It’s been a tough week filled with major life changes. From losing Hondo on January 1st, to starting in a new section within the VPD on January 2nd, to our new puppy arriving on January 3rd, to a home reno starting later this month…well, I’ve never started a year with such upheaval before. I’ll fill [...]
*** Yesterday, December 31, 2012, Hondo and I went for a walk. It started as a run, but Hondo was too busy sniffing-this-and-peeing-on-that to keep up with me, so I slowed my pace and kept time with his exploring on both sides of the wooded trail. Normally, Hondo runs alongside or slightly in [...]
Tonight marks the beginning of the last week Police Dog Hondo and I will officially work together; Hondo is being retired (to me) and I am moving on to another division. Due to department structure and logistics, Vancouver Police dog handlers are assigned to the Dog Squad for the duration of working with one [...]
* The Vancouver Police Dog Squad annual calendar sale is tomorrow morning. * * Calendars are $10.00, with all the proceeds donated to the BC Children’s Hospital Foundation and the BC Cancer Foundation. When? Thursday, November 15, 2012 7:30am to 10:30 am, or until calendars are sold out Where? Burrard St and Robson [...]
They’re here! The Vancouver Police Department announced the release of the 2013 Vancouver Police Dog Squad Calendar earlier today. Funded and produced by the Candy Anfield Memorial Foundation, created by retired Sgt. Mike Anfield, all proceeds from sales of the calendars are donated to the BC Cancer Foundation and the BC Children’s Hospital Foundation. Cst. [...]