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A Sacramento police officer was bitten by a police dog early Tuesday while making an arrest in Sacramento's Oak Park neighborhood, officials said.
Read More →The St. Paul Police Department has gone to the dogs this week. Or perhaps more accurately, the dogs have come to St. Paul.
Read More →U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is deploying a new canine explosive detector team to the field that has a special connection to keeping people in the New Jersey area safe. CBP K-9 “Sirius,” a Black Labrador retriever born on September 23, 2004, at the CBP Canine Enforcement Training Center (CETC), received her name to honor the only working dog that died in World Trade Center attacks.
Read More →Ideal for K-9 officers, the StowAway2 hitch-mounted cargo carrier from Ironwood Pacific allows officers to store equipment outside the vehicle and away from K-9s. The high-impact polymer carrier is designed for a Class III two-inch trailer hitch and provides ground-level access to vital gear. The steel latch and optional hitch lock will secure equipment from theft. And the Swingaway model pivots away from the vehicle so you can open the rear door and quickly get to your dogs.
Read More →Purina’s new Website contains information to help working dogs reach their full potential. Updates are added to the site on an ongoing basis.
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The police in my area made national news when a local dog owner and repeat offender of the leash law tricked them into issuing a citation for a $50 fine to his dog. The dog owner made a mockery of the situation by requesting a hearing on behalf of the dog, and reporters found that very amusing.
Read More →The American Humane Association recognized the work of 13-year-old Michael Valdez, a young man in Arizona working to improve the safety of Arizona’s police canines, by naming him one of the grand-prize winners of its Be Kind to Animals Kid Contest.
Read More →Whether chasing a fleeing suspect or searching for a missing person, the K-9 handler and his assisting officers have a lot of influence on the success or failure of a canine search. What can a street cop do to hedge his bets when it comes to a successful canine search? We asked a few K-9 vets.
Read More →A group of dogs training to become police K-9s in Sweden proved their mettle when they hunted down a robber who abandoned his car near their training compound.
Read More →U.S. Customs and Border Protection K-9 Jacko was honored at a ceremony in New York as the winner of the third annual "Paws to Recognize" tribute to working dogs voting contest.
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