This Giving Tuesday, Capital K9s needs your help to fund the purchase of Hot-N-Pop® PRO remote door poppers and AceWatchDog™ ($2,198 each) for three new squad vehicles, to keep our K9s and their handlers as safe as possible! Please help us reach our fundraising goal of $6,594, through a donation of any size. All gifts… Read more »
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Cancellation of Summer 2020 Events
Dear Friends of Capital K9s, With heavy hearts, we have decided to cancel our “Sunday Funday” and Dog Paddle fundraising events this summer. We know how much you look forward to participating in these events — please know we were excited about hosting them and supporting the MPD K9 Unit with you! These cancellations are… Read more »
Police Week 2020
Since its founding in 2004, Capital K9s has provided 19 working K9s for the K9 Unit of the City of Madison Police Department. NINETEEN!! We honored our four “founding K9s” last year during Police Week — K9s Johnny, Greg, Ivan, and Gildon. Since last year, another one of our former K9s passed away (K9 Josh),… Read more »
K9 Patton Meets his Namesake
K9 Patton Date of Birth: 2/5/2017Start Date with MPD: 11/15/2018Breed: German Shepherd Financial Sponsor: Mid-West Family BroadcastingVeterinary Sponsor: Animal Hospital of Verona Back in May, K9 Patton met his namesake: former 94.1 WJJO radio personality Blake Patton! When Mid-West Family Broadcasting graciously agreed to sponsor the working dog currently partnered with Officer Nick Eull,… Read more »
Support our Heroes!
Thank you for following our tribute posts this week – we hope you enjoyed learning more about K9s Greg, Johnny, Gildon, and Ivan. Since its founding in 2004, Capital K9s has provided 17 working K9s to the City of Madison Police Department K9 Unit. SEVENTEEN! In addition to the four honored this week, five currently… Read more »
K9 Tributes – Police Week 2019 – Greg
Dates of Service: 2/15/2005 – 4/20/2010End of Watch: 12/16/2016Breed: Dutch Shepherd Partner: Ofc. Bart O’Shea K9 Greg was the first working dog acquired by Capital K9s for the City of Madison Police Department. Greg, who worked with Patrol Officer Bart O’Shea, is one of four dogs generously sponsored over the years by Mid-West Family Broadcasting. … Read more »
K9 Tributes – Police Week 2019 – Johnny
Date of Birth: 5/5/2003Dates of Service: 2/16/2005 – 2/7/2015 End of Watch: 7/1/2016Breed: Belgian Malinois Partner: Ofc. Jim Donnell K9 Johnny was the second working dog acquired by Capital K9s for the City of Madison Police Department. Johnny is one of four dogs graciously sponsored over the years by Mid-West Family Broadcasting. Johnny and the… Read more »
K9 Tributes – Police Week 2019 – Gildon
K9 Gildon Date of Birth: 10/1/2004Dates of Service: 7/1/2006 – 12/1/2013End of Watch: 9/11/2015Breed: German Shepherd Partner: Sergeant Jeff Felt K9 Gildon was the third working dog acquired by Capital K9s for the City of Madison Police Department – thanks to a generous donation from Veridian Homes. He received his veterinary care from the Animal… Read more »
K9 Tributes – Police Week 2019 – Ivan
K9 Ivan “The Delightful” Date of Birth: 9/17/2005Dates of Service: 3/7/2007 – 10/8/2012End of Watch: 3/25/2018Breed: German Shepherd Partner: Ofc. Henry Wilson (Retired) K9 Ivan was the fourth working dog acquired by Capital K9s for the City of Madison Police Department – thanks to a generous donation from the family of Mary Jane Hayes Meng…. Read more »
K9 Patton’s Assist
On January 19th, in the early afternoon, an armed robbery occurred at a business in the 6000 block of Monona Drive. Madison Police Officer Nick Eull and K9 Patton assisted the Monona Police Department tracking the suspect that committed robbery. The track was approximately ¼ mile long and ended at the back door to an… Read more »
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