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“The combination of qualities required in a police dog – the nose, the biddability, the controllable aggression, the bravery, the talent for distinguishing the toe-rag from the good citizen, the fear-inspiring bark and looking the part – these do not necessarily come with any pedigree, nor do the genes predictably pass on.”

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Book:Cassius - The True Story of a Courageous Police Dog

Source: Cassius - The True Story of a Courageous Police Dog

“Watch him!’ screeched Joe, more urgently than Cass had ever heard before and, glory be, that dog turned on a sixpence, roared back to the bewildered and besodden thieves, slid to a halt in a shower of sand and gravel and bouncing on his paws, showed his charges once more what he would do to them if they tried anything.”

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Book:Cassius - The True Story of a Courageous Police Dog

Source: Cassius - The True Story of a Courageous Police Dog

“Then another very tall policeman arrived with a huge hairy hound that took one look at the assembled and noisy throng, decided that he had better go for the nearest one and bit him in the hand. Pity of it was, the nearest one was the sergeant.”

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Book:Cassius - The True Story of a Courageous Police Dog

Source: Cassius - The True Story of a Courageous Police Dog

“Operational dogs very often experienced failure. A track would lead nowhere, a search would find nothing, a quarry pursued would escape, and no matter how much the handler tried to compensate with fun exercises out of hours, any failure left a small mark and repeated failures accumulated. Success at new challenges, new games, was an unbeatable tonic for a dog and handler.”

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Book:Cassius - The True Story of a Courageous Police Dog

Source: Cassius - The True Story of a Courageous Police Dog