Landmine Detection Dog Finds New Home in Alexandria
Kenneth and Gail Gardner adopted Blek, an 11-year-old German Shepherd.
Blek may be from removed from the sands of Baghdad, but old habits die hard. A former landmine detection dog, Blek, an 11-year-old German Shepherd, has found a new home with Kenneth and Gail Gardner of central Alexandria. He’s quiet and laid-back, his new owners say — but he still has to sniff everything in the house. “If you open a drawer in the kitchen, he’ll stick his nose in and make sure that everything’s good there,” Kenneth said. “If you go in the bedroom and pull open a drawer, he had to have his nose in there to see if everything’s OK. Still, anything that comes in the house as a package, he has to check out before he’s satisfied that it’s OK.” Blek’s journey to Alexandria started when Kenneth saw a newspaper ad for the Operation …
