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Murrysville police Officer Scott Kettren is brushing up on his Dutch to work with his new partner: Argos, the department’s new police dog. Argo replaces Raz, who was retired earlier this year after working more than five years with Officer Brian Dulkis. After Raz’s retirement, Kettren volunteered to work with the next police dog. “I’ve always liked dogs,” Kettren said. “It’s an added dimension to law enforcement.” Argos is a 16-month-old Belgian Malinois from the Netherlands. Chief Tom S

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Schutzhund Dog Training Post from: Training Dogs . Get the latest dog training tips Schutzhund dog training is the highest rung of the dog training ladder, and requires working with your dog using much more advanced techniques than mere obedience training. It takes a special dog to be able to perform as a Schutzhund dog. Originally Schutzhund traiing began in Germany as a test of a German shepherd dog’s ability to perform as a police dog. The word Schutzhund translates as “protection dog

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For about two decades, when Stamford police officers needed to track a fleeing suspect or scour a house for drugs, they turned to canine units from neighboring departments. That meant officers often had to wait for an hour or so as departments from as far away as Milford sent canine teams to Stamford. On Tuesday, a State Police dog was sent to downtown Stamford to help track a bank robber, who eventually got away with an undisclosed amount of cash. Last month, however, the department got its

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After a Dothan convenience store was robbed at gunpoint in August, the credit for tracking down two teenagers believed to be responsible went to a member of the Dothan Police Department who goes by only one name—Samy. Cpt. Lynn Watkins and Samy. Samy, 7, is a Belgian malinois trained in narcotics, tracking and apprehension. He has been in service five years. Jay Hare / jhare@dothaneagle.com The veteran police dog and his handler, Cpl. Lynn Watkins, followed the trail of the suspected gun

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After eight years, 1,076 calls, many arrests and detections including a year in which he found over a quarter ton of drugs, Blaine’s police dog Yoschi, 10, is retiring. “He’s a good dog,” said his handler, Blaine K-9 officer Mike Munden, “and is recognized as such by other departments in the area that we’ve worked with.” Indeed, Yoschi has a reputation for not giving up and for making some surprising arrests. He is the first police dog in the county whose work resulted in a search warrant be

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