Coon Rapids Police K-9 officer Mark McDonough will always remember the United States Police K-9 Association Region 12 police dog trials in Elk River June 28-30.
McDonough and his K-9 partner Buddy won the event with a near perfect score of 698.16 out of 700 in a field of 83 K-9 units from a region that includes Minnesota, Wisconsin, North and South Dakota and Manitoba, Canada.
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