DC_Police Dogs ( Puppy Development Program)

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Here are TPD’s Vader, Vecna, Storm and Kobi successfully completing the stand off exercise. This is where the dog is sent to detain a fleeing criminal who then stops fleeing giving himself up. The dog should not bite and should bark to indicate he/she has detained them

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At training this week we did tracking, boldness tests ie the spooky man, steadiness to gun tests, stand off’s and an introduction to a noisy crowd. Here is TPD Ronnie on his gun test. Completely bomb proof.

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Great getting back to full time training after nearly a month on hold while dealing with other issues. Here is Phil tracking with TPD Vecna. He is one of my favourite dogs in terms of his temperament & working potential & is typical of the dogs we get from Craig at Vonkeble dogs

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TPD Storm before meeting up with his buddies at training today.

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TPD Ronnie & Ella enjoyed meeting up with TPD’s Vecna, Vader, Kobi and Storm at training today.

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TPD Beorn paying her respects.

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Abi and TPD Storm out for a walk but I doubt he would fit into their teacup. But knowing him he would enjoy giving it a try.

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Lauren. I don’t know as Dorset stopped using X in 2025 and I think they now post on Instagram. I’ve just learned that PD Maverick has qualified as an FSD dog but I only found out because his handler Laura messaged me which was great news

[Lauren Tompkins @LaurenSTompkins]

@DC_PoliceDogs Ella is fantastic dog. How are the G litter doing? We’ve not seen anything about PD Goose and PD Gerri for a while from @PDFranky and @dorsetpolice?

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Nice one team Albert.

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A wanted male was spotted by officers but ran off into an industrial estate. PD Albert was deployed to search, quickly locating both the male and his discarded clothing after he attempted to change his appearance. One in custody 🐾 @DC_Police @_GS_Albert

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Ella hasn’t done a track for a long time but for her it’s an exercise that she loves. Ive laid some titbits on it just to stop her charging around after her operation a few weeks ago. You never lose it.

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Nothing to do with our puppy program I promise, but made me laugh.

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It still after all these years fills me with pride watching our dog teams practicing their environmental heel work. Here they are at Sidmouth ignoring all distractions including other dogs.

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Here are the teams practicing their 5 minute group downstay

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Here are the Initial course practising their control work. Left to right TPD Kensa with Leianne, TPD Frank with Ben, TPD Inca with Instructor Lee and TPD Milo with Porche.

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Here’s Porche with her dog TPD Milo making light work of a hard surface track.

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Out with the Initial course yesterday week 6 of their 13 week course. Here is TPD Inca who is the spare dog on the course because we haven’t got a handler for her. Here she is doing a hard surface track with Instructor Lee. She is a cracking dog.

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Great to see Rita back doing what she loves best after her previous cruciate injury. Well done Mark and PD Rita

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PD Rita from Cornwall recently attended an overnight break to the Co-Op store in Loswithiel. PD Rita tracked through the town, locating the suspect who was subsequently detained and arrested! Great work team Rita 💪🏼🔥🐾 @DC_Police

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Ella was signed off yesterday by St Boniface having made a remarkable recovery thanks to Ben and the team. I must admit on the Tuesday I didn’t think she would make it and I thought we never again walk together around Killerton or watch her chasing the waves.❤️🥰

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Hannah. That’s a fair question & if all the Police forces came under one budget we probably should. But we don’t and maintaining a puppy program costs a lot of money and hard work from our puppy walkers. Any money obtained goes into supporting our puppy program. 👍

[Hannah youlden @HannahYoul91422]

@DC_PoliceDogs Hi dc police dogs why do you sell them to police force and why don’t they have them for free as at some point the police have paid enough for the dogs in total? X

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Emma. I still havnt been able to get him to bark on his person searching & stand off’s and his bite work is not committed enough which is probably because of the dental work he had as a young dog. So lots of remedial work at the moment. But we will get there.

[Emma Bradshaw-Smith @EmmaBradsSmith]

@DC_PoliceDogs Where’s TPD Ronnie?