Meet Poncho, The Adorable Police Dog Who Can Rescue His Partner With CPR

Aug 30, 2018 by apost team

Dogs are well-known as “man’s best friend” and they are used by military and police forces around the world to perform tasks their human partners can not.  Dogs are useful in many areas including sniffing out bombs and drugs as well as locating survivors in the aftermath of a natural disaster. Dogs are also used to track criminals on the run from law enforcement and to track missing persons in need of rescue.

However, Poncho, a police dog in Madrid, Spain has a different talent he uses to help his human partners.  Poncho has been trained to perform CPR like compressions on human officers. He even checks to see if they are breathing in the most adorable way.  The video first got over two million views on Twitter before it was officially released on the Madrid Police Department’s website. 

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The video shows an exhibition where the officer is lying on the ground in need of help.  Poncho, wearing his very own police siren, rushes to the officer’s aid.  Poncho has been trained to check his partner’s breathing and then give chest compressions using his front paws.  Poncho stops compressions and checks his partner’s breathing before continuing to administer CPR.  

The Madrid Police Department calls Poncho’s actions heroic and on their original post they point out that Poncho did not hesitate to save the life of his human counterpart.  You can see how happy Poncho is when the officer is “revived” and praises Poncho for his efforts.  The crowd at the demonstration absolutely adored Poncho and his life-saving skills.  Their applause for the little hero was overwhelming.  The only reward Poncho needs are love and reassurance that his partner is alive and well.

 Madrid Police quoted Josh Billings, “A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than he loves himself.”  Poncho is a perfect example of how this quote holds true.  He rushes in to save his human partner without a thought to his own safety.

While some viewers commented that CPR by a dog may not be very successful in a true emergency, almost everyone agrees that Poncho is the cutest little hero they have ever seen.  

What do you think of Poncho the police dog? Let us know in the comments, and show this adorable video to a dog-lover you know!