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We’ve named the soporific pup who’s attracted so much attention Viper. Here he is on his second day in the job, making himself at home in the trainers office.....Zzzzzzzz! 😴😂
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That afternoon feeling when your first day in the job proves to be a lot more tiring than you were expecting!Introducing our new (but yet to be named) addition 😴😴
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🐾 TPD Tyler 🐾 hurt his paw today and went to see the nice Vet Lady. The nice lady said he behaved exceptionally well and gave him a bandage. He’s resting up now and will have some scooby snacks. Tyler would love some comments from his followers to help him get better quicker.
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We know we often show clips of the dogs doing action packed things, but being trained to do “nothing” is just as important. Here’s Layla, one of our young dogs in training practicing a down-stay at Reading railway station.
#control
#containthedrive
#SafeControlledEfficient
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GP Initial course: week five, recall exercise. Trust us....this is good, very good!! 😉
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Three new search dog pups arrived today. This is Cooper 😀👍🏻
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Sometimes things don’t go as planned 🙈
This team has broken a finger and a paw this week during their course, so we’re wishing them a speedy recovery and hope they’re out on the streets soon 🤞🏻we like their matching bandages though!
#TPDAldo
#TeamInjuries
#InitialCourse
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Fergie heading off with her new handler and pretty relaxed about it 🐾
#puppy
#NewRecruit
#TheFuture
#JOU
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2 new arrivals joining the JOU Dog Section this morning 🐾🐾
#NewRecruits
#puppies
#TheFuture
#K9Unit
#JOU
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Twitter say hello to 3 of our newest recruits, TPD Copper, Marlow & Ajax 😍
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We must sadly announce that RPD Rocky was PTS this morning 🐾 Rocky served as a Victim Recovery Dog for many years & was commended on several occasions for his excellent work. He retired to his handler & family 🐾
#PawsUpNowRocky
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*Newest Recruit*
Please join us in welcoming to the dog section our newest recruit, malenois pup TPD Tommy. Collected today from our friends
@WMPDogs
🙂🐾
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TPD Ollie getting his desk in order ahead of his first day at work 🐾
#firstdayatwork
#puppy
#k9unit
@ThamesVP
@HantsPolice
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Do you get the feeling search dog Patch has had enough of early starts this week?!
#HitTheSnoozeButton
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Annual licensing and certification to allow for continued operational deployment for all our patrol dog teams this month. (No pressure! 😉) Here’s PD Ace successfully completing this morning’s recall exercise
#SkillOnDemand
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Meet our two latest new recruits, brother and sister Hugo and Bailey 🐾🐾
#puppy
#PoliceDogs
#k9
#thefuture
@ThamesVP
@HantsPolice
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Spud our newest recruit is settling in well and is certainly making himself heard 🐾
#Spud
#K9puppy
#TheFuture
#JOU
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🐾PD Aldo🐾
Remember Aldo who passed his final assessments recently to become a fully fledged police dog… well last night he nabbed his first criminal.
Overnight in Slough a vehicle that was taken without consent failed to stop for police
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Brand new recruit....perhaps just beginning to wonder if this really is for him?? 😂
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Vice putting everything together he has learnt over the last few weeks. Shoulder lift, open stairs, grated floor and a good full mouth bite.
At not yet 5 months old he is showing great promise 🐾
#TheFuture
#K9puppy
#vice
#JOU
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A warm welcome to our newest recruit who joined us today.
Welcome young Watson 🐾
#NewRecruit
#puppy
#K9Unit
#TheFuture
#JOU
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PD Dexter showing some practical agility in training as he jumps a wall and stream on the to catch and detain the decoy 🐾
#agility
#dogtraining
#k9unit
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So in a few short hours a stalwart of our dog section (and one of the nicest guys you could ever wish to work alongside) retires: (both dogs also retiring and staying with him) Best wishes Matt from all your friends and colleagues
@HantsTVPolDogs
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Firearms support dog Astle up onto his handler’s shoulder. Then entering and clearing the freight train carriage. Another great day of joint training with
@JOU_ArmedPolice
🐾
#TeamWork
#DogTraining
#K9Unit
#FSD
#JOU
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Say hello to our newest recruit to the Dog Section.......Puppy Duffy (DH)
#futurecrimefighter
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Confirmation received that we will be required to lose 15 handlers and their dogs by 2019 as part of budget cuts. Hugely disappointing doesn’t begin to describe emotions within the Unit.
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Today is PD Nika’s last shift before he retires at the grand age of 8. No more night shifts for you, Nika - time to put those paws up! 🐾
#PoliceDogsOfTwitter
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🐾Forever Home🐾
Hello Friends.
We hope you are enjoying the summer holidays.
Please meet Raven, she is a 1 year old Malinois who doesn’t quite have what it takes to continue on her journey to become a Police Dog.
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🐾Retirement Home🐾
We are looking to find a suitable forever home for Ajay, an 8 year old German Shepherd who served as a Firearms Support dog in Hants & Thames Valley for 6 years.
He is awesome but has specific needs that have made finding him a retirement home challenging.
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Meet TPD Pepsi who arrived with the Dog Section today!! A lovely Black Labrador puppy who will hopefully become one of our Specialist Search Dogs in the future!
#PoliceDog
#Puppy
#Trainee
#SearchDog
#BlackLabrador
#BlackLab
#Pepsi
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Out on the water with
@HantspolMarine
and
@JXD_16
is testing her sea legs 🐾💦🌊
#K9Unit
#allaboard
#FSD
#JOU
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Rope and abseiling familiarisation training with Dexter and Vice
We are always trying new things, so that our dogs and handlers are prepared for nearly anything 🐾
#k9unit
#developingdogs
#JOU
#workingdogs
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Last night PD Dodge was deployed to support
@JOU_ArmedPolice
and
@tvprp
during a lengthy pursuit following a high value robbery. Well done to Dodge for detaining the one who decided to run (but sensibly gave up!)
#4fasterthan2
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G’Morning pups: Greeting Vice and Spud; two of our confident, friendly and oh so happy youngsters 🐕
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PD Layla (who’s journey has taken her from Battersea dogs home to licensed operational police dog) completes the “slippery-floor-weapon-attack” that formed part of today’s assessment exercises 👍🏻
#SkillOnDemand
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🐾PD Hudson🐾
In
@TVP_Oxford
we had sightings of a male who was wanted for multiple shopliftings& also wanted on warrant. Funnily enough he didn’t feel like sticking around, but fear not, Hudson tracked the male& located him hiding in a field. He was charged and remanded.
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When 3 of our handlers snuck away during training today it didn’t take long to guess where they went….Cuddles all round for these wannabe Police Dog puppies 🥰 and a check to make sure none got hidden in coats 😁
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PD Pacer day 1 of his refresher course and working on control and desensitisation to the bite equipment 🐾
#control
#dogtraining
#k9unit
#JOU
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So, last duty now completed for one of the best skippers and finest fellas ever to serve on our dog section. Enjoy your retirement BC, you’ve earned it 🐕👍🏻
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An armful of cuteness at the kennels today with the arrival of four new cocker spaniel pups; destined for 2022 search dog courses.
#cutepups
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PD WILSON keeping a close eye on the decoy in the open search exercise at training today 🐾
#dogtraining
#k9unit
#foundyou
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"Call of the Wild" 🐺
One of our trainee pups, TPD Ivan, was being walked near to the Wolf Sanctuary in Beenham. He stopped to join in with them, as you do. 🙂
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8 month old Vice shows no fear as he launches himself into the water to get his reward 🐾💦
#NoFear
#DogTraining
#TheFuture
#JOU
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PD Tash showing off some ladder climbing skills today on her refresher course 🐾
#dogtraining
#goingup
#agility
#k9unit
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PD Storm on day 1 of her refresher course, showing great agility and environmental skills as she flies up and down the spiral staircase 🐾
#dogtraining
#k9unit
#Storm
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Noise, down-draught, fuel fumes, movement & tremors - it doesn’t get much more environmentally distracting & challenging for a dog but this youngster, who’s going through our puppy development programme, coped really well with it all. Thanks to
@NPASBournemouth
for their help! 😀
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We'd like to introduce you to 8 week old new recruit T/PD Scooby. He joins the Puppy Development Programme 🐶🐾
#445
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PD Cass halfway through her firearms support dog course, here covering van deployments. Top tip, don’t run 🐾
#FSD
#DogTraining
#K9Unit
#JOU
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Today PD Rocky hangs up his lead and retires. He joined us as a rescue dog and licensed as a Victim Recovery Dog in 2011. Rocky has received several commendations for his good work with his handler PC Morgan 🐾
#PawsUp
#GoodBoyRocky
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Brave Vice takes on the open grated walkway today. A tough environment with only little paws, but he showed great composure 🐾
#Vice
#DogTraining
#JOU
#DevelopingDogs
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Last week saw PC Pascoe & PD Griff make it to retirement after a long & successful career on the dog section….We wish them a happy & healthy future 💙
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PD Ernie keeping Southampton safe this evening.
Detains one burglar exiting a premise, and locates two suspects having committed a residential burglary hiding under cars.
Goes on to locate the stolen property too, hidden to be collected later.
#teamwork
#thenoseknows
@PD_Ernie
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🐾PD Loki🐾
In Basingstoke Loki’s handler spotted a male wanted for a domestic assault.
The chap had been wanted for some time and had been trying his best to evade police.
Loki stepped up & with his handler made sure that the suspect didn’t not evade us again.
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This week we’re running an assessment course for potential dog handlers: Monday involved a decoy coaching session and here’s one of the students getting up close and personal with one of the dogs. An exercise that’s definitely not for the faint hearted! And yes, it hurts! 😳😂
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We love it when a plan comes together!! Monday afternoon we give Rocco some training in water deployments (that’s him pictured below) Tuesday evening criminal tries to evade arrest by swimming away from dog....but he doesn’t get far!! 😂😂
#gotcha
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First day at school for 8 week old Oak. Making himself at home in the trainers kitchen before he got to work 🐾
#gsdpuppy
#puppy
#firstdayatwork
#JOU
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This is Hugo. Hugo is 1 year old and will soon start training to be a police dog. He's spent the last couple of days settling into some new digs, exploring the neighbourhood and checking out all the sniffs. He wishes you all a very happy Thursday. 🐾
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Puppy Duffy's first day at Dog School & the first job is uniform measurements. We think she has some growing to do........ (DH)
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🐾NEW TEAM🐾
Please welcome PD Aldo to the JOU Dog Section.
Set back with an injury earlier this year he has recovered & recommenced training with his handler.
Today they successfully licensed as a dog team & will now support communities across
@HantsPolice
&
@ThamesVP
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PD Wilson and handler displaying a great practical recall today in training 🐾
#recall
#control
#dogtraining
#k9unit
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Most of our dogs are sourced as pups and developed “in house” However PD Layla, who licensed this week, came to us via
@Battersea_
dogs home. We’re delighted to take her from rescue dog to qualified police dog. Huge thanks to Jeff Moore from Battersea for sending her our way 🐕
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TOMMY & CRUISE 🐾🐾
Two of our young dogs showing they certainly aren’t camera shy in a puppy photo shoot this week.
#puppy
#TomCruise
#k9unit
@ThamesVP
@HantsPolice
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Young Karma takes on the testing environment of the open grated metal floor and deals with it perfectly 🐾👌
#EnvironmentalTraining
#DogTraining
#Puppy
#K9Unit
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Some of the young police dogs in training took to the water for their bite work yesterday. Well done Layla, Vice and Storm. Calm, confident and progressing nicely 🐾💦
#dogtraining
#workingdogs
#K9unit
#thefuture
#JOU
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Monday morning and a new pup’s just arrived at the kennels.
Introducing Tony (not sure the name will stay!) who was bred by WMP and sired by Sam, one of our existing specialist search dogs.
Welcome aboard little fella!
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Sometimes going through the door isn’t an option. Prepared for anything 🚪❌🐾
#WindowEntries
#DogTraining
#K9Unit
#JOU
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TWO NEW RECRUITS 🐾🐾
The first day at work for our newest recruits.
#puppy
#dogtraining
#k9unit
@ThamesVP
@HantsPolice
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Today PD Ludo licensed as a Victim Recovery & Blood Detection Dog 🐾 one of the most enthusiastic searchers you’ll see 🌪🌪 welcome to the team!
#445
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Young Viper full of energy this afternoon after his helicopter experience with
@NPASSouthEast
🐾🚁
#DevelopingDogs
#WorkingTogether
#DogTraining
#K9Unit
#TheFuture
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Viper and his handler having some fun in the sun with some extra obedience they have been working on 🐾
#k9unit
#dogtraining
#obedience
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Last week PD Watson located a high risk missing person who was in crisis. These dogs are worth their weight in gold 💪
#thenoseknows
#helpingpaw
#itsoknottobeok
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PD Tash enjoying the evening view after detaining 3 males following a public order incident in Portsmouth involving a knife, all were very compliant whilst she tested her vocals 🎶 🐕 🚔
#GoodGirl
#PresenceIsEnough
#MissTash
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One of our young 8 month old pups, scheduled for the April 2018 initial course, coming along nicely. Emergency recall💪👍(DH)
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The new recruits have now been named and will soon be off to their puppy walkers.
Meet 6 week old Luna, Fergie and Jess 🐾🐾🐾
#puppies
#k9unit
#thefuture
#JOU
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Confident new recruit Gracie has the keys to the Guv’nor’s motor & is ready to hit the streets on pawtrol 🐾 (445)
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Training School Dog-a-Day:
Meet Willow!! Willow is 18 months old and has the loudest bark on our course. She works with PC Jon York. Willow LOVES agility. She is a GSD but may have some Pterodactyl in her lineage, as she can often be found in the air. See the images below ⬇️
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Congratulations to the three new teams who successfully passed licensing at the end of their Initial Course. PC Golding with Duvel, PS White with Layla, and PC Martin with Kyra. Good luck, success & stay safe!
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🐾 PD Juke🐾
On Tuesday a 🚗 linked to thefts from lorries was sighted on the M4. After making off it was found abandoned.
PD Juke arrived and tracked through fields into farmland, locating 5 suspects attempting to hide.
5 in custody 💪🏻
#thenoseknows
#nohidingplaces
#gsd
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Puppy Didi taking an early morning rest
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PD Diesel taking on and dealing with the ‘gun attack’ exercise here during his refresher week. A strong and committed dog 🐾
#dogtraining
#strongdog
#k9unit
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Welcome to our 4 newest team members. Obi, Rocco, Hudson and Kobe 🐾🐾🐾🐾
#puppies
#k9unit
#gsd
#thefuture
@ThamesVP
@HantsPolice
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Meet PD Tash 👋
She's been a police dog for 18 months now and she's new to this social media thing!
It's actually her 3rd birthday today but she's at work because she loves it 💜
#MeetTheTeam
# MissTash
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Everyone, say hello & Happy Retirement to the gorgeous PD Buster 🐶 Buster worked in Hampshire as a GP/FSD until he was 8 1/2, with a super successful career & is now enjoying retirement with one of our ex handlers & will be supported by
@pensions4paws
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🐾RPD Dax🐾 We are happy to confirm that RPD Dax has found his forever home and is settling in well just in time for Christmas. Enjoy your much deserved retirement old boy! We can’t thank those of you enough who reached out about rehoming recently.
#retirement
#policedog
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Slightly distracting when you are doing your emails on a Monday morning 🐾
#MondayMorning
#puppy
#gsd
#dogsoftwitter
#k9unit
@ThamesVP
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Following a serious domestic incident a suspect took every opportunity to evade police (including a vehicle pursuit). He took off on foot into woodland... just as he thought he’d got away PD Griff was ready and waiting on the other side of the woods 😉
#gotcha
(AM)
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Just as we like it....... Trying to get our 2 new baby search dogs to keep still for a pic was impossible 🙈 (DH)
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🐾🐾 PD HUNTER 🐾🐾
Police dog Hunter used his nose to track and locate a vulnerable 14 year old female, late at night in Milton Keynes. PD Hunter has only been out a week and is already showing how good his nose is.
#thenoseknows
@ThamesVP
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