Donations keep Northwood bomb dog on job for 2 more years

By JULIE M. McKINNON BLADE STAFF WRITER Sometimes Fred and Barney communicate in German. Sometimes it’s Czechoslovakian. But when Northwood Police Patrolman Fred Genzman gives the “load” order in English, Barney – the only bomb-sniffing dog in northwest Ohio outside of Lima – trots to their cruiser’s rear door, opens the handle, and jumps inside. “He’s a character,” said Patrolman Genzman, the …

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Police dog with $6.9 million nose for narcotics to retire

After six years serving with the police, a 105-pound Dutch shepherd named Barak will retire this month.

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