Corgis may become Russia's next fearsome police dogs
Watch your ankles, criminals.
Russian police are hoping to train Welsh corgis -- those adorable, short-legged, short-tailed pups that the Internet adores -- into a generation of service dogs.
The corgi recruits will not be joining ranks amongst the German shepherds and Belgian Malinois that are typically used for police work. Instead, the corgis' small size and long noses make them perfect for getting into tight spaces and sniffing for illicit substances.
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Newsweek quoted Elena Haikova, head of Moscow’s canine unit, via Russian state news agency RIA Novosti, who said: "We have two pups, one of whom is two months old, the other is six months old... the experiment will be interesting for everyone. We will try out the breed in search operations."
The dogs will be groomed and trained for their specific tasks and given tests as they grow. "They still need to grow, be trained and undergo every test. The dogs may buckle under the workload," said Haikova.
We have every hope that the corgis will live up to the challenge.
In fact, here are a few other pups we think would make excellent recruits.
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Andrea Romano -- comedy writer, craft enthusiast, lady -- was a Watercooler Reporter. She worked as an intern at Mashable beginning in January 2014. Andrea recently completed her Masters degree in Media Studies and Film from The New School and writes sketch comedy at Upright Citizens Brigade and The People's Improv Theatre. She once watched three Paul Rudd movies in a row on a bicoastal flight and didn't realize it until she landed. She does things like that a lot. Twitter: @theandrearomano
