Hero police rescue dog to retire

Jake won awards for his bravery during his time with Northumbria Police



A hero police dog who saved a woman's life has been forced to retire from the force due to ill health.

Jake, a former rescue dog, was praised after sniffing out a
missing woman who lay unconscious under bushes in South Shields in
2007.

But at the age of four, ill health has forced Jake into early retirement.

He was taken in by officers after he was found tied to a lamppost
with youths throwing fireworks at him when he was just seven weeks old.


He will retire to the home of a police constable who is stationed in South Tyneside.

His handler, Pc Alistair Cairnie-Coates, said: "I've been a dog
handler for 11 years and I have never had a dog like Jake, he was an
excellent street dog.

"You just knew, when you were out on shift, he was going to look after you."

Jake was taken in by Northumbria Police and passed out as a fully-fledged police dog just before his first birthday.

Since then, he has worked alongside Pc Cairnie-Coates, patrolling
the streets of South Tyneside, making his last arrest in December,
after tackling a bottle-wielding burglar.



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what a lovely story

Aww bless him,what a lovely story. :love: :love: :love:

aww thats lovely :love:

As Jakes new handler, Thank you for all the nice comments about his story.
He is now living the life of retirement with his new best friend Shep a 3yr old GSD running round and enjoying life, fit and well.

bless him, these dogs are so selfless. do you all watch .''bring in the dogs?''

doghandler wrote:

As Jakes new handler, Thank you for all the nice comments about his story.
He is now living the life of retirement with his new best friend Shep a 3yr old GSD running round and enjoying life, fit and well.

its such a brilliant story :love:


bring in the dogs is great hilary and its on tonight innit

*bump*

Awww bless :love:
Stories like these bring tears to my eyes.. very close to my heart as my old boy Thai was a General Purpose dog with the police

Enjoy your retirement Jake.. you deserve it!
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awww this is a brill story. what a amazing dog :love:

send in the dogs is ace nice to see the GMP dogs

Lovely story!!! Have a fantastic retirement Jake :love: :love:

Aww bless him, fantastic story :love: have a wonderful retirement boy :love:

:san50: jake have a long and happy life

Awww thats lovely, well done Jake, hope you have a long and happy retirement :love: :love: :love:

doghandler wrote:

As Jakes new handler, Thank you for all the nice comments about his story.
He is now living the life of retirement with his new best friend Shep a 3yr old GSD running round and enjoying life, fit and well.

thats lovely to hear :love: ... it owuld be lovely if you could keep us updated with the odd story or picture

fredsmum wrote:

doghandler wrote:

As Jakes new handler, Thank you for all the nice comments about his story.
He is now living the life of retirement with his new best friend Shep a 3yr old GSD running round and enjoying life, fit and well.

thats lovely to hear :love: ... it owuld be lovely if you could keep us updated with the odd story or picture

I agree, it would be really nice to see pics in the future :love: :love: :love:

ohhh yes for sure we would love that