Greeting Guests: Gavel and Governor

greeting guests: Instead of continuing with his training, Gavel went to work for the Governor of Queensland and his family last April, according to CTV. He was so well-suited to life in the governor's mansion that they promoted him in February to the newly-created position of Vice-Regal Dog. German Shepherd Gavel was in training with the Queensland Police Service last year when trainers decided that he did not display the necessary aptitude for a life on the front line. He signed his contract with a paw print. Among Gavel's duties are greeting guests at citizenship ceremonies and at the annual open house at Fernberg, the official residence of the governor, who is the Queen's representative in the state. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.