Hooch Becomes A Cop At K-9 Graduation
March 18, 2009 | Virginia News
Hooch is ready for his new job as a police dog
After almost four months of training, a 2-year-old chocolate Labrador retriever found at an animal shelter is starting a new career in law enforcement.
K-9 Hooch was taken to the Bristol Tennessee Animal Shelter about six months ago, said Cynthia Bales, the Bristol Tennessee Police Department clerk who recognized the Lab might have what it takes to be a police dog. So Bales found Hooch a home with the Bristol Virginia Police Department, which at the time was looking for a new narcotics dog and a new Labrador to join its K-9 Unit. “I just hate to see a good dog like that go to waste,” Bales said. If she failed to find the dog a home, Bales said, she planned to train him to be a cadaver dog for a local search-and-rescue group. But the Bristol Virginia department was in need, and Hooch went into training. External Link to Rest of Article
