It’s now five whole months since the inception of the dog unit. It’s indeed incredible how fast time flies. I believe it’s a good time to reflect on past events as well as foster a head. At the dog unit, we are doing both.

Both Memusi and Morani are well acclimatized with the new environment and they are now more of Ngiro-are than of Colorado.

In the month of September, Morani fell ill and was taken to Nairobi for veterinary check-up and treatment. Since then, he registered a remarkable improvement and works better and with a lot of drive than ever before. On the other hand, Memusi is more resistant and his health trend has been exceptionally good. The handlers monitor closely for the health progress of the dogs. This actually includes amount of food eaten by each dog at a time, body temperature of each dog and the excretion rate.
 
On the side of performance and exercises, the canine team does believe in practice for improvement and perfection. It then goes without mention that we involve the dogs and the handlers into rigorous tracking exercises. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays are our scheduled days for the exercises. Any other day particularly when we arrest poachers serves as a perfect opportunity for us to train. We are proud to say this is making a difference!
 
In a nutshell, the dog unit is fairing on well and it’s our sincere hope that it will do even better. We acknowledge a fact that “it takes time to succeed because success is merely a natural reward of taking time to do something”.

Sabaya Shadrack.
October 31st, 2009