Posted on 06/08/2017 7:48:47 PM PDT by Innovative
A German shepherd puppy named Gavel couldn't quite cut it as a police dog, as he was too friendly with strangers to catch criminals.
Not every pup is cut out to be a police dog. One such puppy, a German shepherd named Gavel, flunked out of police training in Australia in February after he was found to "not display the necessary aptitude for a life on the front line." As BBC reports, the problem was that Gavel was "too sociable," and enjoyed meeting strangers a little too much to make a career out of catching criminals. Unfortunately, he was too much of a good boy.
Luckily, Gavel's first six weeks of life had been spent at the official home of the Queensland governor, and the politician, Paul de Jersey, was happy to take him back.
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I’m afraid that my cat would have ‘run away’ .
bkmk
lol. How precious!
We had a neighbor who was a police officer. He was trying to make his German Shepherd more aggressive so he could use it for his police work. The dog turned on him and bit him. My dad offered to take the dog and it was a great companion. It just didn’t like being kicked and beaten.
We have a pair of rescues, littermates, Beagle/Shepherd mix, Both treat our 17 year old cat like a sister...
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