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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.—Connor Rafferty was bitten yet again by canine “Ditto,” though he’s not shy when it happens.
Wearing a padded safety suit, Rafferty, a professional “bite trainer” at K-9 Defense in Scottsdale, Arizona, waited for Ditto to make another go at him on July 11.
And Ditto, a 3-year-old Belgian Malinois, was quick to oblige on command.
Snarling, the 65-pound canine lunged forward, sinking its teeth into Mr. Rafferty’s shielded left arm.
Ditto, a 3-year-old Belgian malinois “clone,” puts the bite on trainer Connor Rafferty’s arm during training at K9 Defense in Scottsdale, Ariz., on July 11, 2023. (Allan Stein/The Epoch Times)
The dog kept tugging and pulling on the dense fabric of Rafferty’s bite suit until Chris Kamma gave the command to stop….