While other German shepherds roamed backyards or barked at mail carriers, Axel was out hunting down illegal narcotics and going on search-and-rescue missions.
Now after five years as a loyal trained companion to a deputy in the San Joaquin County Sheriff’s Office (that’s 40 in “dog years”), Axel is heading into a well-earned retirement.
Law enforcement K-9s are often all work and little play. They sometimes remain anonymous. But Axel is special; he has personality…