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Expert Advice: News
Kye, a K-9 Police Dog Killed in the Line of Duty, Receives Funeral With Full Honors
Police dogs put their lives on the line to protect their partners—sometimes even making the ultimate sacrifice. Oklahoma City police recognized this dedication when they lost one their own last week. Kye, a 3-year-old Police Department K-9, was killed while apprehending a burglary suspect on Sunday, August 24. This week, they put him rest […]
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| January 1, 2009
Expert Advice: News
Dogs of the Future—How Much Technology Has Benefitted Our Canine Companions
When it comes to dogs, the future is now. In the film Back to the Future II, Marty McFly, his girlfriend, and Doc used a time machine to send themselves to October 21, 2015—30 years ahead of the year they live in, 1985. The future, as imagined in the ’80s, didn’t get it all quite […]
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| January 1, 2009
Expert Advice: News
Belgian Malinois Leads Cops in Major NYC Drug Bust
“I have the best job at the airport,” Officer S. Terri Giannetti, of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, likes to say. Of the 47,000,000 travelers likely to pass through John F. Kennedy International Airport this year, Giannetti says that “98 percent of them are just people going from point A to point B, and hoping […]
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| January 1, 2009
Expert Advice: Cute & Funny
Retired Sergeant and his Malinois K-9 Reunite After Years Apart
In one of the year’s great dog tales, a hero K-9 team who saved lives in Iraq and Afghanistan are reunited in civilian life—after a separation of nearly three years. In June, U.S. Army veteran Staff Sergeant James Harrington, of Mandeville, Louisiana, took possession of retired K-9 Sergeant 1st Class Ryky, an 8-year-old Belgian Malinois. […]
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| January 1, 2009
Expert Advice: Fun Facts
Why Are German Shepherds So Popular?
German Shepherd Dogs consistently make the AKC's annual list of most popular breeds. And it's no wonder. Their loyalty, courage, confidence, ability to learn, and willingness to protect their people is like no other breed. See some of the highlights in the history of our love affair with GSDs:1899. Max von Stephanitz, a Prussian cavalry officer considered the […]
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| January 1, 2009