Grrrr, look out

At today's expo in Harvard, a canine officer and his partner were there for two demonstrations. Ofc. Steve Dixon and his four-legged partner, Hunter, gave very convincing demos of why, if you are told to do something by Dixon, you really ought to think very seriously about doing it.

This video shows Ofc. Dixon and Hunter in action at the Harvard Expo:



Trainer Sobecki from the TOPS dog training facility in Grayslake was the emcee and explained why police departments choose male German shepherds, age 12-18 months, from Germany. Untrained dogs cost $2,500-6,500 and undergo a three-month pre-training before assignment to an officer. The officer and the dog then go through an eight-month training program.

These animals are not pets and should never be approached. Also, it's not wise to tease or taunt them at any time; State law allows you to be cited for doing no.

The dogs work with different collars, depending on the situation. Collars include tracker collars, drug collars and bite collars. Officers will call out warnings and attempt to get a suspect to surrender. If the dog is turned loose, it will find the suspect and will bite him.