Lt. Michael Pope with the University of Kentucky Police Department and K-9 Ira pause for a selfie on a sunny day. Pope and Ira began training together in 2017 after Pope’s previous K-9 partner, Pink, retired.
“When you train a new dog, you have to work together to find out how they move, how to control the leash and how the dog’s behavior changes,” Pope said. “Every dog is different.”
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