A police officer revealed how he carried out CPR on his dog after leaving it for two and a half hours in sweltering conditions.
Ivy, who was five, died from heatstroke after she was left in the dog with a broken fan in Worcester on July 5 this year.
The unnamed officer left her and another dog in the vehicle to attend a firearms training session during the summers heatwave having left the climate control at 16°C.
Outside, the temperature was 26°C but would have been much hotter in the car and when the officer returned to take her for a walk he returned Ivy was unresponsive so he tried mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.
A report said: He opened the boot and Ivy seemed to be asleep lying on her side. He opened her pod and grabbed her by the collar but she was limp.
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He banged on the window of the car asking for help and water. He took Ivy out of the back of the van and laid her down between two vans.
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He commenced chest compressions and mouth-to-mouth. Ivy was breathing but it was really shallow.
Ivy was then taken to a vet on blue lights
The report stated: During the journey the officer touched Ivys eyeball which flickered, she was gasping for air.
However once they arrived at the vets it was decided that nothing could be done and she was put down.
A post mortem revealed Ivy died from Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation, brought on by heatstroke.
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Months before her death Ivy was at the centre of a bitter row after West Mercia Police refused to let her retire with then-handler David Evans.
Thousands signed a petition to allow Mr Evans to keep the Malinois-German Shepherd but the force insisted the dog was still useful to the force.
An investigation by Staffordshire Police highlighted 17 failures by West Mercias dog handling section.
One failure included the fan in the back of the dog section vehicle being faulty which contributed to PD Ivy falling ill.
Assistant Chief Constable Geoff Wessell, of West Mercia Police, said: PD Ivys death was a shock to us all, in particular for those who were with her that day, all of whom remain deeply affected by it.
While our police dogs are working dogs and not pets, our handlers have a deep, trusting and loving bond with their dogs and I know how upset they would all have been as a result finding Ivy in this state.
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I know they acted swiftly to try and save her life. We accept that PD Ivy should not have died as a result of heatstroke and we have learned this very harsh lesson in the worst possible way.
We have therefore taken on board everything that the review has identified.
As a result of PD Ivys tragic death which has highlighted the dangers that hot weather poses on dogs, we recognise that some of our policies and procedures require amending to prevent these circumstances from reoccurring.
This is being done as a priority and resulting changes will be communicated to all of our dog handlers.
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