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November 07, 2003

A Woofer's Debacle


Varg the police dog ignored his assignment. And he paid the price.

    OSLO, Norway - When Varg the police dog was sent into a candy factory to track down two intruders, his sense of taste got the better of his sense of duty. The German Shepherd nearly ate himself sick.

    Leif Berglund, of the police in the central Norway city of Trondheim, on Thursday said police were called to the Nidar candy factory after seven 13 -to 15-year-olds were found helping themselves to candy after they broke in.

    Five surrendered at once, but two ran away. So police sent Varg to follow their trail. What he found was the trail of candy they left behind, as well as more candy in the building.

    "He helped himself greedily," said Berglund. He said he was so full of candy "that we had to immediately transfer him to a more urgent assignment" on the lawn outside the building.
The article goes on for another couple of paragraphs, including a short sentence indicating that the dog will not face disciplinary action. I'll bet he's learned his lesson.

Poor dog. I'm blogging this because of the tongue-in-cheek "urgent assignment."

What a euphemism!

hln

Posted by hln at November 7, 2003 05:52 AM | Whimsy | TrackBack
Comments

Evil Glenn says, "Mmmmm... big, fat, puppies... just the way I like them. Easy to catch!"

Posted by: Trey Givens at November 7, 2003 10:23 AM

Lucky he did not die. Chocolate is pretty harsh on dogs. Dog physiology is not suited for the processing of chocolate, their systems cannot break it down, and it can actually cause death.

Posted by: James T at November 7, 2003 06:59 PM