Trick Dog Gets Orders by Radio (Jun, 1939)
Filed under: Crime and Police, Dogs, Radio — @ 2:05 am
Source: Popular Science ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: Jun, 1939
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Source: Popular Science ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: Jun, 1939
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The dog fired a revolver? That’s one dexterous dog!
Trick Dog Gets Orders by Radio
BY TEACHING a dog to do tricks under “radio control,” Constable Denholm, of the Sydney, Australia, police force, has fulfilled a two-year-old ambition. In a recent demonstration, he strapped a miniature shortwave radio receiving set on the back of Zoe, an Alsatian police dog, and retired to a shack fifty yards away. Then he spoke commands into the microphone of a portable transmitter. In response to her master’s voice as it came through the ether, Zoe climbed up and down ladders, turned a faucet on and off, took off her collar, and fired a revolver.
Why no pictures of the firing of the revolver? That sounds like the best part.
Comment by Githyanki — January 21, 2008 @ 3:56 am
I’m baffled as to why today’s police dogs aren’t equipped with firearms.
Comment by CJ — January 22, 2008 @ 1:31 pm
“I’m baffled as to why today’s police dogs aren’t equipped with firearms.”
Dunno…would you want to be anywhere near a dog you might have to discipline who’s ARMED?
I can picture the thought process…”He stuck my nose in that mess I made and yelled at me…BLAM..BLAM..BLAM..click, click, click…”
Alan
Comment by Alan J. Richer — January 22, 2008 @ 1:43 pm
LZOhBI comment6 ,
Comment by andry — May 7, 2009 @ 2:17 pm