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DON OSBORNE
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HE MAN raised the gun in his
hand and took careful aim as
the huge German Shepherd

moved towards him.

The dog’s eyes were fixed, not on
the man’s face, but on his trigger
finger. When that finger tightened on
the trigger the dog leapt aside a split
second before the gun went off.

Six times the animal repeated the
performance, then he leapt forward to
grab the man’s arm in his strong

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teeth and force him to drop the
empty gun.

The man, an instructor at the
Royal Canadian Mounted Police dog
school and a crack shot, admitted
that had the gun been loaded with
live ammunition he would have
succeeded in grazing the dog only
once.

As exceptional as it was the per-
formance of Police Dog Chief was
only one of the many examples of

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canine intelligence and ability that
have been astounding the R.C.M.P.
dogmen ever since they started using
the four-legged constables.

It was not until 1940 that Canadian

courts began admitting evidence
arising from the use of Police Service
Dogs. Actually the Mounties have
been using dogs—German Shepherds,
Riesenschnauzers, Rottweilers and
Doberman Pinschers—with amazing
success ever since the first canine

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