Military, Police Compete in 2015 Working Dog Skills Challenge

By Tactical-Life

The following is a release from Staff Sgt. Taresha Hill:

Military and police working dog teams went nose to nose while competing in the 2015 Hawaiian Islands Working Dog Skills Challenge, hosted by the 728th Military Police Battalion, 8th Military Police Brigade, 8th Theater Sustainment Command, July 27-31.

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More than 25 working dog teams competed and represented the best from the Army, Marines, Navy, Air Force and Honolulu Police Department. The week-long competition tested the mental and physical stamina of both the handlers and the working dogs, driving the teams to give it their all each day.

“Each event was designed to push them past a level of training they may not have experienced before,” said Sgt. 1st Class Cory Lorenz, kennel master, 520th Military Working Dog, or MWD, Detachment, 728th MP Battalion. “We wanted to push them out of their comfort zone.”

One event proved particularly challenging for Sgt. Veronica Pruhs, a military working dog handler with the 520th MWD Detachment and her partner K-9 Jerry. Still considered a pup, K-9 Jerry had a difficult time navigating the obedience course, which had hundreds of doggy toys strewn about the course.

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Source:: Tactical Life