Venjo, a Belgian Malinois, was trained as a police dog. But his handler couldn’t, well, handle him.
So Venjo was consigned to a kennel in Pennsylvania, where he languished for three months.
Luckily for him, Sergeant Dave Harris came along.
Sgt. Harris belongs to the Elkton, Virginia police department. He needed a replacement for his former K-9 partner, Rainer.
Venjo and Sgt. Harris went through an intensive 8-week training camp in Orange County, VA. Venjo learned to protect his new partner, and can detect every street drug by scent.
Harris, for his part, learned 18 commands in Dutch. He also uses hand signals with Venjo.
The Elkton Neighborhood Watch (shown above), along with several other business and private donors, contributed money toward Venjo’s purchase.
Normally, said Harris, it takes 18 months for a Belgian Malinois to bond with its trainer. But he and Venjo, thanks to their training camp, are ready to go.





















