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LADE DISCOVERS a suspect unseen by his handler, Dick Lang, in the "building
search" training. Lade placed third in "attack on command" in the five state
regional competition sponsored by the U.S.Police Canine Association.He'll advance
to the national competition in Washington D.C.which will be held in August.
VOLUME 17, NUMBER 7 Publication #328680 Maplewood
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LADE, MAPLEWOOD'S police canine CLIMBS BARRIERS ASCENDS LADDERS
Lade qua lifies for national
by Kathy Holmes
"Lade(pronounced Laddie) is the only Wisconsin, Illinois and North and South spectator sport," said George Kasat, a
member of the department who doesn't Dakota. Other trials besides the "attack dog handler for the Eagan police force.
know that I'm chief," Maplewood police on command" were obedience, agility, "Eight out of 10 people have animals of
chief Richard Schaller remarked of the scent work, finding a suspect and a field their own."
sole canine member on the force. search. Lang talked of the rigid control that
Lade rides in a squad car marked Lade is now qualified to go to the must be maintained throughout the trial.
"Canine" with his handler, Dick Lang. national trials in August which will be There are instances where the dog is
Lang calls Lade"an awfully good partner held in Washington D.C.The trials are an trained to make his own decisions though
to have with me." annual competition. "It makes the guys — protective of himself, his squad car,
A policeman for just one year, the two- work their dogs soon
o that they stay sharp, and his handler, the canine will attack
year-old German shepherd just took third instead of sitting around in the car all and bite in defense.
place for "attack" in the regional trials day," explained Lang. "It's no longer the vicious un-
for the Canine Association held in Two thousand spectators came to the controllable animal,though,"said Kasat.
Wilmar, MN, June 11 and 12. The trials canine trials on June ii, and another "Most of these dogs are friendly."
included dogs from Minnesota, thousand watched on June 12. "It's a good Maplewood's Lade is. He doesn't snarl
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CLEARS JUMPS AND BROADJUMPS during a training
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Canine competition
unless he's ordered to,and he laughingly jumps and also clears six to eight feet for and barking warn his handler where a
pants and wags his tail like most of his the broad jump. He climbs a ladder and suspect might be hiding.
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domesticated species. walks across a monkey bar-like con The attack on command, which Lade
d sleeve
In fact, Lade lives at home with the struction for the catwalk.
Langs where he is reported to be good In the article search, the dog sniffs out that is hidden inside a�tsweater and worn
with the kids and neighbors.Although the anything that might be used at the scene on a handler's arm. The dog is taught to
Lang children don't order him around, of a crime guns, screwdrivers, shells, bite a victim's arm where a minimum
they play and wrestle with him. casings or b-71llfolds. Since dogs generally amount of damage will be done. It sounds
Lade's training is done on a special hate the taste of metal,the handlers try to ferocious, but Lang said that this is a
piece of land near the St. Paul utilities make a game of the article search,much favorite with canines. "Once they start
property on the western edge of like "fetch."
Maplewood. Praise is the only reward In the building search, the dog saidg this,it's really a treat for them,"he
that he gets for his performance, so the discovers which box in five that a human That's quite a warning for anyone who
handlers try to make it fun for the dog, is hidden in,much like the secret doors in might become a victim of Lades.
For training, Lade leaps a series of "Let's Make a Deal." Growling, pawing,