He said he had seen incidents where it has been a dog that has been loose in the car and has distracted the driver or pawed at the drivers arms that had caused crashes.

Source: https://www.thestar.co.uk/news/crime/mobile-phones-most-common-cause-car-crashes-south-yorkshire-police-commissioner-4447389

Joel leaped high and eagerly when the officers opened the back doors of the truck, and pawed furiously at the unloaded boxes to try to move the bananas aside, police recounted.

Source: https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/italian-police-dog-fine-nose-cocaine-sniffs-drugs-99359525

The 11-week old Turkish Boz Shepherd didn’t look menacing on a cold day last month when he playfully pawed at a bone his sibling was chewing near the livestock pens.

Source: https://www.kunc.org/news/2023-12-20/wolves-have-landed-in-colorado-bringing-joy-anxiety-and-uncertainty-to-the-western-slope

The Fulham shot-stopper pawed away a well-struck Marcus Rashford free-kick from distance as United started brightly, only to then be caught cold from a 19th-minute set-piece.

Source: https://www.expressandstar.com/sport/uk-sports/2023/05/28/bruno-fernandes-nets-man-utd-winner-in-comeback-against-fulham-to-clinch-third/