Telling "Tails"
Leap into the stories that these individuals have to tell about their meaningful experiences with their canine partners.
"They’re able to find missing kids. They find explosives. They find arson. Where the crime happened. They find drugs. The dogs offer the turn. Dogs have been around a lot longer than you and I."
- Matt Gullo, NYPD
Counterterrorism Bureau
"When I had the German Shepherd, the greatest benefit there was you have a companion and you have somebody who’s got your back. I felt very safe with that dog. I could go down to the roughest city you could think of and I could leave my car running with the windows down and nobody would ever steal that car with that dog there. I felt very safe because he was always watching me. As long as he could see me, he was always watching me."
- Steve Snow, Retired Canine Handler for CT State Police
"It's a team. Not many people know that we have to work together as a team. The dog is neither a tool nor a toy, we are partners. We give each other advice and both of us bring something different to work that the other doesn't have."
- Frank Tully, Canine Enforcement
Officer for Vermont Border Patrol