Red Ribbon Week
Drug Dog Demonstration
As a part of Red Ribbon Week, we scheduled for the Memphis Police Dept. to come out with their dogs and have an informative and interesting demonstration for the students. Unfortunately, they were called out on duty during Red Ribbon Week.
Today they were able to come out and have a great demonstration for our K-8th grade students.
Three Memphis police officers came in with two of their best dogs, Max and Gizmo. These dogs are trained to recognize drugs and bombs. These dogs are also trained to track and take down a suspect.
The officers and dogs demonstrated what happens when the dogs pick up a scent on a subject. The officer demonstrated by putting the "bite arm" on and basically allowing the dog to do his thing.
The kids asked great and fun questions! Some included:
- What do you feed your dog?
- Does the dog go home with you?
- How old are the dogs?
- Do the dogs retire?
- How long does it take to train the dogs?
Overall, the kids loved seeing the two dogs in action and the officers did a great job on informing the students on the dangers of drugs/alcohol.
Here are some pictures of the dogs in action:
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