Training session with my boy, Ruger, at the Adlerhorst Police K9 Training Facility in Riverside, CA. Photo by Jayson Carter.

Environmental training with my boy, Ruger, in Dana Point Harbor, CA. Photo by Peter J. Censnakas

Public relations was a very important part of my job with Ruger. Here we are in Garden Grove, CA with a group of special needs children on Halloween. We staged a mock robbery for the kids where we had a "bad guy" steal a bucket full of Halloween candy that we had brought for them. The "bad guy" came out of no where (totally surprised the kids) and ran off with the bucket. I sent Ruger on a search and he found the "bad guy" and the candy was returned to the kids...needless to say, Ruger was a hero! Photo by Jayson Carter