Any old Police Dog stories?

A request from Marilyn Walton, author of 'Badge on My Collar (subject of previous post)

My book, entitled Badge on My Collar--A Chronicle of Courageous Canines, has enjoyed a spectacular success, far beyond my expectations, ranking as high as #6 on amazon.com's Top 100 New Animal Books for three months and has showed up on nearly 100 websites around the world. The USPCA sells it on their website for raise money, and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police use it as a prize in their annual "Name the Puppy Contest." This was my eighth book. It was so kind of you to put it on your blogsite.

As a result of its success, I am considering writing a sequel to the book. I have written about many kinds of working K9s before, but I have not received any stories about UK police dogs. I am looking for poignant stories about the dogs. I look for the humorous, the unusual and the memorable kinds of stories that people like to read and ones that showcase these dogs and their specialties. I also include a few pictures of each dog I profile. I have to admit the picture of the dog on your website wearing the boots would make a cute cover picture if I get many international stories. I can't believe the reception this book has gotten in the UK and also Australia. Yesterday someone posted it in Bulgaria, and I have heard from people in Tasmania!

I would love to hear some UK stories, and if any handlers would like to submit them to me for consideration, I would be most glad to receive them. They could be emailed to me at see e-mail contact link front page

Police dog 60/70s

Extract from a Ladybird easy - reading book first published in 1974.

Certainly the first specialist dog of this nature!!!! trained to detect the Tranny van man?. I would be very interested to know why?

The comment below reveals this to have been a spoof publication. Owing to the fact that I found it to be somewhat hilarious I am leaving it in situ.

The book has been sent in its entirety all over the internet, myself having received it from numerous sources.

A fellow author from across the pond, 'Badge on my collar'

Press Release

Marilyn Jeffers Walton's eighth book has just been released. The attachment gives a preview of the book and shows the cover. The book is entitled, Badge of My Collar--A Chronicle of Courageous Canines. This book profiles fifteen police and search and rescue dogs telling their unique and fascinating true stories. Three of these dogs are Ohio dogs. One, Luke II, is the highly successful Cincinnati Police Department K-9 who was rescued from the Animal Friends Humane Society in Butler County the day he was to be put down. Other dogs from around the country and in Iraq are featured in the book which also includes the poignant story of the only dog lost at the World Trade Center on 9/11. Over a span of twenty years these stories were searched for and collected to create a true chronicle of these self-sacrificing and brave dogs.

The book is available at http://www.authorhouse.com/ or by calling 1 888-728-8467. It is also available an amazon.com or authorhouse.co.uk, and is being sold through the U.S. Police Canine Association website. http://www.uspcak9.com/

Police dog Xmas cards

These cards are excellent and have my full support.