THE K9 CAPTAIN 🇺🇸

National Certified K9 Handler 🏆 MØTHER OF MALS & GSDs! 🐺 🇺🇸US ARMY 🇺🇸 PATRIOT 🇺🇸 PUREBLOOD 🇺🇸 FREEDOM FIGHTER 🇺🇸 1A/2A 🇺🇸 MP 🇺🇸 IGY6 🇺🇸

[Rodney Smith Jr @iamrodneysmith]

Dear @WhiteHouse, my name is Rodney Smith Jr., founder of Raising Men & Women Lawn Care Service in Huntsville, Alabama. Through our 50 Yard Challenge, over 6,000 kids across the country have signed up to mow free lawns for the elderly, disabled, veterans, active-duty military, first responders, and single parents. With America celebrating its 250th birthday this year and me also being born on July 4th, I wanted to humbly ask if a few kids from our program and myself could travel to Washington, D.C. to help mow the White House lawn for this historic celebration.

More than anything, I want these kids to see how a simple act of service something as ordinary as mowing a lawn for someone in need can lead to extraordinary places. What better lesson in community service than showing them that helping others can take them all the way to our nation’s capital? I’d also love to bring my American flag-themed mower in hopes that the President might sign it, so I can later auction it off and donate 100% of the proceeds to a nonprofit supporting veterans. It would be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to highlight the importance of service, patriotism, and the impact young people can have when they choose to make a difference. 🇺🇸

[Mario Nawfal @MarioNawfal]

🇺🇸 A hotel owner in Gatlinburg, Tennessee called 911 to report someone locked in the bathroom…

It was a black bear 😂

[Military Support @MilitaryCooI]

If you see a veteran wearing a WW2 hat, you are required to stop and thank them for their service.

This should be set in stone.

[Nick Sortor @nicksortor]

BREAKING: Two Syracuse police officers have been SHOT with a third injured after a suspect opened fire on them

He's now BARRICADED himself in the apartment complex, and a SWAT operation is underway

The officers are in STABLE condition, per the chief

Pray for these heroes 🙏🏻

Officers were originally called to the scene amid reports of a man wielding a machete, possibly injuring a dog with it.

No update on the dog, unfortunately 😕

[Buitengebieden @buitengebieden]

A grandma celebrating the birthday of her dog. The dog didn’t even look at the food, the eyes were all on grandma.. 🥺

[THE K9 CAPTAIN 🇺🇸 @k9_cpt]

@CoffindafferFBI The judge apologized??? What the ACTUAL!!

[THE K9 CAPTAIN 🇺🇸 @k9_cpt]

@JK37373737 @CoffindafferFBI K9s are a Force Protection Measure

[PROTECT ALL WILDLIFE @Protect_Wldlife]

They're finally free ❤️‍🩹.

Hundreds of other dogs will be taking their first steps outside over the next several days. Stay tuned.

If you're interested in adopting or fostering, apply through @beaglefreedom and @BDRRescue. 🙏

🎦 Credit: @DxEverywhere.

[We Have It All @WeAreWoke1776_3]

Love these beauties!!🐕

[Dean Guzman Wyrzykowski @deanguzmanw]

BREAKING: The first 300 Ridglan beagles touched grass for the first time today.

They stepped outside and looked up at the sun.

Many are playful. Some are scared. All are learning the world can be safe.

Today, they are free.

[THE K9 CAPTAIN 🇺🇸 @k9_cpt]

@CoachDi85 @0hour1 I’m so glad you understand the importance of behavior changes and the right to investigate! A lot of people don’t get it ❤️

[THE K9 CAPTAIN 🇺🇸 @k9_cpt]

As someone who has ran an explosives/firearms detection K9, I disagree. Density is irrelevant. These K9s can smell single bullets, GSR, pistols, rifles, ak47s.

Hence why I said, it very well could have been an explosives K9, with a firearms detection certification Also. That’s not uncommon.

[THE K9 CAPTAIN 🇺🇸 @k9_cpt]

@Rriveglia @CoffindafferFBI Whether the K9 detected it on the person or already hidden in the room, he knew something was off

[THE K9 CAPTAIN 🇺🇸 @k9_cpt]

‘In odor’ means he detected whatever he’s trained to search for and was within proximity.

If this was an Explosives K9, he could also have been trained to detect GSR (gun shot residue) as well as live firearms.

But based on his change of behavior and how he circled back to ‘source’ aka the suspect, the K9 clearly knew and was detecting.

[THE K9 CAPTAIN 🇺🇸 @k9_cpt]

@ClarkVenable @CollinRugg That’s a fair assumption. It’s very rare. But I would search regardless.

[THE K9 CAPTAIN 🇺🇸 @k9_cpt]

To be fair, We don’t know what his ‘alert’ may be. My K9 sits for narcotics, but he stands and stares at a door for a building search for a person (he was laser trained to do this and be quiet, and then recall to me).

But I agree, that circling back was commitment. Should have been investigated for sure.

[THE K9 CAPTAIN 🇺🇸 @k9_cpt]

@playapartna57 @TheOfficerTatum No. What I’m saying is, not every agency K9 is patrol certified. I have no idea if that’s the case here. But Single Purpose K9s exist.

[THE K9 CAPTAIN 🇺🇸 @k9_cpt]

I just want to point out to anyone asking ‘why didn’t they just set the dog on the guy’. While, Yes, every dog is knows how to bite…

1) NOT every K9 is Patrol Certified and trained. It’s completely different from a dog ‘bite’. This takes a lot of buildup. Not only does the dog need to know how to apprehend the suspect, but maintain a grip on the suspect and literally ‘hold’ him in place for his handler/backup to come get him.

2) sending a non-certified apprehension/patrol k9 is not only a safety issue, it’s a legal issue too. We train our patrol k9s for chaos. And what I mean by chaos is, in training, we may have a ‘decoy’ in a suit as the target, but have other handlers/officers walking around as passerby’s. Because even if the k9 knows who the target is, in a high pressure or real life situation, an untrained K9 could accidentally bite the wrong person.

There is a lot that goes into K9 work. While it may be cool to ‘send your k9’, there are protocols and procedures that MUST be implemented first.

Also, This could have been a single purpose K9. Or an Explosives/Firearms. I don’t know the k9 or the handler, but just looking at it from a k9 handler perspective.

I’ve run BOTH dual purpose and single purpose K9s. It’s clear - this K9 was ‘in odor’.

[THE K9 CAPTAIN 🇺🇸 @k9_cpt]

I just want to point out to anyone asking ‘why didn’t they just set the dog on the guy’. While, Yes, every dog is knows how to bite…

1) NOT every K9 is Patrol Certified and trained. It’s completely different from a dog ‘bite’. This takes a lot of buildup. Not only does the dog need to know how to apprehend the suspect, but maintain a grip on the suspect and literally ‘hold’ him in place for his handler/backup to come get him.

2) sending a non-certified apprehension/patrol k9 is not only a safety issue, it’s a legal issue too. We train our patrol k9s for chaos. And what I mean by chaos is, in training, we may have a ‘decoy’ in a suit as the target, but have other handlers/officers walking around as passerby’s. Because even if the k9 knows who the target is, in a high pressure or real life situation, an untrained K9 could accidentally bite the wrong person.

There is a lot that goes into K9 work. While it may be cool to ‘send your k9’, there are protocols and procedures that MUST be implemented first.

Also, This could have been a single purpose K9. Or an Explosives/Firearms. I don’t know the k9 or the handler, but just looking at it from a k9 handler perspective.

I’ve run BOTH dual purpose and single purpose K9s. It’s clear - this K9 was ‘in odor’.