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Pensions for police dogs
The Telegraph 4th November 2013
Police dogs will be given their own pensions to ensure their medical bills are paid after they retire in a first by a police force.
Nottinghamshire Police will give dogs up to £1,500 in pensions after saying the animals should be recognised as “officers in their own right.”
The police force is the first in the UK to announce the scheme to recognise the efforts of highly trained dogs to help catch criminals.
The pioneering scheme has been announced by Paddy Tipping, police and crime commissioner for Nottinghamshire.
He said: "We look after the people who work for us who have been police officers and staff, they get a decent retirement and I think it's important the same is done for the dogs.
Police dogs will be rewarded with a £1,500 pension pot to help them when they put their paws up in retirement.
Why we love German Shepherds...
Abandoned Baby Was Found In Birmingham Park By Dog
B.B.C. News 1st November 2013
A dog owner has described how his German Shepherd discovered an abandoned newborn baby, and she has now been named after the faithful pet.
Roger Wilday, 68, was walking nine-year-old Jade in a park off Stuarts Road in the Stechford area of Birmingham on Thursday afternoon when the animal suddenly raced to the bushes.
Mr Wlday, 68, said she lay down next to what looked like a discarded carrier bag and refused to return to him.He told the Birmingham Mail that as he moved closer, he realised she had found the newborn baby girl.He said he saw the bag move and at first thought it was a bag of kittens but then saw the infant's tiny arms and head, before she began to cry.
Mr Wilday ran to a friend's house and rang 999 and then, on instructions from the police, raced back to pick up the baby before officers arrived.He told the newspaper: "We were just in the right place at the right time."The baby, who weighs six pounds and was found wrapped in a blanket, was then taken to hospital.
She has been named Jade by hospital staff after her four-legged rescuer and has been described as "alert, happy and contented" as she continues to recover in hospital.
Jade the hero German Shepherd
Faithful to the end...
Loyal dog ran away from home to find his dead master's grave - and has stayed by its side for six years
Daily Mail 13 September 2012
A faithful dog has refused to leave the side of his dead master's grave for six years, it was reported.German shepherd Capitan ran away from home after the death of Argentinian Miguel Guzman in 2006.A week later Mr Guzman's family went to pay their respects and found the heartbroken pet sitting by his owner's grave, wailing.Since then the grieving dog has rarely left the spot at the cemetery in the town of Villa Carlos Paz, central Argentina.Mr Guzman bought Capitan as a present for his 13-year-old son Damian in 2005.He died suddenly in March the next year, but by the time his family had returned home from the funeral Capitan was gone.Mr Guzman's widow Veronica told Argentina's Cordoba newspaper: 'We searched for him but he had vanished. We thought he must have got run over and died.'The following Sunday we went to the cemetery and Damian recognised his pet. Capitan came up to us, barking and wailing, as if he were crying.'She added: 'We had never taken him to the cemetery so it is a mystery how he managed to find the place.'We went back the next Sunday, and he was there again. This time, he followed us home and spent a bit of time with us, but then went back to the cemetery before it started getting dark.'I don't think he wanted to leave Miguel on his own at night.'
Loyal German Shepherd,Capitan.
OLDER NEWS
Dont worry!He`s ok!
Police Dog Suffers Fractured Skull During Riots
August 2011
Obi the German Shepherd has thankfully made a full recovery after been hit with a brick during the recent London riots.
The brave dog and his handler PC Phil Wells were on the front line on Saturday 6 August in Tottenham when a large crowd began throwing bottles and bricks at the police.
PC Wells explained: "Obi is trained in public order, and that may be dispersing a crowd or pushing them back. We were on a stationary point when we came under heavy bombardment."Even though Obi was bleeding from his nostril,he continued to work for a couple of hours.
Obi with the shaved patch above his eye where he was struck.
Spellbinding story!(did you see what I did there...)
Harry Potter Dog ‘Padfoot’ Needs New Home
September 2011
Berry, the 10-year-old black German Shepherd that played Padfoot in the “Harry Potter” movies, is up for adoption, and the requests are streaming in, many from the U.S.
His owner, stuntman and trainer Paul Thompson, gave Berry to England’s German Shepherd Rescue in July along with a white 13-year-old German Shepherd named Porridge. The two dogs, who grew up together, must be adopted as a pair.
“Berry was given up for rescue because the gentleman couldn’t afford to keep him anymore and his companion,” said Jane O’Brien, who fields inquiries for German Shepherd Rescue. The two dogs were immediately put into a safe foster home but now need a permanent place to live.
Berry the Harry Potter German Shepherd
Sorry!Very sad story....
Police Dog Handler Banned
October 2011
Former police dog handler Ian Craven has been banned from owning or keeping dogs for only three years after pleading guilty to causing unnecessary suffering to two dogs which died in his car during hot weather in June.
The charges related to an incident on June 26 in which a German Shepherd puppy and a Malinois-type dog died in a vehicle outside the Metropolitan Police dog training centre in Layhams Road, Keston, Kent.
The judge was told that the officer had been involved in a similar event in July 2004 when a young spaniel died in a vehicle.
Its tough to say goodbye...
Tom Hanks Twitter Memorial
January 2012
Movie star Tom Hanks went on twitter recently to say goodbye to his beloved white German Shepherd,Monty.Hanks,who has a mentioned his dogs in various TV interviews posted a picture and tweeted ""Monty. Deep brown eyes, noble demeanor, finest dog ever. A sad day. Goodbye Big Boy. Hanx," 
Monty.....R.I.P.