Max the police dog proved himself during his very first shift on the job.

The 2-year-old German shepherd and his handler, Police Constable Peter Lloyd, were crucial in tracking down a missing mother and her 1-year-old son in Powys, Wales, on Saturday afternoon, according to Dyfed-Powys police .

Max and Lloyd were drafted to find the mom and son after the mothers car was found on a mountain road. The two hadnt been seen for two days.

Max and Lloyd covered a significant distance in 90 minutes, with the support of mountain rescue teams and a police helicopter, and discovered the mom and son on the edge of a ravine, where they had stayed overnight.

They were safe, but cold, and appeared to have been in the area for a significant amount of time, police Inspector Jonathan Rees-Jones said in a statement Wednesday .

Lloyd hailed his canine partners focus during their first operational deployment together, saying Max proved invaluable when he reacted to the call for help which resulted in us locating them.