A police dog that went missing during a training exercise was reunited with his very excited handler.

A police dog that went missing during a training exercise was reunited with his very excited handler. 

Thames, a 4-year-old German Shepard, disappeared in New Zealand’s Tararua Ranges and ended up spending 7 nights alone there before rescuers were able to locate him. 

In that time his handler, Constable Mike Wakefield, was beside himself with worry. 

Reportedly, he cried and exhausted himself searching, but he never gave up hope. 

Not long before the canine was found, Wakefield said, "He'll find someone before someone finds him. If he's in the bush he'l