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CT Esmonds Will
of Steel ASCA TD, OB1, TR1, BH, CGC
Dual
Purpose Patrol/Narcotics Police K-9 |
Steel
is our self-designated "Police Dog" from the Yngo/Nova Litter.
He
is owned by Lucy Newton and is certified as a dual purpose
Patrol/Narcotics Police K-9
by
the Vermont Criminal Justice Training Council. Lucy and Steel
work for the Winhall (Vermont) Police & Rescue Department.
Steel's
dream since puppy-hood was to become a K-9 officer. See
his story, Below.
Steel
couldn't wait for the cruiser to be HIS!
And
now it finally is!!!
Steel
certified very young for narcotics searches, and passed his AKC
Tracking Test.
And,
of course, he thinks that apprehension is the best game of all!!!
Steel
was raised with Dugan, Esmonds
Sixth Sense CGC
Wilderness Search & Rescue
K9, NAPWDA Cadaver Detection Dog
and he also has a GSD squeeky
toy named Calix... Calix v.d. Polizei, Patrol/Narcotics Police K9
Lucy
and Steel recently had the opportunity to work at the Canadian/U.S. border.
You
want to take WHAT into the country???
I
don't think so!!!
Part
of Steel's job is to do school demos. This is his FAVORITE
part of the job!!!
Steel passing
the AKC Tracking Test with ease! Hold on tight Lucy!!!
Lucy and Steel
are a great team!
Baby Steel
thinking he's King of the World!
Steel
at 17 months.
Steel in
his pool.
C'mon Mom!
Put the tracking harness on me!!!
Steel's
story is a funny one. When the litter was 4 1/2 weeks old,
Lucy Newton came for a visit with Nova's brother, Dugan.
Part
of her visit was to talk about whether we thought our future
breeding plans might produce her next police dog.
Lucy's
current K9 is Calix, a GSD, and we spent a lot of the week talking
about the pros and cons of a Rottweiler as her working dog.
Meanwhile,
our little Steel boy was listening and he had plans of his own!
Tiny
baby Steel was Lucy's shadow during her visit.
Everywhere
she'd go, he'd follow. She was never out of his sight.
He
only wanted Lucy and no one but Lucy!
By
the last day of her visit, Lucy had snapped this photo.
Of
course, she still swore that she did NOT need a puppy yet and went
home to Vermont.
During
the next few weeks, people who actually had been waiting for this
litter came and went.
Each
time, Steel was friendly, but always kept his distance in a "By
the way, I already have an owner" kind of way.
Fast
forward three weeks, and Lucy again made the drive up from Vermont.
Steel
was VERY happy to see her again and, of course, it didn't hurt that he'd
already
learned to recall on the words: "Who wants to be a Police Dog?"
Lucy
and I performed many extensive Police Dog Evaluations (ie. fun puppy
play with lots of kissing)
and
eventually Steel proved to us without a shadow of the doubt that he
was indeed "The One".
He
even tried to convince us that he would win the Iron Dog competition someday!
So,
Calix gave him his approval (Dugan was not as sure there needed to
be another Rottweiler!),
and
off they went...
Like any young
Rookie, Steel couldn't wait to finish training so he can be promoted
from his "Desk Job"!
Baby Steel vs.
the Kleenex box!
Click HERE
to see Steel and his littermates growing up.
Steel
two years after his original pumpkin patch shoot.
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