Alameda and San Leandro to Host Police Dog Competition Saturday

Police dogs from all over the state will be in Alameda on Saturday for the 1st Annual Alameda/San Leandro Police K-9 Competition. K-9 units representing more than two dozen police and sheriff’s departments will be showing off their skills and teamwork as they vie for the Top Dog and Chief’s trophies.

The event is free and open to the public.

Also on hand will be Gavin Buchanan, a five-year-old from Benicia who donated $100 he had saved for a skateboard to a non-profit that buys bullet-proof vests for police dogs.

Where: Multi-purpose field, 101 West Redline Ave., Alameda

When: Saturday, August 3 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Here’s more information about Cover Your K9:

The Cover Your K9 Fund, is a project of the non-profit Police & Working K-9 Foundation, a non-profit corporation working to keep Bay Area and Northern California law enforcement K-9 teams ‘covered’ with safety equipment and emergency medical care. “Cover Your K-9” has worked with veterinary specialists to design a K-9 Emergency Medical Course & custom K-9 Trauma Kit; this program is serving as a model for K-9 care across the country. All proceeds donated to this fund are tax-deductible and are used for the purchase of safety equipment for law enforcement K-9s and for an emergency medical care fund for retired K-9s in Northern California.(Tax ID 27-2717-583)