police dog

Definitions

1. A dog trained and employed by the police to pursue suspects or sniff out contraband.
2. Synonym of German shepherd.
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Equivalents

Examples

“A man who attacked three police officers and a police dog at Nottingham on April 4 has pleaded guilty to two counts of actual bodily harm⟳, assault with intent to resist⟳ arrest, assault of an emergency worker, possession of a bladed article, possession of an offensive weapon, and causing unnecessary suffering to a protected animal.”

“Finding myself, the other day, in New London, Conn., the thought occurred that it would be a good time to pay⟳ a visit⟳ to my old friend, Henri I. Baer whose kennel of police dogs (German shepherd dogs) at East Killingly, Conn., was only an hour or so away.”

“For instance, we will take⟳ a police dog, and no doubt⟳ you are all aware, as I am, of the fact that the police or German shepherd is one of the hardest dogs that we have⟳ to treat⟳.”

“Contrary to popular opintion, the shepherd or police dog has not been crossed with the wolf, and has none of the qualities of such a mongrel.”

“By the mid-1920s, the annual registrations of German Shepherd Dogs surpassed 21,000 dogs a year in America and the breed⟳ had become⟳ one of the most well-known in the country. Unfortunately, to meet⟳ this demand⟳ for “German police dogs” too many puppies were bred indiscriminately and the breed's reputation suffered.”

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