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GEAUGA COUNTY -- In Geauga County there is a new K-9 deputy on
patrol. But when it comes to taking a bite out of crime, this deputy
dog will be taking very small portions.
For the last seven years, there has been one top dog in the Geauga
County Sheriff's Department, Brutus, the big German Shepherd has
been the go-to canine.
But that's about to change.
Here comes "Midge," two pounds of raw recruit police power.
A 3-month-old miniature Chihuahua with a little Rat Terrier mixed
in, who has one major talent right now.
"Cute, she is cute, she is little, she's very friendly, she likes
people a lot," Geauga Sheriff Dan McClelland said.
Midge, in her little uniform, is already patrolling the hallways at
the county jail and the sheriff has plans to train her as the
smallest drug dog in the state of Ohio.
"I had this idea that I've toyed with for a few years, why couldn't
a small dog be used just as well?" McClelland said.
"She watches everybody comes in the room," Sheriff Dept. Deputy
Carrie Jericho said. "Her ears perk up and she watches who's coming
in."
So far Brutus, who obviously has a sense of humor, has taken to the
new tiny trainee.
And the department's K-9 trainer thinks Midge has a bright future.
"I know from my work that kids and dogs get the people's hearts," K9
Deputy Lt. Tom McCaffrey said.
She won't begin her training as a drug detection canine for another
six months.
Even on her tiptoes, Midge is only two feet high.
"She's not going to strike fear into a whole lot of folks,"
McClelland said. "That's not her job."
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WKYC-TV
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