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The highest-paid was a state police dog handler who received $439,000 overall, including the highest amount of overtime at $303,000.
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Christopher Keating,
Hartford Courant,
11 Jan. 2026
After locating handgun ammunition in the SUV, Burbank PD used a helicopter and police dog named Spike to locate Alas along a steep embankment along the freeway.
The Great Pyrenees is a large, thickly-coated, and immensely powerful working dog originally bred to guard livestock on the snowy peaks of the Pyrenees Mountains between France and Spain.
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Lydia Patrick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Nov. 2025
Ever since then, the park has maintained working dog teams, although their job has since evolved.
The scientists noted multiple patterns in their analysis, including higher wolf ancestry in larger dogs and in those who are bred as Arctic sled dogs, pariah breeds, and hunting dogs, per the American Museum of Natural History.
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Saleen Martin,
USA Today,
26 Nov. 2025
Her favorite pieces she’s written for Outside are about competing on the Discovery show Naked and Afraid, being a woman alone in the woods, learning to write, and mischievous sled dog Blowhole.
That means if a wolf dog ever bites someone, euthanasia and testing may be required.
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Liz O'Connell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Oct. 2025
Possessing second-generation wolf dogs, defined in California as the offspring of a domestic dog and a half-wolf, half-dog hybrid — with no more than 25% wolf — is legal.