“DALE” RETIRES
MEMBER OF ROYAL CANADIAN MOUNTED POLICE. DOG'S FAITHFUL SERVICE. OTTAWA. A Government blue-book tabled in the Canadian House of Commons recently recorded the retirement of a member of the Dominion's famous Royal Canadian Mounted Police. "Dale” is his name, he was born in Alberta in 1932, and suffering from rheumatism and strained heart, the faithful shepherd dog was retired to a life'of case. “Dale" was the property of a member of the force and when little more than a pup saved the life of his master and a comrade lost in a blizzard at 35 below zero, by leading them to a cabin where they took shelter. In 1935, after a frantic posse had searched for hours for a missing two-year-old child. "Dale" picked up the scent and found the tiny tot. On the way to this search, he assisted in the check of a suspicious car and located stolen articles in a field. “Dale” oven had a part in protecting their Majesties during their tour in Canada in 1939. He was employed in searching box cars and buildings before the Royal train came to Unity, Saskatchewan. As old as a man of 56 when reckoned in clog years, he was retired from the force after due inquiry by a court of officers and repurchased by his former owner. To succeed him are many other policedogs of note, among them Tell, Black Lux, Sultan, Tuff. Perky, Chief, Egon and Bacchus, each with his own record of good service.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 17 May 1941, Page 3
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