Commander, the 2-year-old German shepherd belonging to President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden, has reportedly been banned from the White House.
The move comes after at least 11 reported incidents where Commander bit Secret Service agents.
However, some White House sources say the biting incidents actually total around two to three dozen and include executive residence staff and other White House workers, CNN reported. One bite was so severe, a Secret Service officer had to be treated at the hospital.
Commander was officially removed from the White House following the most recent biting incident, which involved a Secret Service member on Sept. 25. Elizabeth Alexander, the communications director for the first lady, said the Bidens were evaluating what to do next with Commander.
"The President and First Lady care deeply about the safety of those who work at the White House and those who protect them every day. They remain grateful for the patience and support of the U.S. Secret Service and all involved, as they continue to work through solutions," Alexander said in a statement to CNN.
This is the second dog the Bidens have had to ban from the White House. Two years ago, Major, another German shepherd, was banned from the White House due to biting incidents.
While officials say the Bidens have taken the situation seriously and made adjustments, such as working with obedience trainers, employees at the White House say it has created a stressful working environment.
"Imagine you're the owner of a business, a CEO of a company, you bring your dog in, and your dog keeps biting employees. You're creating an unsafe work environment. And that's what's happening now," Jonathan Wackrow, a former US Secret Service Agent on then-first lady Michelle Obama's detail, told CNN.
"There's uniqueness here where it's the residence of the president of the United States, but it's also the workplace for hundreds, if not thousands, of people. And you can't bring a hazard into the workplace and that's what is essentially happening with this dog," Wackrow added. "One time, you can say it's an accident, but now multiple incidents is a serious issue."
Tom Davis, dog trainer and host of the "No Bad Dogs Podcast," said the White House is a "tough environment" for any dog.
"This isn't something that is just happening out of nowhere," Davis told Fox News. "Knowing the Bidens, they're probably really well-bred German shepherds, so genetically, they should not have aggression. They should not be biting people, and so this isn't a fluke thing."
"[German shepherds] are great, loyal, smart, intelligent dogs and the fact that this dog has been able to bite 11 people on staff, it's frustrating, it's sad," Davis continued. "This is just a shame that this dog is getting the short end of the stick of lack of accountability, structure... If you don't have a good leader giving the structure, the boundaries, good communication, then it's going to be challenging for any dog to be successful in this environment. And at the end of the day, the president failed to help this dog."