Award for dog who took a bullet for handler
August 22, 2013 - 12:35pm — Mans-Best-Friend
This best friend saved a life::
A police dog who saved his handler by leaping into the path of a bullet has been posthumously recognised for his actions.
Senior Constable Bruce Lamb's police dog Gage was fatally shot in what should have been a routine drugs search in a Christchurch house in July, 2010.
Gage leapt into the path of a bullet, helping to save the life of his handler and that of Constable Mitchell Alatalo, who was also injured during the incident in Buccleugh Street.