Australian Shepherd Ruby was about to be put down when Patricia Inman, a dog trainer, intervened and convinced the shelter to give the dog another chance. She believed that the dog had the potential to be a great police dog. And she was right.
Ruby’s handler, Daniel O’Neil, had a difficult time training her, but once Daniel had her under control, she became an excellent police dog. Ruby and her handler worked together for seven years to find missing people. Ruby also helped track down a missing teenager.
The boy was found unconscious in the woods and was brought to the hospital to receive medical treatment. The boy survived, and it turned out that he was Patricia’s son. Patricia never expected that the dog she saved years ago would one day save the life of her son.
Patricia was so grateful that she went to meet Ruby and her handler to personally thank them for saving her son’s life. Dogs are important to the police force, and it’s not just their physical capabilities that make them so useful in law enforcement. Dogs are extremely sensitive animals who can pick up on even the slightest changes in their environment.
Their sense of smell is one of their most powerful senses, and it is the one that can help them find missing people. Dogs can detect things like drugs and bombs through their nose and can alarm someone if they find something suspicious. Dogs can also sniff out missing people or bodies buried under snow or mud.
Some dogs can also identify scents from as far away as two miles. The reason why dogs have such strong senses is that their brains have more receptor cells than humans’ brains do. This allows them to detect scents much better than we do, which makes them perfect for finding people who are lost or hiding from the police.
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Credit: TODAY