The Kitsap County Sheriff’s Office has a new member, of the four-legged variety. Titan, a two-year-old German shepherd, has officially signed into service as a tracking dog and is partnered up with Kitsap County Sheriff’s Deputy Joe Hedstrom.
Bringing Titan into the office would not have been possible without a $5,000 donation from the Peninsula Dog Fancier’s Club of Kitsap County, deputies said in a news release.
The dog was born in Germany in 2010 and imported to America in the summer, through Von Grunheide Shepherds of Snohomish.
Hedstrom is no stranger to K-9 handling. He partnered with and trained Ajax, a German shepherd who worked the beat four years amassing 112 captures. But a neck injury forced Ajax to retire early. He now lives at Hedstrom’s home.
I am the Secretary of Peninsula Dog Fanciers’ Club, Inc. as well as the 2013 Show Chairman for our March dog show at the Kitsap County Fairgrounds. I wrote a blog post on our website about this most recent contribution to the Kitsap County Sheriff’s Office K9 Unit here: http://pdfc.org/2012/12/12/pdfc-gives-back-new-patrol-dog-for-kitsap-county-sheriffs-office-k9-unit/
Wow! What a beautiful dog!