Posted on 11/29/2014 6:37:37 PM PST by DogByte6RER
Oregon police dog ‘Cash’ fired for poor performance
A Belgian Malinois trained to be the ninth member of a Cannon Beach, Oregon, police force has been given the boot, evidently unfit for the field of law enforcement.
Two-year-old “Cash” was dismissed before he even got to see action, The Associated Press reported.
Among his many faults: He was afraid of heights. He had barking difficulties. And he startled at the slightest of noises, AP reported. On top of that, he couldn’t perform one of his key roles — jumping into high spots, like counters, to sniff out drugs.
Instead, he’d just start barking, police said.
“[Barking is] fine as an alert, but you can’t get anything done when you’re trying to get him to find dope and he’s just barking in your face,” said Officer Josh Gregory, the dog’s former handler, in an interview with the Daily Astorian.
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Indeed. :-)
Tito was the Yugoslav dictator.
/smacks forehead
I was thinking of Hirohito
Thanks for the edit.
:)
Easy mistake after all these years! :)
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