“We all have the same goal in helping our men and women, whatever they need…”
Officer Joe King, Dallas Police Department — on the mission of the Dallas PD Wellness Unit and therapy Greyhound, Aussie
Show NotesJoe King is a 27 year veteran of the Dallas Police Department. He spent almost two decades in one of the toughest beats in the department. Today, he serves his fellow officers in the department’s Wellness Unit alongside other officers and a new four-legged partner, former racing Greyhound Aussie. Together, they work to provide counseling and support to police offers and other first responders suffering from PTSD and other mental health and personal challenges.
Aussie has been specially trained as a police therapy dog. He is part of a pilot program in the United States between Greyhound Racing New South Wales (GRNSW), the US Fraternal Order of Police, and the Dallas Police Department. The Greyhound Adoption League of Texas (GALT) serves as the local support and training Liaison. Russ Feilen, International Rehoming Director for GRNSW, partnered with former marine and GALT Chairman John McQuade to initiate the pilot program.
By day, Aussie visits different divisions within the Dallas PD and serves in outreach programs for the department. After hours, he lives the life of a retired racing Greyhound with Joe and his family. John continues to work with Joe and the Dallas PD to refine Aussie’s therapy dog development. Meanwhile, Russ and the team at GRNSW are looking for the next candidate police department for these specially trained Greyhounds.
In this episode, host John Parker sits down with Russ, Joe and John to talk about this unique Greyhound therapy dog training program for police departments. Russ shares some of the success of Australian Greyhound adoption to date in the United States. Joe and John talk about the Greyhound candidate identification process and training of the selected Greyhounds in the program.
LinksSteve Austin: Training Greyhounds as Police Therapy Dogs
The Injoy Lure Coursing Story
Kim Gooding: From Coursing to Racing
International Greyhound Rehoming Roundtable
Virtual Launch: Charlie Blanning’s First Greyhound Novel, “Rags to Riches”
Robbie Britton: Training the Australian Racing Greyhound
Kurt Trzeciak: Life as a Racing Greyhound Trainer
Australian Greyhound Racing and Rehoming with Rob Macaulay, CEO of Greyhound Racing New South Wales
Racing Ownership in the UK with George Sell
Charlie Blanning and Gary Guccione: Racing’s Top Five Greyhounds
Lee Livingood: Author of ‘Retired Racing Greyhounds for Dummies’
A Conversation with Irish Breeder and Trainer Dolores Ruth
Dr. Rob Gillette on Greyhound Sports Medicine
Virtual Launch: Charlie Blanning’s Twenty Two Waterloo Cups
Leslie Wootten: Greyhound Author
Jackie Teal: Coursing & Racing Trainer
Charlie Blanning’s Latest Greyhound History Project
Steve Downs on Open Field Coursing in the U.S.
Gary Guccione: A Life in Greyhound Racing
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