Dutch Shepherds in the News (June 2017)
Posted: Sun Jun 11, 2017 12:53 pm
Retired Davenport K9 dies Full Story
In effort to protect K-9s, more cops carry naloxone Full Storyhttp://www.kwqc.com wrote:Willie was an eight-year-old Dutch Shepherd and was a full-service K9 with his specialties including tracking, narcotics, apprehension, article search and public demonstrations.
Willie served the city of Davenport from 2011 to 2016 and lived out his retirement with his handler, Officer Canas.
'Dutch' joins K9 unit Full Storyhttps://www.policeone.com wrote:Derry K-9 Blade was instrumental in sniffing out a large shipment of heroin in a vehicle on Route 22 in September, just as he was trained to do.
But his handler, Chief Randy Glick, said it's scary that the 8-year-old Dutch shepherd could have inhaled a deadly substance in the line of duty.
Dixon K-9 Unit a stellar team of man and dog Full Storyhttp://www.statesboroherald.com wrote:Dutch, a three-year-old Dutch Shepherd, joins Bulloch County Sheriff’s K9 officers Max and Gismo to make a team of three in the Bulloch County Sheriff’s newly-formed K9 unit.
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Dutch is cross-trained in drug searches, tracking, patrol actions and will “complement K9 Gismo, who is also trained as a multipurpose dog,”
http://www.thereporter.com wrote:Fero is what you’d call a “dual purpose” dog, mastering patrol and narcotics duties.
He’s great at protection, as evidenced by the blistering growls emanating from his tense body as The Reporter’s lone photographer attempted to take his picture.
He’s also awesome at sniffing out methamphetamine, heroin, cocaine, Ecstasy and marijuana. That fact was proven as the dog alerted on the hidden drugs located in a nearby bush and on a nearby car.
“He does apprehension, tracking, area searches, article searches and recently he alerted and found someone in a house,” Siebert said.