Every Dog Has Its Day

Every dog has its day usually means everyone has a chance to be successful during some period in their life. I agree with this sentiment but am taking a more literal approach to this idiom by mentioning the dogs that recently took down the latest White House fence jumper. Hurricane and Jordan, two Secret Service Belgian Malinois dogs are the ones to thank this time. They kept the latest jumper from reaching the White House by stopping him basically at the wrong side of the fence. A Belgian Malinois can run up to 30 miles an hour and spends about 20 weeks in training for this kind of work, with police, the military, or Secret Service. Hurricane and Jordan were kicked and punched by the jumper that they cornered but after being checked out by their vet they quickly returned to duty. These two heroes, Hurricane and Jordan, certainly had their day and will, like most dogs trained to serve and protect, work until they are around ten years old.

Closer to home, a couple of weeks ago a St. Johns County Sheriff Department K-9 named Baron was killed in the line of duty. His killer, wanted on a felony warrant for selling cocaine, drowned Baron in shallow water during a police chase. He is now facing an additional third degree felony for killing a dog that's a K-9 officer. Baron had his day too. It’s just a sad one for his handler and the entire community he served.