Saturday Survey: Your Dog and Your Christmas Tree

We have our Christmas tree in the living room, behind a baby gate, to keep the dogs out of it. We started this after the time they ate a glass bulb and I had to make mashed potatoes to coat the shards…on a day when I was already preparing a special dinner for 27 friends and relatives.

So, how does your dog do with the tree?
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Shaka: Once a Shelter Dog, Now a Police Dog

Officer Billy Wells is handler for Shaka, the Milwaukee Police Department's new drug detection dog.(RAYMOND RENDLEMAN / CLACKAMAS REVIEW)

Shaka, an American Staffordshire Terrier, was abandoned by her owner to New York’s death row several years ago, but she was rescued before they had a chance to euthanize her. She found new purpose as a police dog and is now a key weapon in the Milwaukee PD’s war on drugs, where she was successful in 18 of her first 20 searches.

Read the whole story in the Clackamas Review.

Until next time,
Good day, and good dog!