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Friday, August 04, 2006

ya gotta love midge

Amy Sancetta / Ap File

and ya gotta give the sheriff props too 6-pound Chihuahua is tiny drug-finding dog
Small K-9s do less damage, may be part of a growing national trend CHARDON, Ohio - Though she’s only a 6-pound Chihuahua-rat terrier mix who looks like she belongs in Paris Hilton’s purse, Midge has the will, skill and nose of a 100-pound German shepherd.
The newest recruit for the Geauga County Sheriff Department’s K-9 unit could very well be the nation’s smallest drug-sniffing pooch.
“Good girl,” Sheriff Dan McClelland says, praising the 7-month-old, tail-wagging puppy, during a recent training exercise. McClelland began training Midge for drug-detecting duties when she was just 3 months old, after reading about departments being sued by suspects whose cars or homes were damaged by larger dogs.
Like many police departments, Geauga County has had German shepherds and Labrador retrievers for years. In fact, visitors often ask, “Is the big dog out?” — referring to 125-pound Brutus, says Lt. Tom McCaffrey, Brutus’ handler............