--- title: This Delightful Hero Dog Can Perform CPR on a Police Officer description: Watch this Spanish police dog enthusiastically perform CPR on a collapsed officer during a canine training session. canonical: https://time.com/5322172/hero-dog-police-spain/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-06-26T15:28:31.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:53:32.372Z og:title: Delightful Hero Dog Can Perform CPR on a Police Officer og:description: Watch Poncho practice his enthusiastic life-saving CPR skills og:url: https://time.com/5322172/hero-dog-police-spain/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5d58b3efbd20eeaa/698933e697cdff29386b5976/police-dog-spain.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 5249 og:image:height: 2953 og:image:alt: NICARAGUA-RELIGION-SAINT LAZARUS-DOGS og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Delightful Hero Dog Can Perform CPR on a Police Officer twitter:description: Watch Poncho practice his enthusiastic life-saving CPR skills twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5d58b3efbd20eeaa/698933e697cdff29386b5976/police-dog-spain.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Enthusiastic Hero Dog Has Been Trained to Perform CPR on a Police Officer > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Jun 26, 2018 3:28 PM UTC  A dog in a police uniform is seen during a mass for San Lazaro (Saint Lazarus), at Monimbo neighbourhood in Masaya, some 35 km south of Managua, on March 18, 2018\. According to tradition in Nicaragua, faithfuls ask Saint Lazarus for the health of their dogs and pay these favours back by bringing their pets dressed in costumes to attend mass in honour of the saint. / AFP PHOTO / Inti OCON (Photo credit should read INTI OCON/AFP/Getty Images) A dog in a police uniform is seen during a mass for San Lazaro (Saint Lazarus), at Monimbo neighbourhood in Masaya, some 35 km south of Managua, on March 18, 2018\. According to tradition in Nicaragua, faithfuls ask Saint Lazarus for the health of their dogs and pay these favours back by bringing their pets dressed in costumes to attend mass in honour of the saint. / AFP PHOTO / Inti OCON (Photo credit should read INTI OCON/AFP/Getty Images) INTI OCON—AFP/Getty Images  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Jun 26, 2018 3:28 PM UTC Poncho is the pup you want in a time of need. The Spanish [police dog](http://time.com/4812039/queensland-australia-dog-gavel-governor-house/) has been trained to [perform CPR](http://time.com/4833164/on-the-last-day-of-high-school-i-almost-died-cpr-saved-my-life/) on officers pretending to have collapsed in a video released by the Municipal Police of Madrid on Twitter that’s gone viral online. Translated from its original Spanish, the caption calls out the “heroic” action of the canine assistant who was quick to jump to work helping “save the life” of the agent. (To note: the video shows a practice round; the agent was acting out the collapse and subsequent symptoms of cardiac arrest.) “The dog is the only being in the world that will love you more than you love yourself,” the caption also quoted. In the video, we can see the officer fall to the ground in what appears to be a controlled training environment. In a moment, the adorable Poncho comes bounding over. He uses his full body weight to pounce on the officer’s abdomen, applying pressure just below the rib cage with his front paws, and then assessing the officer’s pulse by placing his snout on the officer’s throat. It’s hard to envision a more enthusiastic canine companion in the attempt to save a life. Eventually, the officer “revives” and Poncho is rewarded. 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