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"Authorities in Northumbria have been inundated with offers to home an police dog that refuses to bite people. 19-month-old German shepherd Vegas has been retired from an intensive training course for failing to &amp;quot;possess the courage needed to make it as a police dog&amp;quot;. Although Vegas had no problem with disciplines such as jumping through windows and ignoring gunshots, she repeatedly failed to sink her teeth into fleeing felons.  &amp;quot;For a good bite, the dogs have to get their timing right to take hold of whatever or whoever they are chasing in a determined and positive way and keep hold until instructed to let go by the handler,&amp;quot; Sgt John Sim of Northumbria Police told the BBC. &amp;quot;Vegas was too tentative.&amp;quot; Despite warnings that Vegas will require lots of attention and could act aggressively to other animals due to her training, police said that they had received an &amp;quot;overwhelming response&amp;quot; from wannabe owners.  &amp;quot;Staff are now progressing more than 300 calls and emails from generous members of the public who think they can offer Vegas a peaceful and stressless new home,&amp;quot; a spokesperson said. &amp;quot;It is hoped she will be settling into her new home before too long.&amp;quot; "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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