TAHMOOR-BRED german shepherd Roscoe is fast proving himself as the Einstein of the dog world.

Roscoe, a relative of the late police dog Titan, can weave through your legs, speak, jump or bite on command and can even shake a few moves with his pole dancing.

The intelligent two-year-old thrived as a pup in the care of police dog breeder Christine Anderson, of Tahmoor, who also reared Roscoe's great uncle,police dog Titan.

Titan was stabbed to death on December 23, 2004, during a siege at Seven Hills. He is one of only five police dogs killed in action since 1996.

At eight weeks, Roscoe found a new home with Jen Martin, who has taught the energetic dog a few tricks over the past two years.

"He's a pretty smart boy - a bit too smart," Ms Martin said.

"He's kind of a genius, so it would be mean not to teach him anything, it would be like making Einstein work at McDonald's.

"The pole dancing was actually an accident. With dogs you do a thing called shaping and when they do good types of behaviour you reward them.

"I was actually trying to teach him walking backwards when he saw the pole and put his paws up and I rewarded him from it."

Spending at least 10 minutes a day training has allowed Roscoe to develop some impressive skills, but Ms Martin said good breeding is where it all started.

Ms Martin and Roscoe visited Mrs Anderson last week.

"He's turned out to be the most exceptional obedience dog and does so many tricks," Mrs Anderson said. "You can breed a top dog, but if you haven't got a handler to bring out the best in the that topdog, it's wasted."