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TMZ, and virtually all other entertainment news websites by now, are reporting that Ed McMahon and his wife Pamela “sicked (sic) a vicious attack poodle” on a process server that knocked on their door.

According to the reports, when the process server on Saturday attempted to hand legal papers to McMahon’s wife, Pamela, she released the standard poodle, which bit him on his right knee.

The L.A. County Department of Animal Control confirmed the process server did have a dog bite on his right knee and that it was investigating the incident.

McMahon’s spokesman said of the incident, ”Dog bites man is not news. Call me back when it’s man bites dog.”

McMahon and his wife have seven dogs — or at least that’s how many they had last year when their Wheaton Terrier, Gus, was featured on an episode of “The Dog Whisperer” on the National Geographic Channel.

In the November 2007 episode, Millan helps the McMahon’s tackle Gus’s problem of biting people without provocation. Gus, a rescue dog, had developed some severe aggression toward Ed’s assistants and any guests that came to call.

So we have four questions: Do you “sick” or “sic” a dog on someone? Did McMahon’s wife actually do that, or is that typical TMZ hype? Might it have actually been Gus the Wheaton, as opposed to an unnamed standard poodle, that bit the paper server? And, if so, might another visit from the Dog Whisperer be in order?

You can see a video of the episode here.

(Photo of Millan walking McMahon’s dog, Gus, the dog on the left, from the National Geographic Channel)