apr 12th 2021, 4:05 PM

    @HonestGrump: Ah stop will you. Not at all comparable.

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    Mute HonestGrump
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    Apr 12th 2021, 4:06 PM

    @Dave Byrne: You’re a bit of dope to not see my point are you not.

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    Mute Hugh Morris
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    Apr 12th 2021, 4:12 PM

    @HonestGrump: Your point has absolutely nothing to do with the article. You’re rambling

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    Mute Dave Byrne
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    Apr 12th 2021, 4:13 PM

    @HonestGrump: I’d say the dopey one would be the person who compares a dog biting somebody to a person committing a capital crime but hey that’s just me

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    Mute Hugh Morris
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    Apr 12th 2021, 4:40 PM

    @Dave Byrne: nope, not just you; any sensible adult

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    Mute Jason Ebbs
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    Apr 12th 2021, 5:48 PM

    @HonestGrump: I’ve never heard of anyone getting a death sentence for biting.

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    Mute Davey Ohanlon
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    Apr 12th 2021, 6:19 PM

    @Jason Ebbs: I dunno, probably a few cannibalistic serial killers got the bullet for being a bit too bitey.

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    Apr 12th 2021, 6:37 PM

    @HonestGrump: well then by that metric I must be a dope too. Cheers

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    Apr 12th 2021, 6:48 PM

    @HonestGrump: hope he’s not going to Minnesota to get training

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    Apr 13th 2021, 5:30 AM

    @HonestGrump: Who got sentenced to death for biting?

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    Mute Ger
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    Apr 12th 2021, 6:28 PM

    You’d think with it being Joe’s dog it would have learned to just sniff people by now

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    Apr 12th 2021, 5:07 PM

    The dog clearly wants to be in the secret service. Train him up and have him patrol the front lawn

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    Apr 12th 2021, 4:17 PM

    Amazingly they don’t seem to retrain police when they shoot dead black men.

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    Mute Edmund Spencer
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    Apr 12th 2021, 5:06 PM

    @JG: I’ve always wondered why the American police were shooting corpses so I’m glad someone else decided to call them out on it.

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    Mute Asid
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    Apr 13th 2021, 12:40 AM

    Ask hunter what’s up with the Dog..

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    Mute Paul Whitehead
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    Apr 13th 2021, 7:48 AM

    Or a muzzle?

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    Apr 13th 2021, 8:43 AM

    Put a muzzle on this dangerous dog or simply put it down. Joe can’t control his dog.

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    Apr 13th 2021, 5:31 AM

    In Islington, there lived a man of whom the world might say…..

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    Apr 13th 2021, 7:49 AM

    Bring in a cop to train it…the biting will soon stop..

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