NARA -- Momo the Chihuahua may appear to be too small to be a police dog, but a police dog he is -- and he now has the jacket to prove it.
Momo recently received the custom-made jacket, which he will wear during police events, on Saturday.
The 7-year-old passed a test in November to work part-time with the Nara prefectural police in search-and-rescue operations in disaster areas, among other duties.
The jacket was ordered by Momo’s owner, Keiko Matsuyoshi, 31, and delivered Saturday to their house in Sakurai, Nara Prefecture.
Yellow stitched characters on the 11.5-centimeter-long, 23.5-centimeter-wide navy blue velvet jacket read, “Shokutaku Keisatsuken” (Part-time police dog).
Police usually prepare such jackets for large police dogs, but Matsuyoshi had to have the jacket tailor-made for her tiny pet.
Looking at Momo wearing the jacket, Matsuyoshi said, “It really makes me feel Momo has become a police dog.” (The Yomiuri Shimbun, ANN member)
<한글 요약>
일본에 치와와 경찰견 등장
얼마 전 일본에서 등장한 치와와 경찰견이 이제 정식 경찰 제복을 입게 되었다.
작년 11월, 7살짜리 치와와 모모는 재난 지역 수색 및 구조활동 등을 포함한 각종 시험에 통과를 하였다. 이제 모모는 “아르바이트 경찰견”이라고 적혀진 길이 약 11.5cm, 넓이 약 23.5cm의 경찰 제복을 입게 되었다.
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Momo the Chihuahua (AP) |
일반적으로 대형 경찰견을 위해 경찰 측은 대형 조끼를 구비해 놓지만, 체구가 작은 모모는 특별 맞춤형 조끼를 입는 혜택을 받게 되었다.
모모의 주인 마츠요시 씨는 “이제 모모가 정식 경찰견이 되었다는 것이 느껴진다”고 밝혔다.
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