Do you remember where you were 8 years ago as the planes struck the twin towers.  I do!  I stayed up until 3am last night watching the videos and interviews of people that lived through that horrific day.  As I layed there and listened to some of the stories there was one that really caught my attention.  It was a man speaking about the fact that he was trapped under a pile of rubble.  He gave an erie explanation of how dark and quiet it was and how he thought he was going to die.  Then as the news channel started showing pictures of the aftermath when the towers collapsed all I could think of was how difficult it would be to work a search and rescue dog in that mess.  Also how many K9 teams out there are really ready to work in that environment.

If you haven’t figured it out yet, there are people out there that want to hurt Americans.  There have been several terrorist attacks against our country over the past couple decades.  Are you ready as a K9 handler?  Be it cadaver, live find, or explosives K-9.  If we are ever attacked again will your dog be ready for the challenge?  These are questions that we need to keep in mind when we train.  Don’t become complacent with your training.  Always try to challenge your dog and build his/her stamina.  When there are people in need of help we do not have time to take long rests.

A speaker last night stated something that touched me as an American.  He stated “what makes Americans great is that when there is a building on fire we do not run away from it, but we run into it to save lives!!”  How true that is!

Please train hard!  God forbid we ever have another attack like 9.11, but if we ever are we need to be ready for the call.  God bless all those that lost their lives on that day as well as their families.

GOD BLESS AMERICA!