Animal shelter dog “Quattro” may work for police: Shepherd dog gets exception

Austria: Police dogs are just as deserving parts of the authorities as their human colleagues.

They, too, put their health on the line day after day, chase criminals, track down missing persons, and can solve some tasks much better than we humans can.

In order for a dog to be suitable for police service, several very tough criteria must be met.

Not all breeds of dogs are suitable for police service; only specific animals are even considered.

In addition, candidates must normally be breeding dogs and come from a pure and purposeful breeding.

Quattro” does not have all this, and yet he is now allowed to start training as a police dog. From the animal shelter to the police – a path like a fairy tale.

Animal shelter dog “Quattro” is allowed to work for the police

The Lower Austrian police have found a very special new candidate for a post with them.

The Belgian shepherd dog “Quattro” actually lived the past weeks and months in the animal shelter and thus already falls outside the guidelines of the authority.

But since the shelter dog has very special talents, the police make an exception for him.

At the age of just under ten weeks, the German shepherd was found tied to a tree in a park in Vienna-Ottakring.

A passer-by freed him and brought the four-legged friend to the animal shelter “TierQuarTier”.

There they named the four-legged friend “Quattro” and immediately took him in. Until an employee observed the talents of the German shepherd more closely and noticed how much potential the dog had.

She contacted the police, who then had a suitability test done by the Federal Training Center for Police Service Dog Handlers.

Quattro was certified as a suitable police dog by the office in Vienna-Strebersdorf. Shortly thereafter, Quattro was assigned to the police dog department of the Lower Austrian provincial police headquarters.

Now the brave four-legged friend from the animal shelter is being trained for 24 months to become a police protection, tracking, and rummaging dog.

A story like the dishwasher who became a millionaire. Quattro shows that it doesn’t matter where you come from if you always believe in your strengths and find people who believe in you.