Door County Sheriff Deputy and K9 handler Tina Spaulding and her sidekick TJ successfully completed the 6th annual Jessiffany Canine Seminar & Certification held at Iron Ridge in Dodge County earlier this month. Some of the notable achievements the duo attained included the Best overall single-purpose Dog Team, second place in Narcotics Door Bottoms, and third place in the Narcotics Scramble. Spaulding shares the four different challenges the competition entailed daily.

Over 50 teams participated, and Spaulding says TJ has come a long way in the last two years, helping with many drug detection interactions. At three years old, TJ is a Dutch Shepard from Hungary who is trained as a single-purpose dog for finding narcotics and article searches where items have human odor on them. Spaulding adds that TJ is very friendly and loves pets when out in public, and the Door County K-9 unit is very thankful for the community support.