Hawke’s Bay police dog Dirk laid to rest after high-profile tumor surgery – ‘RIP my mate’<\/p>\n
It is with deep sadness that I advise Police Dog \u2018Dirk\u2019 was laid to rest on Friday, 15 March. Dirk was unable to make any improvement over the last eight months while convalescing, after undergoing serious spinal surgery to remove a tumor from his spine in July 2018. Dirk had a number of major setbacks with infections and other related spinal issues. His quality of life was such that he was totally reliant on his carers for support. This decision was not made lightly and was made for Dirk\u2019s well-being. Thank you to everyone who was involved with Dirk\u2019s care and all the well-wishers who followed Dirk\u2019s fight to recover. This included the amazing team at Massey University, Veterinary Surgeon\/ Police liaison Vicky Ersheig, Simone Botterill, Kennel Services, Trentham Dog Training Centre and the Hawke\u2019s Bay Dog Section. Dirk is a huge loss to the New Zealand Police and the Hawke\u2019s Bay Police Dog Section. He was an exceptional police dog and was struck down too soon.He touched many hearts with his awesome nature and loved his cuddles and ear rubs with whoever made a fuss of him. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Hawke’s Bay police dog Dirk laid to rest after high-profile tumor surgery – ‘RIP my mate’ It is with deep sadness that I advise Police Dog \u2018Dirk\u2019 was laid to rest on Friday, 15 March. Dirk was unable to make any improvement over the last eight months while convalescing, after undergoing serious spinal surgery to …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6775,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[76],"class_list":["post-6773","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-k9memorial","tag-new-zealand"],"yoast_head":"\n