Bailey, four, can already drag people to safety, pull adrift boats to shore and recover other objects from the water.
The clever boy has been training to save lives for the last two years as part of a ‘dog lifeguarding’ competition at his home in Latvia.He knows to drag a drowning person by their vest to pull them to safety as well as how to find people on board a boat.
Ultimately, his proud owner Everita hopes that Bailey can earn the title ‘water rescue champion’.
To do so, he needs to complete three difficulty levels in a tense competition.
Everita first heard about the sport years ago and knew Bailey would be up to the challenge as soon as she got him.
The exceedingly good boy Bailey passed his initiation test with aplomb and was instantly accepted onto the ‘rescue team’ where he has since been a regular competitor.
Everita said: ‘I think Bailey is competitive because we try not to miss any training.
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‘I also train him on a daily basis at the river near where we live.
‘A lot of work has been put into training him which has given the desired result.
‘This requires a lot of investment in terms of time, work and money.
‘Seeing how many complex things Bailey has managed to learn in a relatively short time makes me really proud of him.
‘People just really love to see him in action.’
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