A puppy that was abandoned on a grass verge in Kent has found a new home, in the police force. Chester, a cocker spaniel, was four months old when he was left in a cage with five other dogs, all of whom had passed the age at which they are deemed most “cute” for buyers. He was taken in by the RSCPA, but the charity struggled to rehome him because of his high levels of energy. His foster owner, however, noticed that he had a “real drive” for searching out lost tennis balls, and wondered if he might have a future as a sniffer dog. Chester aced a six-week training course, and is now being deployed across Surrey and Sussex.
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