What, They Never Heard of Scooby Snacks?

From the Culpeper, VA Star Exponent comes this piece of news:

Five Virginia Department of Corrections officers have been charged with animal cruelty involving the fondling of a K-9 dog and videotaping the two incidents.

All five officers were training at the Academy for Staff Development in Goochland County to become K-9 handlers. They were charged across the James River in Powhatan County where the kennel is located, at the Powhatan Correctional Center…

*snip*

“Essentially, he was touching the dog’s penis with his hand,“ Beasley said. “The others were there filming it. That’s actually how we learned of it — there’s a video.”

Two observations come to mind:

1. “Woof!” mean NO, people!

2. It’s only cruelty if you stop fondling before the dog finishes.

Thank God I only trained retrievers professionally. The only reward they needed was another retrieve, not a hand job and pillow talk afterward.