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Died 8\/2\/21<\/strong><\/p>\n

Handler \u2013 Officer <\/strong>Mark Riley\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Worthington Police Department mourns loss of K-9 Mack<\/strong><\/p>\n

A Worthington Police Department K-9 completed his end of watch last week after a brief bout with cancer. Mack, a fierce-looking but friendly German Shepherd, had to be euthanized in the early part of his shift on Aug. 2, less than two months after his spleen was removed during emergency surgery, according to his handler, Mark Riley. The two had worked side by side for the past seven and a half years, and Mack\u2019s death is a loss felt not only by his handler\u2019s family, but by his law enforcement family. Riley and Mack were training for June trials when, the day before they were to compete, Riley noticed a change in his K-9 partner\u2019s behavior. \u201cI could tell he was not feeling right,\u201d Riley said. \u201cI threw his Kong ball for him and he didn\u2019t move, so I brought him in right away.\u201d Riley took Mack to the Veterinary Medical Center in Worthington, where veterinarian Ashley Vegter immediately ordered an x-ray. The scan revealed a mass on Mack\u2019s spleen had ruptured and was causing internal bleeding. Within 20 minutes, he was in surgery. \u201cThe vet said he would need 24-hour care because he lost so much blood,\u201d shared Riley, who had just started a series of consecutive nights on duty. He took Mack to All City Vet Clinic in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, for the round-the-clock monitoring. \u201cI called at midnight and they said he was doing well, so I called at 5 a.m. and they said they thought he was alright to go home,\u201d Riley said. \u201cWe didn\u2019t know at that point that it was cancer. The vet said there was about an 80% chance it was cancer.\u201d The news they dreaded arrived a week later. The tumor was cancerous, and Mack\u2019s life expectancy was suddenly cut from years to a matter of months \u2014 three or four was reasonable, given that the cancer hadn\u2019t spread too far, Vegter had told him. And just days before trials, Riley said he was talking with Sergeant Dustin Roemeling about Mack\u2019s health and believed he was in perfect condition \u2014 well enough to serve another two years on the force at least. Riley said one of the worst moments in Mack\u2019s sudden health scare was having to go out on patrol without having Mack alongside him. Following the K-9\u2019s surgery, Riley had to return to work \u2014 his first shift in seven and a half years without Mack as his back-up. \u201cJessica was home and said Mack sat by the door and whined, waiting for me to come home,\u201d Riley said of the call he had with his wife that night. \u201cThat was the worst.\u201d While the veterinarians instructed Riley to give Mack two weeks of rest before riding once again in the car, it was Mack who endured two miserable days at home before his behavior was such that Riley just couldn\u2019t deny him the chance to work. \u201cHe was depressed,\u201d Riley said. \u201cI said he could ride, but I won\u2019t let him get out and do anything.\u201d That was good enough for Mack. He was happy as could be to ride in the squad, and within two weeks, he was back to training and working like normal. \u201cYou had no idea anything was going on,\u201d Riley shared.\u00a0 Yet, he knew differently. Time was not on Mack\u2019s side. On the evening of Aug. 2, Riley made his way downstairs to his home gym for a pre-work workout. The routine always included Mack, who would lay on the floor, watch and wait until it was time to leave in the squad. \u201cWhen it was time to go to work, I picked up his harness,\u201d Riley said. \u201cHe eventually came over and we got his harness on him. I opened the door and he wouldn\u2019t jump in on his own.\u201d Riley lifted Mack into the squad for the start of his 9 p.m. shift start, and by 10 p.m., he knew it was Mack\u2019s time. \u201cHe couldn\u2019t lift up his head, his tongue was hanging out and he had trouble breathing,\u201d Riley shared. The change in Mack happened \u201csuper fast.\u201d For the second time in less than eight weeks, Riley called the emergency number for the VMC and said it wasn\u2019t good \u2014 it was probably Mack\u2019s time. The veterinarian agreed, saying Mack\u2019s blood pressure was so low, she couldn\u2019t find a vein. Jessica met Mark at the clinic, and the two sat with Mack during his last minutes.Mack was the first K-9 partner for Riley, but he won\u2019t be the last. Riley has already received the OK from Chief Troy Appel to get the next K-9 \u2014 something that could happen before the end of the year.\u201cI believe the next batch of dogs are coming from overseas in December,\u201d said Riley, who intends to get another German Shepherd. The new K-9 will join Frankee, the department\u2019s nine-year-old K-9 who was considered for retirement later this year. Frankee will now stay on until the new K-9 is fully trained, anticipated to be completed in the summer of 2022. Mack was about a year old when he joined the WPD as a K-9 officer. He, too, was born overseas and was paired with Riley before they attended the St. Paul Police K-9 Academy. The rigorous training included a three-month patrol academy in the spring, and a month-long narcotics academy in the fall. Mack and Riley went through yearly certification after that. \u201cHis on-off switch was absolutely incredible,\u201d Riley said, sharing a story of a busy Halloween night six or seven years ago in which Mack was the star among Smith Avenue trick-or-treaters. \u201cKids were rubbing his belly and he was loving it,\u201d Riley said. Then, the report of a sheriff\u2019s deputy in pursuit of a stolen vehicle on Interstate-90 sounded over the scanner. Riley and Mack took off to help, and although Riley assisted with the traffic stop, Mack\u2019s services weren\u2019t needed. \u201cTen or 15 minutes later, he was back loving up on the kids on Smith Avenue,\u201d Riley said. \u201cIn my opinion, he was the perfect dog for Worthington. We don\u2019t need the super-aggressive, high-drive dog. \u201cHe prevented a lot of things from escalating or going wrong, just by being there,\u201d he added. Roemeling said Mack was an amazing K-9. “He was a very accomplished K-9, not only winning trophies at USPCA K-9 Trials, but also being responsible for countless arrests that would not have been possible without him,” Roemeling shared. “K-9 Mack was a very social dog that was great with kids at community events. He was one of the best K-9’s this area has ever had. He will definitely be missed by his partners at the Worthington Police Department.” Riley said he appreciated the care given to Mack by the VMC during his brief illness. \u201cDr. Vegter was awesome and as caring and concerned as you could be,\u201d Riley said. \u201cThose ladies out at the vet center have been awesome.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Cortina has been involved with police dogs since 1972 and currently on the Board of Directors for the Connecticut Police Work Dog Association Inc. Jim has been appointed as Treasurer since its inception in 1991. Jim is one of the charter members of the C.P.W.D.A. organization. Since 1975 he has been a certified professional dog trainer and received his Master Trainer Certification in 1985. During his career he has provided armed K-9 strike crowd control for security agencies in Connecticut and out of state security companies. In conjunction with other members of the Connecticut Police Work Dog Association Inc. Board of Directors, he helped to draft Connecticut Statute 53-247(e) \"Intentional Injury or Killing of Police K-9\" which was passed by the Senate in 1993 and also assisted in implementing the prestigious Daniel Wasson Memorial K-9 Award in 1992. In 1993 he helped coordinate the North American Police Work Dog Association Nationals in New London, Connecticut. He was appointed Training Director for the New London County Work Dog Association from 1985-1987. He performed decoy work for Connecticut Police Work Dog Association Inc. in police K-9 demonstrations, trained several local police department canines, and coordinated training workshops for out-of-state police departments. He participated in the United States Police K-9 Association Trials in Croton on Hudson, New York in 1985 as a decoy. He is an avid photographer and received photography awards in 1989, 1990, and 1991 and currently takes photographs for the Connecticut Police Work Dog Association Inc.","url":"https:\/\/www.k9memorialcards.com\/k9s\/author\/jimcortina\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.k9memorialcards.com\/k9s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11054","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.k9memorialcards.com\/k9s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.k9memorialcards.com\/k9s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.k9memorialcards.com\/k9s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.k9memorialcards.com\/k9s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11054"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.k9memorialcards.com\/k9s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11054\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11055,"href":"https:\/\/www.k9memorialcards.com\/k9s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11054\/revisions\/11055"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.k9memorialcards.com\/k9s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11057"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.k9memorialcards.com\/k9s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11054"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.k9memorialcards.com\/k9s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11054"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.k9memorialcards.com\/k9s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11054"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}