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Meet & Greet at Consign Furniture

Meet and Greet poster with details.

Want to meet one or two of the Washoe County Sheriff’s Office K9s along with their deputies? Then plan on dropping by Consign Furniture between 10 am and noon on Saturday, September 10th. Until the event, we don’t know which dogs will be available for this opportunity, but they are all gorgeous animals and are used to being socialized.

The deputies will be happy to answer any questions you might have about the dogs and how they are used. At the same time, you might be able to pick up a copy of the 2023 K9 Partners calendar from the K9 Partners table for a $20 donation. We will also have K9 mugs with the dog’s pictures and statistics available for a $10 donation.

Here’s a sneak peak at the new calendar. A full reveal will be coming up in about two weeks. It’s very exciting with great photos!

All donations will go to K9 Partners to be used for providing for the equipment and training for the dog teams.

Great Barks and Badges Event Last Week!

Whew! We are finally recovering from last week’s Barks and Badges happening at Bartley Ranch. Were you there? Did you have a great time? Well, those of us in K9 Partners and our terrific volunteers certainly enjoyed meeting people and seeing our Washoe Country K9s go through their skills. Many thanks to Noah Bond from KOLO News, who announced our demonstrations and raffles! Greatly appreciated.

Thanks to all our donors for making this event possible and to the Washoe County Sheriff’s Office and the CERT and Wells Fargo volunteers. Thank you to all the vendors, first responders, and services who came out to participate and to all of our attendees. We couldn’t do it without you!

We do have pictures taken by Diana Lee, our vice president, and we’re happy to share some of those with you.

  • Consolidated Bomb Squad with their sniffer dog Julio.

Happy 2022

Reposting this from our Facebook page:

K9 Titus popped by to say Happy New Year!! and that we at K9 Partners hope you all have a wonderful, safe 2022, filled with joy, laughter and everything you hope for! (…what’s that Titus? oh, ok, yeah, I’ll add that….) And lots of doggie treats and toys! haha

A big thank you to all of you who have supported K9 Partners over the past year. We couldn’t do it without you!

K9 Ava Lights Up Shop with the Sheriff event

On Tuesday, December 7th, over 200 Washoe County Sheriff Deputy Sheriffs, Sheriff’s Office employees, Washoe County Honorary Deputy Sheriffs, volunteers, family members and one K9 reindeer joined Sheriff Darin Balaam for the 19th Annual Shop with the Sheriff event.

This year, 250 children, escorted by volunteers, shopped at the Sparks Walmart Supercenter On Pyramid. Each child could spend up to $200 for family gifts. Funding for the event, totaling $50,000, was provided through the Washoe County Honorary Deputy Sheriff’s Association (WCHDSA) and through the inaugural WCHDSA Golf tournament. See the whole story at the WCSO website.

K9 Ava was the reindeer for the Shop with the Sheriff event.
Kissing K9
One lucky shopper got a K9 kiss!

K9 Ava attended this event with her partner Deputy Harris and had a chance to meet the happy shoppers.