“On March 13th, the Clay
County Sheriff’s Office welcomed two new deputies to the department, K-9 Sarah and K-9 Phantom. K-9 Sarah and K-9 Phantom came
to the department by way of a grant from the Animal Farm Foundation of New York
and Universal K9 of San Antonio Texas. The two foundations have taken on the
mission to show that Departments do not need to spend $15-$20,000 for a pure
breed German Shepard or Belgian Malinois to search and find illegal drugs, at
the same time giving dogs destined for a life in a shelter or euthanasia a
second chance at life serving Law Enforcement Officers and Departments around
the country…”
What might surprise you is K-9 Sarah is a Pitbull and K-9
Phantom is a Pitbull-Boston Terrier Mix.
These, often misunderstood breeds are all too often left in shelters
because of their bad reputation, but this shows that they can be trained to be
of great value to society. Sarah and Phantom were trained for one purpose
(narcotics detection) and will not be used in a capacity of criminal
apprehension or “bite work” We wish
them a long and productive career!
