Hip Hip Hooray!! It’s Odin’s Birthday!! Odin turns 4 years old today! Please join us in wishing him a wonderful Day and lots of Birthday fun! 
Fun fact: Odin is one of FOUR January birthdays among our K9 teams. More on that later
01/03/24- Today, K9 Kyago ended his service with the Washoe County Sheriff’s Office after almost 8 years as Deputy Dunham’s partner.
We are going to miss you, Kyago! But we are so happy to wish you a very happy retirement. You have earned a promotion to the position of “King of the Couch”! Such a Good Boy!
The following is from the WCSO’s Facebook page:
Today, Sheriff Balaam hosted a ceremony for the retirement of K9 Kyago after seven years of loyal service to the Washoe County Sheriff’s Office and our community.
In 2016, K9 Kyago was partnered with Deputy Dunham and completed his training at Vohne Liche Kennels in Indiana before joining the WCSO. Kyago served as a dual-purpose K9, trained in narcotics detection, subject apprehension, and tracking.
Kyago had a tremendous career serving in both the patrol division and on the Northern Nevada Interdiction Task Force alongside his partner, Deputy Dunham.
Kyago played a crucial role in removing millions of dollars worth of illicit narcotics from our streets and, with his social disposition, was always a crowd favorite at community events.
“Our K9s not only help to ensure the safety of our community, but they are beloved members of our office who bring our community together,” said Sheriff Balaam. “On behalf of the entire Sheriff’s Office, thank you for your dedicated service, Kyago! Enjoy your well-earned retirement with your family.”
Yesterday evening, our K9 teams were proud to be part of the Washoe County Sheriff’s Office‘s annual Shop with the Sheriff event! They had a great time meeting all the kids and helping out!
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Actually, however you celebrate this holiday season, we’re wishing you the best of the holidays, be it Yule, Hannukah, Kwanza, or Christmas. There are so many traditions but most all of them hope for a peaceful and loving holiday.
For us at K9 Partners, we’re going to celebrate the 12 days of Christmas with our K9s! Merry Christmas to all who celebrate.
On the Twelfth Day of Christmas, the K9s gave to you, Best Wishes for a Wonderful Christmas Celebration and a Happy New Year!!, a Christmas Cool Kyago, an Ace a’ Brightly Shining, a Happy Handsome Brutus, a Very Merry Axel, a Holly Jolly Jett, 6 Tongues a Waggin’, ……5 Haaandsooome Heroooes…, an Awfully Awesome Otto, an Antler Wearin’ Odin, a Sweet Sleepy Kyago, and an Ava All Dressed Up for You to View!
On the Eleventh Day of Christmas, the K9s gave to you, a Christmas Cool Kyago, an Ace a’ Brightly Shining, a Happy Handsome Brutus, a Very Merry Axel, a Holly Jolly Jett, 6 Tongues a Waggin’, ……5 Haaandsooome Heroooes…, an Awfully Awesome Otto, an Antler Wearin’ Odin, a Sweet Sleepy Kyago, and an Ava All Dressed Up for You to View!
On the Tenth Day of Christmas, the K9s gave to you, an Ace a’ Brightly Shining, a Happy Handsome Brutus, a Very Merry Axel, a Holly Jolly Jett, 6 Tongues a Waggin’, ……5 Haaandsooome Heroooes…, an Awfully Awesome Otto, an Antler Wearin’ Odin, a Sweet Sleepy Kyago, and an Ava All Dressed Up for You to View!
On the Ninth Day of Christmas, the K9s gave to you, a Happy Handsome Brutus, a Very Merry Axel, a Holly Jolly Jett, 6 Tongues a Waggin’, ……5 Haaandsooome Heroooes…, an Awfully Awesome Otto, an Antler Wearin’ Odin, a Sweet Sleepy Kyago, and an Ava All Dressed Up for You to View!
On the Eight Day of Christmas, the K9s gave to you, a Very Merry Axel, a Holly Jolly Jett, 6 Tongues a Waggin’, ……5 Haaandsooome Heroooes…, an Awfully Awesome Otto, an Antler Wearin’ Odin, a Sweet Sleepy Kyago, and an Ava All Dressed Up for You to View!
On the Seventh Day of Christmas, the K9s gave to you, a Holly Jolly Jett, 6 Tongues a Waggin’, ……5 Haaandsooome Heroooes…, an Awfully Awesome Otto, an Antler Wearin’ Odin, a Sweet Sleepy Kyago, and an Ava All Dressed Up for You to View!
On the Sixth Day of Christmas, the K9s gave to you, 6 Tongues a Waggin’, …. 5 Haaandsooome Heroooes…, an Awfully Awesome Otto, an Antler Wearin’ Odin, a Sweet Sleepy Kyago, and an Ava All Dressed Up for You to View!
On the fifth day of Christmas, the K9s gave to you, 5 Handsome Heroes….., an Awfully Awesome Otto, and Antler Wearin’ Odin, a Sweet Sleepy Kyago, and an Ava all dressed for you to view!
On the Fourth Day of Christmas, the K9s gave to you, an Awfully Awesome Otto, An Antler Wearin’ Odin, a Sweet Sleepy Kyago, and an Ava all dressed up for you to view!
On the third day of Christmas, the K9s gave to you, an Antler Wearin’ Odin, a Sweet Sleepy Kyago, and Ava all dressed up for you to view!
On the second day of Christmas, the K9s gave to you, A sweet, sleepy Kyago, and Ava all dressed up for you.
On the first day of Christmas, the K9s gave to you, Ava all dressed up for you to view!
K9 Partners and some K9s will be at the Scheels store at Legends in Sparks. Come see us. Meet the dogs and pick up the new K9 calendar for a $20 donation. Many thanks to Scheels for once again sponsoring this event.
A couple of photos from last year’s Meet and Greet
A little late posting this thanks, but borrowing from the Facebook post that went out much quicker!
We are beyond grateful and blessed to have the support of Lithia Reno Subaru every year through the Subaru Sharethelove program!! We thank you and appreciate you from the bottom of our hearts!! 
We were saddened today to learn that K9 Rony has passed. He was a sweetheart of a dog and a favorite with the community. The Sheriff’s Office posted this earlier today:
The Washoe County Sheriff’s Office honors the life and service of retired K9 Rony. K9 Rony was a beloved member of the WCSO K9 team and bravely served our community for six years alongside his partner, retired Sergeant Jason Wood.
K9 Rony was dual-certified in narcotics detection, patrol work, tracking, and article searches. During his service, he participated in countless community and school events and was well known and loved for his gentle disposition.
Rony was a cherished member of his family and will be greatly missed.
Rest easy, K9 Rony; we honor your tremendous service to our community.
“Born to love, trained to serve, loyal to the end.”
Wow! What a great day we had at Barks & Badges. Thank you everybody for coming out to enjoy the event. The K9s and equines did wonderful demos. Our new dogs, Otto and Brutus got their first experience of being in front of an audience and they did admirably. I think they were a little excited, but still followed instructions.
We had some great vendors and booths with information from Washoe County Service and the First Responders. Many people stopped by to say hello and purchase our new K9 tee shirts. Thank you so much! All the proceeds from the sales go to provide for our Washoe County K9s!
At this event, we officially announced a new and exciting project! K9 Partners has been approved for a Nevada license plate. We hope everyone will show their support by purchasing this new plate when it becomes available. Yes, it adds a little extra to your car registration but the money will go toward our planned K9 Training Center for Northern Nevada. This is a needed facility for the deputies and dogs to get all the training to help them better serve our communities.
For more information about the license plates, go to our new License Plate page. You can sign up for our information mailing list at license@k9partners.org
All of us at K9 Partners are deeply saddened by the news we received yesterday, May 30th, 2023, of K9 Murphy’s passing. He seemed an unlikely law enforcement dog, but he was a great drug dog and the absolute best meet-and-greet dog. Kids and adults loved him and he loved the attention. He was a hit at every demo he did. Our deepest sympathy to Captain Gamboa and his family on their loss.
Today, Diana Lee from K9 Partners, along with Sgt. Nemeth, and Deputy Grulli with K9 Jett were on KOLO Channel 8, talking about the Barks and Badges event happening this weekend. They talked about everything we have scheduled and how they want the public to meet the dogs. Diana also hinted at a BIG reveal that will be done at the event and if you want to be among the first to know, be at Bartley Ranch this weekend.
Click on this link to view the video from KOLO Channel 8: https://www.kolotv.com/video/2023/06/01/barks-badges/https://www.kolotv.com/video/2023/06/01/barks-badges/
Barks and Badges is Saturday, June 3rd from 10 am to 3 pm. This is FREE admission for everyone. Please leave your pets at home though.