Hup! Woah!
Murphy, he's not just my partner at work he's family. I have
another german shepherd the same age as him and a chihuahua and
the three of them keep me entertained and entertain
each other. Looks like somebody's ready for work.
What the? Nice try munchkin.
With Murphy, he's coming home with me so he knows how my day
was cause he was there the whole time. So it's a very strong bond
When he retires, I'll adopt him from the police department
and he'll just become another one of my buddies at home
to tell old war stories old war stories to. We can go back
and forth and talk about the good old days.
It really was a dream come true to get Blitz. I imported Blitz
from Poland when he was just a puppy. He was only 3 months old
And we worked together on obedience and other items.
I gradually was able to train with some other departments
who taught me alot and on his about second birthday we were
able to certify in narcotics, later patrol and tracking
as well. Come on! Aww that a good boy, that's a good boy!
He is so wonderful and so chill but yet we could flick a switch
and he goes the other way, very smart and it has been an
absolute pleasure having him. He's my first german shepherd
and I love him to death.
When you join K9, the number one thing is that you're still a
police officer. It just goes you one of those extra advantages
of being able to do a little than what you can do on patrol
and at the same time have a partner with you 24/7 that looks
up to you and you have to take care of. You can look at it in
different aspects the way you want to, but when you join K9
it's to do that extra step that patrol can't do or aren't able
to do until yo have a K9 there. We go everywhere together, we do
everything together. He's with me 24/7 and wants to do
everything with me. Skoot's my best friend.
Demi is my best friend and parter. I joined the police
department since I'd always wanted to be a cop since I was
a little boy. I wanted to get into the K9 unit because what's
better than playing with a dog for your job. Work is play and
play is work so being able to play with her at a constant
basis she just knows that I'm always there for her and vice
versa. I feel like there is a direct correlation between my
military service and working a dog specifically in a law
enforcement capacity. The sense of duty and everything else
but I'm caring for another living being just as I'm caring
for another living being in the commmunity. I need to make sure
she makes it home at night and she needs to make sure I make
it home at night. And I always have backup. That's the best
part of it. I always know no matter what I've got four legs
behind me that are gonna back me up.
Minion he's my best bud I look to him to make me smile and
start my day and he helps me with day to day activities on
the farm. Wait! I live on a farm in Birchwood Tenessee.
It's about a hundred acres of angus cattle. We've got chickens
we've got ducks, we've got lots of different dogs out there.
I've got a cat. He's and excellent chicken herder.
He helps me find them when they go astray and he helps me bring
them in at night and they choose to be wonky and lay eggs
elsewhere. We have a lot of fun activities. We're constantly in
the lake and constantly on four wheelers and he helps me day to
day with everything. Good boy! Come here, let me poke you
let me poke you, huh? Poke! Poke, poke, poke! What you
doing? What you doing? You no like muggy? Yeah.