Fido – Test Dog

Duffy served 7 years with the federal government as an explosives detection K9. Duffy was originally breed to be a seeing eye service dog but was purchased by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) when he decided he didn’t want to be a seeing eye...

Jaxon

Jaxon is a chocolate lab who was bred and trained at VW K9 in Anniston Alabama. He is a highly specialized vapor wake K9 trained to detect and trail the explosive odor in the plumes of a person. He has worked at Washington’s Union Station and Baltimore’s...

Xxylon

Xxylon is an eight-year-old chocolate Labrador who has seen (and sniffed) a lot in his canine career. He began his training in June 2011 and was assigned to his first handler working in Anchorage, Alaska, as a police dog a few months after that.  As Xxylon’s...

Oakley

Oakley Oakley is a chocolate Lab that was born and trained at Auburn University. Oakley was the first class of Vapor Wake K-9s to serve the U.S. Capitol. Oakley excelled at explosives ordinance detection work and loved working around people. The only thing Oakley...

Ammo

Ammo “Ammo is a 10-year old black lab. He served with the US Capitol Police K-9 unit from July 2011 until his retirement on April 29, 2016, my retirement date. He was an explosive detection K-9. Ammo developed digestive issues during his time on the unit. He was...