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    Are You Sure He’S a Police Dog?
    Are You Sure He’S a Police Dog?
    Are You Sure He’S a Police Dog?
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    Are You Sure He’S a Police Dog?

    By Janet Wright

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    This is the story of a dog a pedigree Alsatian who became a Police Dog in the West Riding Police Force. He was brave, intelligent and loyal, with a wicked sense of humour and a big heart. This is the tale of that career and of the family whose lives he enriched.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAuthorHouse UK
    Release dateAug 1, 2012
    ISBN9781477219478
    Are You Sure He’S a Police Dog?
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    Janet Wright

    I seem to have been surrounded by dogs all my life, first as a youngster when our next door neighbours had two Alsatians, both females. I loved to visit them, and sit in a particular chair where they would both come and join me. I had no fear of them at all and I suppose this stood me in good stead for what was to come when I grew up and married Tom, who was an RAF Police Dog handler by then! It really has always been a case of “Love me, love my dog!” throughout our married life, which has been a very happy one from the word go!

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      Are You Sure He’S a Police Dog? - Janet Wright

      © 2012 Janet Wright. All rights reserved.

      Watercolour painting on the front cover by artist Alan Jones

      No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted by any means without the written permission of the author.

      First published by AuthorHouse 10/10/2012

      ISBN: 978-1-4772-1946-1 (sc)

      ISBN: 978-1-4772-1947-8 (e)

      Any people depicted in stock imagery provided by Thinkstock are models,

      and such images are being used for illustrative purposes only.

      Certain stock imagery © Thinkstock.

      Because of the dynamic nature of the Internet, any web addresses or links contained in this book may have changed since publication and may no longer be valid. The views expressed in this work are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the publisher, and the publisher hereby disclaims any responsibility for them.

      Contents

      Acknowledgements

      Introduction

      Janet’s Story

      Tom’s Story

      Janet’s Story

      Tom’s Story

      Janet’s Story

      Tom’s Story

      Janet’s Story

      Tom’s Story

      Janet’s Story

      Tom’s Story

      Janet’s Story

      Tom’s Story

      Janet’s Story

      Tom’s Story

      Janet’s Story

      Tom’s Story

      Janet’s Story

      Tom’s Story

      Janet’s Story

      Acknowledgements

      I would like to thank my friend and mentor Philip Lyon and his wife Krys for all their help and encouragement throughout the writing of this book. The original idea was Philips’ many years ago when I was regaling the newsroom of the Halifax Courier newspaper, where we both worked, with the stories of Volka’s adventures. Thanks also to the newspaper for giving me copyright permission to use their photographs in the book, to my husband Tom for his invaluable help with the finer details, and last but certainly not least, to our beloved Volka, without whom the book would never have been written.

      Introduction

      There were these dogs sitting around a field all waiting for their chance to have a bite at this policeman with a padded sleeve on his arm. They were getting rather excited at the prospect.

      Really the policeman had only himself to blame. He came running across the grass waving a football rattle and shouting in a most aggressive manner. then he ran away again, flaunting his rattle in a way that could only be described as provocative.

      Naturally the dogs, being self respecting animals, were straining at the leash and barking their heads off. It was not simply that they wanted to get at the man with the sleeve, they also wanted all the other dogs to know they were claiming first bite!

      The first handler dropped his lead and his dog was off like a bolt of tawny lightening, ears back and joy in its heart as it dashed after the fleeing figure and the lawful, jawful, taste of padded sleeve!

      A nice high bite, said Police Sergeant Peter Wiltshire, approvingly. A police dog you see has to learn to get a good mouthful. It can’t afford to nip and nibble like a terrier. It must get a good grip on the arm so that its quarry can’t wriggle out of its jaws.

      Unfortunately there is only one way to train a dog to get a good grip and that is to have a real arm with a real person attached to it. And as real miscreants are not available in training, the arm has to belong to a dog handler taking his turn as quarry!

      That is one reason, says Sgt Wiltshire, instructor at the West Yorkshire Police Dog Training School in Wakefield, why the dog section has a bit of a reputation in the force and its members are considered to be slightly round the twist.

      With most people it’s a case of once bitten

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