FARGO, N.D. (KFGO/KVRR) — A new puppy has come to Fargo to serve the North Dakota Highway Patrol.
K-9 Beau is a nine-and-a-half-week-old bloodhound from Texas. He will be the fourth bloodhound the patrol has added to the team.
Once fully trained, K-9 Beau will be able to assist with tracking and finding missing and endangered people. For now, Trooper and K-9 handler Dustin Pattengale says they are getting Beau adjusted to his new environment.
“My family has had dogs before, I had daschunds. So, I’m a little familiar with the hound group, but I have not had a bloodhound before and I have not been part of this before. So, a lot of this is very new to me as well. So, he’s learning and I’m learning all at the same time,” Pattengale said.
Pattengale will be training K-9 Beau over the next year to prepare for the job.
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