{"id":1385720,"date":"2019-01-24T13:48:00","date_gmt":"2019-01-24T20:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/news\/dog-tired-and-time-to-retire\/"},"modified":"2019-01-24T13:48:00","modified_gmt":"2019-01-24T20:48:00","slug":"dog-tired-and-time-to-retire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kkch\/local-news\/dog-tired-and-time-to-retire\/","title":{"rendered":"Dog tired and time to retire"},"content":{"rendered":"
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One of the most famous faces in Rifle law enforcement is heading to retirement. <\/p>\n

The town’s first drug-sniffing and tracking dog, Tulo, is hanging up his collar and official police milk bone and will let the next generation take over, after a career of cracking cases and occasionally playing in the park. <\/p>\n

Rifle Police Office Manager Robin Steffen said Tulo has been Rifle’s only police dog for the majority of his time with the department. <\/p>\n

“He set a high standard for any canine to succeed him,” she said. <\/p>\n

After receiving their certification earlier in January, Jax and Makai will now serve as Rifle’s drug-sniffing dogs. <\/p>\n

Garrett Duncan, handler and owner of Tulo during his entire time in the department, said Jax has already started hitting cases. He expects retirement to be a bit of an adjustment for Rifle’s hardest-working dog. <\/p>\n

“As dogs get older, we don’t want him to hurt himself on the job,” he explained. “[Law enforcement canine service] varies from 8 to 10 years of service, and they will typically retire between 9 and 11.”<\/p>\n

At just over 10 years old, Tulo is right in line with those numbers after having worked in the department since July 2010. <\/p>\n

“We didn’t want him to go into retirement injured or unhealthy,” he added. <\/p>\n

Duncan expects Tulo to participate in police events as a retired dog and remain a face for the department. <\/p>\n

Steffen said the department will be throwing Tulo a retirement party at the Ute Theater from 5-7 p.m. on Thursday. <\/p>\n

“When you see him next time, he’ll just be enjoying life as a [civilian] dog,” she said.<\/p>\n

“Tulo is a very unique and amazing dog,” Steffen added. “He can go to a call and the next hour he’ll be playing in the park with kids. We gave Tulo his own mailbox at the station because he was getting so much fan mail.<\/p>\n

“Not a huge blowout, but we wanted to celebrate him.”<\/p>\n

azorn@citizentelegram.com<\/a><\/p>\n

via:: Post Independent<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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