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LESSON NOTES STAND/STAY COMMAND ** NOTE: Before teaching stand/stay your dog should have a complete understanding of sit/stay. * Begin with your dog in a sit/stay on your left side facing in the same direction you are. * Using your right hand reach across your body grasping the leash about 6” from your dog collar. * Step back and place your left hand (palm toward yourself) on the deep inside of your right thigh. * Then as you give the command “stand” pull forward with your right hand while using your left hand to lift the dogs hind quarter into the air. * Once your dog reaches the standing position give the command to “stay”, then step in front of your dog. * Keep in mind, most dogs will attempt to sit. If this should happen, move quickly, stepping forward with your left leg (putting your hand back inside your thigh), then lightly snap the leash toward you as you lift your dogs hind quarters into the the stand position, and say “NO !!” (correction tone) then say “stand”. (light command tone). * Continue to follow the above steps for seven full days before expecting the dog to stand on his own. * Consult your training instructor for the next steps. TRAINING GOAL:_________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ *Remember, if you have any questions, please call our office at (704) 573-3647 Monday - Friday, 8:30am - 5:00pm
K-9 units tail environmental officers on their rounds
EAST LYME — As the sunbathers, swimmers, picnickers and campers kept Rocky Neck State Park busy for the Labor Day holiday Monday, Officer Karen Reilly's rounds took her to the crabbing bridge that overlooks Bride Brook marsh, her energetic
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K-9 Memorial Service Set For Anderson PD
Kilo and Magnum were killed in the line of duty earlier this year. (Photos courtesy of Anderson Police) The Anderson Police Department is holding a special memorial service Saturday afternoon for two K-9 officers killed in the line of duty. The memorial is
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Former police K-9 tracks down new owner's stolen purse
STAFFORDSHIRE, United Kingdom — He's been retired from the force for a while, but Sam the ex-police sniffer dog showed he has lost none of his old skills when his new owner had her purse nicked. The crime-fighting German Shepherd got straight on the case
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Dog from Utica Police Department's K-9 Unit dies
A police dog in the Utica Police Department’s K-9 Unit who served for more than seven years died, city police announced Saturday. Rock worked with Sgt. Don Cinque and averaged about 120 calls a year, apprehending dozens of suspects, with a rough total of
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Desoto K-9's take top dog honors
What do you have to do to become top dog? You have to beat out all the other dogs. Two north Mississippi law enforcement canines have done just that. The combined K-9 units from the DeSoto County Sheriff's Department and Southaven police went to the
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Thanks To K-9 Dog, Missing Doctor Found, Covered In "Million Bug Bites"
A 76-year-old man who had been missing since Monday was found by a NY State Park Police K-9 dog at a Long Island nature preserve. Dr. Jerome Nadler had headed to the Caleb Smith State Park Preserve to fly-fish on Labor Day but never came back home.
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Remembering Rudie
NEW CUMBERLAND - In police vernacular, they're known as K-9 units. But they're really just dogs with the added distinction of being a cop's best friend. This week, the Hancock County Sheriff's Department lost one of its most valued enforcement dogs in the
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Anderson K-9s honored
In just a matter of weeks, the Anderson Police Department lost two K-9 officers. Both dogs - Kilo and Magnum - were shot in the line of duty. Police say Saturday's memorial service for the dogs is the start of a new chapter in Anderson. John Branson is a
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New Addition to K-9 Unit Tracks Down Stabbing Suspect
A stabbing suspect who was on the run for more than 24 hours was captured and put behind bars Monday morning, all thanks to a new Corpus Christi Police Department K-9 unit. The dogs officially joined the force at the beginning of the year. Since then, they
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Heroic sendoff planned for Anderson police dogs killed in the line of duty
Kilo and Magnum both died in the line of duty within just three weeks of each other. Memorial services for the Anderson Police Department K-9 officers will be held on Saturday, September 8 at 2 p.m. at East Side Church of God. The address is
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US watchdog questions Afghan army's $1.1 billion fuel budget, urges clampdown on spending
The watchdog for U.S. spending in Afghanistan says lax accountability in a $1.1 billion program supplying fuel to the Afghan National Army needs "immediate attention" before control of the progr...
The watchdog for U.S. spending in Afghanistan says lax accountability in a $1.1 billion program supplying fuel to the Afghan National Army needs "immediate attention" before control of the program is turned over to the Kabul government in less than four months.
There's no proof the fuel is actually being used by Afghan security forces for their missions, meaning it's not known how much some fuel has been lost, stolen or diverted to the insurgency, according to a report released Monday by Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction John F. Sopko.
The report is the latest bad news surrounding a key element of the U.S. exit strategy for Afghanistan. Washington has spent billions of dollars on the international coalition's effort to train and equip Afghan forces it hopes eventually will be able to fight the Taliban on their own. The new report comes on top of growing questions in recent weeks about how recruits are vetted for the Afghan forces — questions prompted by a spike in insider attacks in which Afghan soldiers, police or impersonators have killed 45 international service members this year, mostly Americans.
The report also found:
— An audit of the spending is being hampered because someone shredded financial records covering $475 million in fuel payments over more than four years and officials inexplicably couldn't provide complete records for a fifth year.
— There is insufficient justification for the ever-ballooning budget requests for fuel that have been made by the command managing NATO's mission to equip and train Afghan forces.
— Millions of dollars in the proposed funding should be cut until international forces figure out how many vehicles and generators the Afghan security forces are actually using and how much fuel is needed for those vehicles and for power plants.
U.S. defense and military officials did not immediately respond to requests for comment on the findings. But the report contained written comments from commanders provided to the inspector general's office that rejected the idea of reducing their budget and argued that accurate estimates of fuel use are not possible as the international coalition works to rapidly grow the Afghan forces.
Recently, 10,000 to 15,000 individuals have been recruited each month into the Afghan army and police forces, which are expanding from about 100,000 in 2007 to a goal of 352,000 next month.
Training forces to fight is just one piece of the effort. Sopko's office was auditing the army's ability to also handle its own logistics. Specifically, auditors were trying to determine how well the army can buy, manage, store and distribute diesel, aviation and other fuels needed to power vehicles, generators and power plants. The U.S. budgeted $1.1 billion for fuel in budget years 2007 thru 2012 and has been managing the deliveries by vendors to hundreds of sites around the country.
But international forces are planning Jan. 1 to transfer of responsibility for the program to the Afghans, meaning money for fuel will go directly to the corruption-plagued Afghan government, replacing the system in which the international coalition buys the products and arranges for vendor deliveries.
"A supportable and sustainable logistics capability — including the ability to purchase, track and account for (the fuel products) — is an essential part of transferring security responsibilities," the report said. Unless funding levels are based on accurate estimates of need and unless effective controls are put in place before the transition date, both the fuel and U.S. taxpayer funds "will be vulnerable to theft and waste," it said.
The coalition moved to tighten some controls after being briefed in May about auditor concerns; but the action was not enough, according to Sopko so he decided to issue an interim report now.
"We believe these issues warrant immediate attention," the report stated.
The funding request for the program was $306 million this year and commanders said have said they need $466 million for budget year 2013 and $555 million for 2014 and beyond. Sopko urged capping the budget at $306 million until there is better justification for additional money.
In its written response, the international training mission said that would mean a 37 percent drop in combat operations, border patrols and other missions.
"Fuel consumption estimates for vehicle usage cannot be determined accurately ... due to the continuing fielding of vehicles, power generation" and other equipment, the military's written response said, adding that over 25,000 vehicles and generators had been issued to the Afghans since 2010.
It said that as coalition forces withdraw from Afghanistan and Afghans take on greater responsibility, the need will keep increasing.
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Online:
Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction: www.sigar.mil
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