An A1 tribute to a K9 officer

The Twin Falls paper has a glowing obituary for Ukas, a truly exemplary police dog.

Ukas was a German Shepherd, and really a creampuff at heart. His handler, Matt Eden, said, "I think his biggest claim to fame was the number of bites he did not give." He was the first pointy-eared dog my son ever met, way back when he was a stroller baby, and he helped my wife overcome her unease with the breed, both paving the way for adoption of a pointy-eared shepherd cross pound puppy of our own, Antenna.

Eden said, "He wasn't vicious by any means." Good-bye, Ukas.