Dogs have been a staple of police dramas for decades, and newly acclaimed police series, Will Trent, is no exception to this standard, but the show flips the trope around. Typically, the canine is a trained police dog who assists the police with particular criminal cases. Trained police dogs, both fictional and non-fictional, tend to be medium to large size dogs that are ferocious and physically strong like the German Shepard and the Labrador Retriever. However, Will Trent has a secret weapon that upends the classic police dog cliché.

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