{"id":183130,"date":"2020-08-05T15:58:24","date_gmt":"2020-08-05T14:58:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/news\/?p=183130"},"modified":"2020-08-05T15:58:38","modified_gmt":"2020-08-05T14:58:38","slug":"police-dog-finds-missing-pair-on-first-shift","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/news\/police-dog-finds-missing-pair-on-first-shift\/","title":{"rendered":"Police Dog Finds Missing Pair On First Shift"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>A newly hired police dog has been praised after he found a missing mother and toddler on his first shift.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_183176\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-183176\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-183176\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/48BA8820-0D9D-4588-A88E-B2EBC485E8B4-300x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/48BA8820-0D9D-4588-A88E-B2EBC485E8B4-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/48BA8820-0D9D-4588-A88E-B2EBC485E8B4-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/48BA8820-0D9D-4588-A88E-B2EBC485E8B4-100x100.jpeg 100w, https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/48BA8820-0D9D-4588-A88E-B2EBC485E8B4.jpeg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-183176\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">AKC.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Max the two year old German shepherd discovered the pair on the edge of a ravine in a remote part of Powys on Saturday, after they were declared missing a day or two ago. They reportedly spent the night outside.<\/p>\n<p>After they were helped down my mountain rescue, they were checked over by mountain rescue doctors and helped further by ambulance services.<\/p>\n<p>Inspector Jonathan Rees-Jones said: &#8220;The woman had not been seen or spoken to for two days, which was out of character, and her phone wasn&#8217;t working, so naturally concern for her safety was high.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>There was\u00a0&#8220;a vast area to cover given the amount of time she had been missing&#8221;, and they were given a lead once they found the woman\u2019s car in the area. As mentioned by the inspector though, there was still a large area to search and every minute that went by was not to be wasted.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Despite only recently becoming licensed, and on his first operational shift, he immediately commenced an open area search.\u201c<\/p>\n<p>They were found after only an hour of searching, which included help from other search and rescue forces.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They were safe, but cold, and appeared to have been in the area for a significant amount of time,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I must give a special mention to PC Pete Lloyd and Max, who on their very first day since completing their training together covered a significant amount of mileage in the search, eventually locating them safe.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>PC Lloyd said he was &#8220;really pleased.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Max remained focussed throughout the long search and he proved invaluable.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>What a good boy.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A newly hired police dog has been praised after he found a missing mother and toddler on his first shift.\u00a0 Max the two year old German shepherd discovered the pair on the edge of a ravine in a remote part of Powys on Saturday, after they were declared missing a day or two ago. 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