Members of the Isaac Van Wart Chapter met in April at the American Legion Post 178 in Van Wert for a regular meeting and pizza. The women were delighted to hear an informational talk by Van Wert County Sheriff K-9 Deputies Chance Mosier and Tyler Mox. The two deputies brought their K-9 work dogs with them, both German Shepherds, and explained that the selection and training processes are both thorough and rigorous. They practice with their K-9s every day. The work dogs spend all their time with the deputies and even live at home with the men and their families when the work day is done. Once home, they are the family pets. The demonstrations involved locating a hidden package of illegal drugs. Each dog followed commands to locate and mark the scent. Verbal commands like sit, stay, and down were executed perfectly and then the dogs followed non-verbal commands. There were many questions from the DAR members and interesting answers and stories. Regent Debra Hardeman thanked Deputy Mosier with his dog Ajax and Deputy Tyler Mox with his dog Ellie.

Photos include top: Deputy Mosier with Ajax and bottom: Deputy Mox with Ellie. Photo courtesy of a member.