Florida K-9 teams learn first aid for canine partners at Jacksonville training session
K-9 Officer Scott Stevenson swiftly approached Diesel, whimpering and recumbent on the ground and bleeding from severe wounds.
As Stevenson slipped a soft muzzle on him, the moans turned into a growl.
"All right, get him off the road," Triad Medical Training founder Matthew Casey urged the Jacksonville sheriff's officer, who moved his mock K-9 partner, then began wrapping one of his legs in a tourniquet to stop the bleeding.
"Wrap it up tight," Casey added.
Diesel is actually a sophisticated simulated police K-9 who looks and sounds like the real thing. Stevenson was one of 45 officers and deputies from nine local and state law enforcement agencies attending Thursday's K9s United emergency medical service training at the Northeast Florida Criminal Justice Center in Jacksonville.