Judge, The Wonder Dog

Al Dunn, was still fairly new to the Dog Squad as was his faithful partner, Judge. There had been a few problems during training with Judge being, just a touch under aggressive.

Well, on this fateful night, Sergeant Barnard, Pat Hudson and Tony Zanatta were going to check the patrons of a local "restaurant" called Kim's Kitchen. This was one of the sleaziest dives in the whole Downtown Eastside and a known hangout for drug dealers, addicts, pimps and other assorted criminals. They called for another unit for additional cover, and Al, being just around the corner, volunteered.

He left Judge in the police unit since he wouldn't be needed for this. As the four were checking the clientele, Mike Barnard looked towards the front door and was amused to see a fellow and his dog. The two would walk forward until they bumped heads on the glass door. This happened several times. Thinking that maybe the fellow was blind and did not realize the door opened outwards, Mike moved over and held the door open for him. The pair wandered into the restaurant.

It quickly became apparent that the fellow wasn't blind, just dead drunk. What became apparent even more quickly was that the dog did not belong to him, but, was in fact Al's dog, Judge. The amazing part about this, is that the fellow was able to even get close to the car. Most of the dogs go absolutely crazy when anybody, except their master approaches their territory, the car.

In this instance, what they were able to piece together later, is that Judge got lonely and started to whine. The drunk, feeling sorry for the dog opened the door and let Judge out. He was rewarded by Judge jumping up and "kissing" the face and hands of his unlikely benefactor. Why this poor fellow didn't get torn to pieces is unknown to everyone but, Judge, and he isn't telling.