Graduation Day Goes to the Dogs

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Graduation Day Goes to the Dogs

11 March 2010 No Comment

Moose Jaw Police Service’s new K-9 unit has graduated from it’s five-month training program.

Constable Chad Scheske and his German Shepherd Banan along with Constable Jay Sills and his dog “Andy” received certificates for Drug Detection and General duties at the Board of Police Commissioners regular meeting Tuesday at City Hall.

The two German Shepherd are now two years old and are brothers from the same litter born in Washington State. Brian Amm of Canine Resources and Consulting says Shepherd are often chosen as police dogs because of their reliability.

“It’s hard to find a good German Shepherd to do this work. We have to go through a selection process and there are only a few out of a hundred that could be a police dog and the German Shepherd is a plentiful breed. So, when your talking about other breeds, they’re not as plentiful and that makes the search that much more hard.”

The unit received training in everything from evidence and suspect search to drug detection and suspect apprehension.