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8:30 am – Look What’s Just Arrived!
June 26 – It’s Today! Barks and Badges
We’re getting set-up at Bartley Ranch in the wee early hours this morning to welcome you to our family fun day at Barks and Badges. Lots will be happening beginning at 9:30 am, so come out in the cooler part of the day to meet our K9s and see some great demonstrations of how the dogs help protect the community.
We have great vendors, information booths, and food trucks. We have a whole area of games for the kids, so come on down! Be sure to stop by the K9 Partners booth and say hello. We’ll be here until 2:00 pm today!
New for Barks and Badges – Kids T-Shirts
In addition to the new edition of 2021 T-shirts for adults, we will have really cute new shirts for the children in all sizes. Take a look at these. Aren’t they the cutest things ever?
You can find these shirts and the adult-sized shirts (pictures not available yet) at the K9 Partners booth at Barkley Ranch this Saturday, June 26.
We will also have the three released K9 mugs for sale. If you haven’t started your collection of our dog Mug Shots, you can do it now.
Remember: All profits from any sales from the booth go to support the training and equipment for our WCSO K9s.
K9 Demo Schedule for Barks and Badges!
We just finalized the K9 demonstration scheduled for this weekend’s Barks and Badges event. If you want to see one of these demos specifically, be sure to be at Bartley Ranch a little early to get a good viewing spot.
(Please note, all demos are subject to a schedule change should an emergency or other situation arise.)
K9 Demonstration Schedule
Saturday June 26 2021
(Subject to Change)
0930-10:30 K9’s will be out and about for socialization for the first hour handing out player cards.
10:30 Group obedience in the arena (All Dogs)
11:00 Tracking scenario on the hillside followed by
K9 equipment demo in the parking lot
Show vests, collars, ballistic shields, helmets, doggles, K9 ear pro, leashes, GPS, bite sleeves, suit, K9 Vehicle, etc…
11:30 Article Search on Grass area
12:00 Lithia Check Presentation
K9 Odin Badge ceremony
12:30 Narcotic traffic stop inside horse arena
13:00 Apprehension scenario with or without horses
13:30 SWAT / Robot / Drone scenario
KOLO’s News Blurb for Barks and Badges
Thank you to KOLO Channel 8 for their news story on our upcoming event! You can read the article here.
Be sure to tell your friends and family about this fun event at Bartley Ranch on June 26th! It will be fun and entertaining for everyone.
Don’t forget you can buy your K9 Zeke mug now through this website, at Consign Furniture, or pick it up at the K9 Partners booth at Barks and Badges. All three of the released mugs will be available at the event.
Barks and Badges Happens in One Week !
We are one week away from our annual (except last year) Barks and Badges event. Come out to meet our dogs and get a close up view of our two new K9s, Ava and Odin. Entry to the event is FREE and it’s great for the whole family. We’ll have lots of games for the kids and demonstrations of various scenarios the dogs are asked to handle.
We’ll also have information booths, food trucks, face painting, and other vendors with interesting and unique ideas. A mobile library will also be there along with the Nevada Deportment of Wild Life Bear Dogs.
Check out the list of Vendors to see who will be joining us. We will have a vendor map up toward the end of this week and possibly a schedule.
Bartley Ranch is located off Lakeside Blvd. to the South. Turn left on Bartley Ranch Rd and then right into the entrance to cross the bridge.
Many thanks to our terrific sponsors Lithia Subaru Reno and Consign Furniture for helping to make this event possible.
KOLO 8 News Article on K9 Zeke’s Mug
https://www.kolotv.com/2021/06/16/new-mug-released-help-police-dogs/
Read the article at the above link! Thank you to KOLO News for your support of our Mug Shots initiative.
See K9 Zeke’s Fun Page here.
K9 Zeke Mug Shot Available Now!
Available now!! Our Mug Shot for June!! Introducing K9 Zeke!! Isn’t he handsome?!
Our amazing sponsors and partners over at Consign Furniture Reno-Lake Tahoe now have the mugs for June! Head on over there to get your 3rd mug for a donation of only $10!!
If you haven’t yet got the Mug for April, featuring Jett, or May, featuring Kyago you can grab those as well.
Consign Furniture is located at 6865 Sierra Center Pkwy, Ste 200 Reno, NV 89511. Big thanks go out to them for all their help with our Mug Shots event and all they do for us all year long!
If you’d like to order ahead of time and pick up your mug at Consign later, you can go to our page here: www.k9partners.org and order your mugs for your donation. While you are there, check out and download the fantastic coloring pages done by our resident, talented artist Breanne Craig!! You can see and commission her work over at The Rustic Grove . Thank you for your support!!
Promotion for Deputy Van der Wall and retirement for Boomer
From the Washoe County Sheriff’s Office Facebook page.
Today Sheriff Balaam retired K9 Boomer after 3 years of service with the WCSO. His retirement comes after his handler, Deputy Samuel Van Der Wall’s recent promotion to Sergeant. Sgt. Van Der Wall and Boomer were assigned to the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Task Force, which operates in critical drug-trafficking regions. Thank you Boomer for your hard work and service! #ProudSheriff#K9#K9Retirement
K9 Partners wish Sgt. Van Der Wall much success in his new position and happy retirement to Boomer.
