It's a SURPRISE!!!

Today was the surprise that the students had been waiting for all week. We have been reading a story called "Officer Buckle and Gloria". It is a story about a police officer who goes into schools with his dog to teach kids about safety. What better way to teach our students about safety than to bring in a police officer and his K-9??!!?? Officer Corbett and his dog, Rex, visited our class today. It was awesome! We learned that people give off an odor called apocrine when their adrenaline is running. We can't smell it, but dogs are trained to smell apocrine on people. This is how the K-9 dogs are trained to catch the bad guys. So far, Rex has helped apprehend 39 criminals and put them in jail. Rex has found bad guys in the mud, under water, in bushes, and on roofs.We also learned that Rex has to go through training every day and take tests every 3 month to be able to stay as a police dog. Officer Corbett and Rex have been partners for the past 2 years, and Officer Corbett originally got Rex from Holland. Most impressive is that Rex takes all of his commands in German. Wow - a bilingual dog! That's cool!