GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) – The Brown County Sheriff’s Office is mourning the loss of one of their beloved K-9 dogs.
Ure, born April 15, 2003 and was almost 14-years-old when he died peacefully in his sleep early Sunday morning. He had been retired for one year.
His handler, Deputy Tony Tasch says he worked with the Belgian Malinois for 10 years.
One thing he’ll always remember about his partner, is the way he chattered his teeth.
“And it was just him releasing stress, him releasing drive…he had so much drive in him as a typical Malinois does. His teeth-chatter was very, very unique.”
Tasch says he has a lot of good memories with his furry ally.
“As an explosive detective dog, he was phenomenal. Every certification I had, other bomb dog handlers followed me around while he was testing, just to watch him because he was that good,” remembers Tasch. “Patrol work, there’s a lot of things I could tell you about that. There were a lot of good apprehensions, very good apprehensions. Took a lot of bad guys off the road.”
But as Tasch’s heart heals, he has the chance now to bond with his third K-9 partner of about a year. His name is Nero. He’s is a Belgian Malinois and serves duel-purposes, as a patrol and bomb sniffing dog, just like Ure.
Although Tasch is moving forward after such a big loss, he’ll always remember his former colleague in crime fighting fondly.
“He was a great police dog. He had a year of retirement. He got fat and happy and he deserved that. He was a good dog. It all worked out really, really well.”
