A four-month old puppy has become the latest recruit to join Nottinghamshire Police’s paw partol, based in Arnold.
Taggart, pictured, is the newest edition to Nottinghamshire Police’s Dog Section, which is based at Sherwood Lodge.
He’s a four-month-old Belgian Malinois and joined police from a litter of 13 from West Yorkshire.
Yesterday his handler introduced him to ‘tracking’ where he managed to sniff out his food that was hidden around a training field.
Taggart will be a general purpose police dog and tracking with be a crucial part of his job, so that’s why he’s taught to use his nose first.
Taggart’s handler, PC Pete Baxter who has been a dog handler for 15 years, said: “In about 1 years’ time Taggart will be getting ready to start a training course. In the meantime he will be living with me whilst I train him and build his confidence. He’s shown great potential so far and I’m looking forward to seeing how much he develops.”
