Community Experience gets a visit from its new four-legged friend

The Community Experience had a special visit from some new friends at the Ontario County Sheriff's Department -- Deputy Pat Fitzgerald, his 7 year old German Sheppard Frankie and Sgt. Greg Shaffer. Deputy Fitzgerald spoke to the group about Frankie and how she is used for finding illegal drugs, protecting people and locating people. Frankie is from the Czech Republic, like our other furry friend Daphne, another dog from K-9 unit. Deputy Fitzgerald explained how he and Frankie started working together and how she was trained. The group got the chance to pet Frankie as she is very gentle and well trained. Deputy Fitzgerald explained that Frankie would be retiring in the next couple years because German Sheppards are in active duty until they are approximately 9-10 years old. The Community Experience will be baking a new batch of dog treats for the K-9 unit and visiting them again soon.