march 29

I'm not usually one for a lot of words with this series...but I have to say that I am going to miss this guy.

Colt is Steve's K9 drug detection dog we have had one year now. He was an experiment by the department, and was a rescue dog from the WVC animal shelter. They paid 5$ for him and trained him to find drugs...which he was AWESOME at! Because he is such a friendly dog they have really utilized him as a PR tool to get people to not be afraid of the police. Colt has been an especially big pleaser in the kid department. They are thinking that Colt was finding being around people more gratifying than working to find drugs.

Well to make a long story short, Colt has not been performing as well lately. He has gotten a bit "lazy" in finding drugs and has been very hit and miss. Which is both frustrating to Steve and the officers he is trying to help. They have decided to retire Colt (Steve's Lieutenant and his family are going to adopt him). I wouldn't be surprised if Colt won't still be used as a PR tool.

Where does that leave Steve? Well we are due to welcome Q tomorrow. This K9 business is very crazy because we didn't think we would get him until July but lo and behold it's tomorrow...that's timing for ya!

Who is Q? Q is another K9 in the department. He is a dual purpose K9. One who does drug detection and criminal apprehension. On paper and in training Q is a dream dog. In fact, he won third over all top dog at last years K9 trials.....so whats the hold up with him? He won't actually bite people. They think he has an equipment fixation even though they always hide that stuff when he is training. But lately when he is deployed to get someone, he just runs back to the car! Ha.

So because he won't attack people....they are going to use him as a single purpose drug detection dog. I'm so super sad to see Colt go. Katy and Steve don't seem to even care because they are both so excited to get Q, but I sure will miss this guy. Plus I am thinking that Q might not be as "friendly" towards Katy as Colt was. We will have to just see how it all goes. Wish us luck he doesn't try to eat Chuck!