Summary: On 4 15 09 the Glendale Police K 9 Unit participated in a multi agency K 9 training at Lake Piru in Ventura County The K 9s participated in several training scenarios that involved water One scenario required the K 9s to be deployed from a boat onto an island dock where a suspect was apprehended Another scenario required the K 9s to jump into the water from a dock swim to the suspect and apprehend him It is important to always train with new scenarios so that the K 9s can be exposed to many types of environments Even if the K 9s never have to swim after a suspect in real life training with these types of scenarios builds confidence in the K 9s and gives the handlers an idea of how their partners may react under various conditions The day wasn t all work and no play All the K 9s took a break to play in the water and fetch sticks just like real dogs
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