COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho – A North Idaho club is helping out the Coeur d’Alene Police K9 unit on Saturday.
The Coeur d’Alene Dog Fanciers will present the department with two bulletproof and stab proof vests for their K9 unit. The vests cost around $1,000 apiece. They are made just for K9 units and the kind of environments they work in.
"Obviously we're all dog lovers, so we don't want to have anything happen to them," said Sheri Hollenback with the Coeur d'Alene Dog Fanciers.
Coeur d’Alene Dog Fanciers is a non-profit organization of local dog owners and breeders dedicated to promoting responsible dog ownership and care.
The Fanciers said every year they try to give back to the community in some way that supports the well being of dogs. This year, they thought of no better way than to give back to the police department. They reached out to handlers of both Coeur d'Alene Police K9 Halo and Pecco and discovered that the dogs were in need of the vests.
"The thing we want to support is having dogs that are good citizens in our community. Dogs that are well loved in their homes," said Hollenback.
The presentation will take place this Saturday at 2:30 pm during the Dog d’Alene event at 6th Street and Sherman Avenue.