Turns out man’s best friend also makes a great crime\u002Dfighting partner.
“We test a number of dogs for sociability, energy, temperament and health. Those dogs are then put on a basic course depending on the discipline they’re trained in and upon graduation, they are assigned to work the streets.”
Thrush says it’s a 15- to 16-week course for general-purpose dogs — who arrive at typically between 12-18 months old — and less for the detector dogs looking for drugs or explosives — who arrive at between four to five months old. To that end, once the handlers are matched with their dogs, they take them home from the K-9 unit every night after work and the canines even stay with them after retirement.“The tighter the bond, the more obedient they are and the quicker they respond to the handler and at some point, it could be life or death, so we really need to have that strong connection between the dog and the handler. So they come to work with us. They go home with us. They’re a part of our family.
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