Friday, March 18, 2011

Officer Eaton and Zach the Police Dog

Mrs. Ritter, a WKU student completing an internship in our classroom, brought a guest speaker to visit our classroom. Her cousin is Kentucky State Trooper, B.J. Eaton. He is a K-9 officer, and he brought his police dog, Zach. Meeting Officer Eaton and Zach was so neat for us!
Officer Eaton began by discussing rules and laws.

We finally got to meet Zach...
Officer Eaton had Miss Ritter hide a small rag in our room that had the same odor as drugs. As soon as Zach came in to the room, he went straight towards the scent of the rag and found it hidden in our Clifford books. Good job, Zach!
Zach was fixated on the scent of the rag until Officer Eaton gave him his reward...a little blue ball that he LOVES!


Zach just found Officer Eaton's keys. He had thrown them outside in the grass when Zach wasn't looking.
We got to peek inside the police car to see where Zach sits.

Officer Eaton showed us how to turn on his lights and pointed out other things inside his car.
Shelvie poses with Zach in the background.




Officer Eaton had some bad luck at the end of his visit. His car started smoking! We thought it might be a good idea to write the Kentucky State Police and try to persuade them to give him a new car!