PUPPY ‘FUSHIN’ IS NEWEST MEMBER OF A TAIWANESE SQUAD
This cuddly and sleepy puppy might soon become a little secret weapon of a police squad in Taiwan.
Fushin has just turned one month old and will be trained as a blood detection dog by the New Taipei City Police Department.
The tiny Labrador met the public for the first time on June 8 and has been billed as ‘the cutest police dog’.
Fushin’s name means ‘a lucky star’ in English. He and his five siblings, Schuman, Federica, Eagle, AJ and Sunny, were born on May 9.
They were debuted to the public after officers at the New Taipei City Police Department uploaded pictures of the canines to the department’s Facebook account.
Their parents, Leader and Yellow, are both two years old. They are sniffer dogs at the K9 Unit, the detection dog team of the New Taipei City Police Department.
Pan Tian-long, the captain of K9 Unit, said all of the six puppies would undergo training to become detection dogs.
Captain Pan said Schuman, Federica, Eagle, AJ and Sunny, which are all black, would be trained as drug detection dogs.
While Fushin, the only cream-coloured puppy in the litter, is set to be a blood detection dog.
Captain Pan told MailOnline: ‘According to our current observation, Fushin is ambitious and courageous. He is very special.
‘We plan to train him to become a blood detection dog. After the training, he would assist the police officers to discover, hunt and pursue traces at crime scenes as well as catch suspected criminals.’
Captain Pan, who has served the police for more than 30 years and caught many drug dealers, showed much affection for the six puppies as he talked about them.
He said they were the first litter of dogs bred by the unit and the officers had taken turns to provide around-the-clock care.
‘Fushin is especially cute because he is different from all the others, and he is the naughtiest.
‘Sometimes, he would fall asleep while eating, and then he would wake up suddenly and carry on eating like nothing happened. How could people not love something as cute as that?’
The K9 Unit of the New Taipei City Police Department has sniffer dogs specialised in different tasks, including explosive detection, drug detection, attacking and blood detection, according to Captain Pan.
The squad usually brings large dogs, such as German shepherds, on patrol and to arrest suspects; and sends medium-sized dogs, such as Labradors, to carry out detecting assignments indoors and among crowds of people.
Small dogs, such as Beagles, are used by the team to search for traces in tiny spaces or above ceilings.
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