UPDATED Wednesday, July 5:

The police dog injured in the standoff is recovering well, Clackamas County sheriff's officials said Wednesday. The dog, Grimm, was wearing body armor when Reyes-Orozco hit him, minimizing the impact of the blows, officials said.

The dog had the day off on Wednesday.

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With help from a police dog, Clackamas County deputies arrested a man who is accused of threatening his family Tuesday with an ax.

Tactical officers broke into the Damascus home where 35-year-old Mario Reyes-Orozco had barricaded himself, the Clackamas County Sheriff's Office said. Reyes-Orozco refused to surrender and hit the police dog, Grimm, with a pipe.

Mario Reyes-Orozco

Reyes-Orozco now faces charges of menacing, unlawful use of a weapon and interfering with a law enforcement animal, according to a news release.

The sheriff's office said deputies went to the home in the 18000 block of Sunnyside Road about 12:15 p.m. Reyes-Orozco's sister had reported he was on drugs and trying to hit the family with an ax.

Deputies were able to get the rest of the family out of the home before Reyes-Orozco locked the doors, the office said.

Reyes-Orozco refused to speak to deputies, but they could see that "he armed himself with a variety of weapons, such as the axe and a fireplace poker." He was acting erractically and rebuffing efforts to talk, so the SWAT team went in.

After his arrest, Reyes-Orozco was taken to an area hospital for an evaluation and treatment for a dog bite, the sheriff's office said. He did not appear in the Clackamas County Jail roster at 8:30 p.m.

The police dog, Grimm, will also get an evaluation. The sheriff's office said he has some swelling from being struck with the pipe.

-- Carli Brosseau

cbrosseau@oregonian.com

503-294-5121; @carlibrosseau