Officer Dan Holderman and K-9 Wulkan of the Butler Township Police Department recently graduated from their police canine handler school at Highland Canine Training, LLC. Within their first week back at work, the team had three successful finds. The news article below from the REPUBLICAN HERALD describes one of the finds. Congratulations to Dan and Wulkan. Keep up the GOOD WORK!

Published: Wednesday, July 9, 2008 8:59 PM EDT

An investigation Tuesday into a drug-related incident in Pottsville led several local police departments to seize more than $11,000 worth of illegal drugs from a Saint Clair home and arrest a New York man on several drug-related charges.

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It’s that time of year again, where you could take your wonderful pet to work and show off the love of your life! I received my notice from Pet Sitter’s International where they have selected June 20th for the official date to take your dog to work. Your participation in this event could make a huge difference in saving a dog’s life that is in desperate need of a forever home. The preventing sponsor of this event is Comfort Zone, you can visit them at www.petcomfortzone.com for more information.
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I am a dog with a job! I am the official studio mascot for Grind Music & Sound. We make sounds for film and television…well, I don’t make sounds unless they need dog sounds (or growly monster sounds), but you know what I mean. My duties are to greet clients when they come to the studio. Here I am waiting to greet someone.

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I have conducted dog training seminars throughout the country and even worldwide.  During these seminars, I have seen a great number of police dogs and protection dogs that do excellent bite work.  I have also seen even more of the dogs that didn’t.  The excuse for the poor bite work is never the same.  He has a weak grip, his drives are bad, female dogs don’t bite well, etc.  It’s easy to blame the dog for poor performance, they really can’t argue. A majority of the time however, the dog has been worked by a poor decoy to the point that the dogs bite is suffering.  A good decoy can easily change a mediocre dog to one that is excellent.  With that said, a poorly trained decoy can turn a great dog into one that will not bite at all.

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