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K9 Unit Challenge 2022

From the Washoe County Sheriff’s Office Facebook page:

Members of the WCSO K9 Unit along with other Northern Nevada K9 unit teams competed in the 2022 Inaugural K9 Unit Challenge in Carson City today. The competition consisted of three courses: Detection, Patrol, and Obstacle/Agility. The goal of this competition is for the different agencies to have a chance to work with each other and give the community a glimpse of what these K9s and their handlers are capable of doing.

The WCSO was represented by Deputy Harris with K9 Ava, Deputy Evans with K9 Odin, and Deputy Lynch with K9 Ace. Join us in congratulating Deputy Harris and K9 Ava for winning 1st place in the Obstacle/Agility course, 3rd place in Patrol, and 2nd place overall.

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It’s almost here!

Barks and Badges is happening this Saturday! We wish to thank KTVN Channel 2 and Andi Cassinari for this great story on Someone to Know! Check out this video on their website.

https://www.2news.com/video/someone-2-know-washoe-county-k9-partners/video_26e20f1d-b64a-5690-b8b9-d8ac6eac8666.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=email&utm_campaign=user-share

We hope to see you on Saturday! Remember it’s FREE! Bring the family, but please leave your pets at home.

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5 Days to Barks & Badges!

This year’s Barks and Badges is coming up in just five more days on Saturday, May 14th! The weather forecast looks good for the day, so it will be a great day to come out to see the Washoe County Sheriff’s Office K9s, their handles, and all the other great First Responders who will be at our event. We’ll also have games for the kids, vendors and exhibitors to visit and of course, great demos from the K9s!

K9 Partners will be at the booth and we have new T-shirts in all sizes from little kidlets to big adults. Take a peak at the new colors! These shirts will not be sold online, only at our events. So come see us!

See a list of our vendors/exhibitors here.

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Meet our new pups!

We know you’ve all been waiting (im)patiently to meet our new K9s. Well, today is the day!! Introducing, Axel and Ace!! They have passed all their tests, become accustomed to their new surroundings, and love their new families! Both dogs are Czech Shepherds. We are so happy to have them here and see what great things they will do for our community!

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Great Donation from Scheels

Many thanks to Scheels at Legends for their generous donation to Washoe County K9 Partners. It’s greatly appreciated and will help us to continue to help our Sheriff’s Office K9s. Deputy Durham and Kyago were at the check presentation ceremony.

Thanks also to our Pillar Partner KOLO Cares for covering the story. View their news coverage below.

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Great Turnout for Meet and Greet

K9 Partners had a wonderful turnout on Saturday for the Meet and Greet with Washoe County’s gorgeous dogs and their deputy partners. Thank you so much to Consign Furniture for hosting this fun event.

Photo of Washoe County Sheriff's Office Deputies presenting a thank you to Consign Furniture for their support over the past few years.
Washoe County Sheriff’s Office Deputies presenting a thank you plaque from K9 Partners to Remington Rock from Consign Furniture for their support since our inception.

Our deep thanks also to Country Financial Insurance and their representative Eric Herzberg for this wonderful donation to K9 Partners.

Photo of check presentation.
Eric Herzberg presenting the check from Country Financial Insurance to K9 Partners. Our WCSO deputies and Titus accepted for K9 Partners.
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June 26 – It’s Today! Barks and Badges

We’re getting set-up at Bartley Ranch in the wee early hours this morning to welcome you to our family fun day at Barks and Badges. Lots will be happening beginning at 9:30 am, so come out in the cooler part of the day to meet our K9s and see some great demonstrations of how the dogs help protect the community.

6:30 am – Getting the set up for the day. We can’t wait to see you here!

We have great vendors, information booths, and food trucks. We have a whole area of games for the kids, so come on down! Be sure to stop by the K9 Partners booth and say hello. We’ll be here until 2:00 pm today!

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K9 Demo Schedule for Barks and Badges!

We just finalized the K9 demonstration scheduled for this weekend’s Barks and Badges event. If you want to see one of these demos specifically, be sure to be at Bartley Ranch a little early to get a good viewing spot.

(Please note, all demos are subject to a schedule change should an emergency or other situation arise.)

K9 Kyago at the Barks and Badges 2019 demo,

K9 Demonstration Schedule

Saturday June 26 2021
(Subject to Change)

0930-10:30 K9’s will be out and about for socialization for the first hour handing out player cards.

10:30 Group obedience in the arena (All Dogs)

11:00 Tracking scenario on the hillside followed by
K9 equipment demo in the parking lot
Show vests, collars, ballistic shields, helmets, doggles, K9 ear pro, leashes, GPS, bite sleeves, suit, K9 Vehicle, etc…

11:30 Article Search on Grass area

12:00 Lithia Check Presentation
K9 Odin Badge ceremony

12:30 Narcotic traffic stop inside horse arena

13:00 Apprehension scenario with or without horses

13:30 SWAT / Robot / Drone scenario

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KOLO’s News Blurb for Barks and Badges

Thank you to KOLO Channel 8 for their news story on our upcoming event! You can read the article here.

Be sure to tell your friends and family about this fun event at Bartley Ranch on June 26th! It will be fun and entertaining for everyone.

Add to your mug collection with this one of our handsome black and tan shepherd, Zeke!

Don’t forget you can buy your K9 Zeke mug now through this website, at Consign Furniture, or pick it up at the K9 Partners booth at Barks and Badges. All three of the released mugs will be available at the event.