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As many of you know, I had to put my
best friend and k-9 partner Condor van Hildernisse to sleep yesterday.
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I have not had many days harder than that one. |
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Condor was almost 12 years
old and it was his time to go.
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He was a very tough dog and I had many
successes with him. |
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He always did what we asked him to do and if he didn’t
really want to do it he would let me know, usually by biting me. |
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He was a true friend until the end. |
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I was very especially proud of him when I went
to Holland last summer. |
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When my friends brought me to their German
shepherd club they introduced me to the members and when they were told
that Condor was my partner they shock my hand even harder. |
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Condor had such
a reputation in the club that everyone was afraid of him. |
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They remembered
him 10 years later. |
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I think they were thanking me for taking him off their
hands.
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They had many stories of him and how unforgiving he was. |
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Many of us
also saw that side of him. |
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Condor was a wonderful ambassador for
police K-9s and did so in all of the demos we did with him. |
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He always
impressed the people at the demos. |
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I learned so much from him by just
being around him. |
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It was a pleasure to work him and see what he could do. |
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When we competed in the national championships in Taunton and Alabama he
delighted the crowd by going up on the 6ft wall and just standing there on
the top.
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He looked straight at the crowd and eventually came down.
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The top
of the wall was approximately 4 inches wide and he balanced himself on it. |
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What he was meant to do was go over the wall, stand and then come back
when called.
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But he did it his way.
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The support I got from all my friends
in the K-9 world was over whelming. |
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Many of them were there for me at
Angel memorial in Middleboro when I brought his body to be cremated.
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One
thing about K-9 officers is that they do this job because it is the best
job in the world but being able to work with a dog as a partner takes all
the negatives of the job away. |
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Sleep well my friend and guard the
gates of heaven for us all. |
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Barney |
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p.s. put in a good word for me. |
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