Paw patrol: Two new pups join Police Scotland’s dog unit

Malinois Pyro and German Shepherd Duer will be trained up to be general purpose dogs.

Paw patrol: Two new pups join Police Scotland’s dog unitPolice Scotland
Jenness Mitchell

Two new pups have joined Police Scotland’s dog unit.

Pyro, a 13-week-old Malinois, and Duer, a nine-week-old German Shepherd, will be trained up to be general purpose dogs.

Police Scotland said: “The duties of a general purpose dog can be looking for missing persons, searching for weapons and other evidence and looking for individuals who may be evading the police.”

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