A Labrador Retriever in Taiwan did not turn out to be a drug-sniffing canine. Now, he’s serving to discover quake victims after the nation suffered a devastating 7.4-magnitude earthquake earlier this month.

Roger, the 8-year-old pooch, was initially skilled to be a drug-sniffing police canine. Based on the Central Information Company (CNA), the pooch underwent coaching on the Customs Administration’s Detector Canine Breeding & Coaching Middle in Taichung.

Nevertheless, Roger did not make the ultimate minimize as a result of he was too playful and had a tough time following the coaching’s “one command, one motion” rule.

The captain of the rescue canine unit of the Kaohsiung Fireplace Division, Chen Chih-san, instructed reporters, “I’m not saying he was not good or that he didn’t get together with others. However the requirement for narcotic detection canines is that they will’t be too stressed and unbiased.”

“However (these attributes) are what we would like in rescue canines,” Chih-san continued.

So, when one door closes, one other one opens. And due to Roger’s nature, he turned an ideal search-and-rescue canine.

Now, Roger is a rating officer working with the Kaohsiung Fireplace Bureau for the previous 5 years.

PEOPLE experiences that in Roger’s five-year profession as a search-and-rescue canine, the pooch has helped out in a complete of seven missions.

In his newest mission, which was to assist discover victims from Taiwan’s strongest earthquake in 25 years, the pooch was in a position to find the physique of the earthquake’s thirteenth sufferer and his third physique — a 21-year-old girl present in a rubble in Taroko, Nationwide Park.

However that’s not the one mission Roger has carried out efficiently. The pooch can also be offering some a lot wanted reduction to individuals in Taiwan and is stealing their hearts for his playful habits.

Because of information protection, Roger was in a position to present simply how playful and naughty he’s. He was seen attempting to munch on a reporter’s microphone and tearing aside an ice cream toy that the mayor of Kaohsiung gave him.

Kaohsiung Mayor Chen Chi-Mai instructed ABC Australia that Roger was nonetheless stuffed with vitality after the search and rescue.

Roger, alongside together with his fellow rescue canines, got loads of toys and snacks for his or her onerous work.

“After receiving the ice cream toy, he didn’t thoughts messing up his look whereas enthusiastically chewing on it, bringing smiles to everybody regardless of their exhaustion,” the mayor stated.