{"id":46660,"date":"2023-09-28T17:53:23","date_gmt":"2023-09-28T17:53:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thelandmark.com\/?p=46660"},"modified":"2023-09-28T17:53:23","modified_gmt":"2023-09-28T17:53:23","slug":"touch-a-truck-or-pet-a-cruiser","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devcherryroad.com\/news2\/2023\/09\/28\/touch-a-truck-or-pet-a-cruiser\/","title":{"rendered":"Touch A Truck or pet a Cruiser"},"content":{"rendered":"
By Ken Cleveland<\/em>
\nLandmark Correspondent<\/em><\/div>\n

PRINCETON \u2014 A new Cruiser will be on duty, wagging his tail in his role as a therapy dog and meeting people in town, including this weekend’s Touch A Truck event.<\/p>\n

The name for the Princeton Police Department\u2019s dog was chosen after seeking suggestions from the community he will be serving.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had over 30,000 comments\/suggestions on names,\u201d Detective Holly Doyle said. \u201cThis made it very hard to tally up the names; however, because it is going to be training for therapy work, there were some name suggestions that we could not consider, unfortunately.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cruiser is now 9 weeks old, a chocolate bab from Belhaven Labradors in Hardwick.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe owner of Belhaven is originally from Princeton and raised her family here,\u201d Doyle said. \u201cShe was the previous owner of The Right Paw dog training school.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cruiser will start immediately, with plans to appear at the Touch A Truck event slated for Saturday, Sept. 30. But he will have a lot of training before he is fully certified.<\/p>\n

\u201cCruiser will start his training on Oct. 7 with The Right Paw. He will be in training for approximately two years to become fully certified as a Therapy Dog. While training, he will be available to go to the schools, senior center, community events, and any other incident in need of his services. I will be taking him around town to meet the community as often as possible, or by request,\u201d Doyle said.<\/p>\n

Cruiser will be staying with Doyle\u2019s family when he is not working.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt has been like having a new baby in the house, needing to constantly keep an eye on him. I had met him a few times prior to taking him home, but the training will be important once we start that,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Doyle had worked on the plans for the therapy dog for a while.<\/p>\n

\u201cEarlier this year I presented the program to Chief Paul Patriarca, and we spoke about how it would benefit our police department and the community. I had been researching and looking into dogs, talking with breeders, as well as other dog handlers at other police departments for guidance. After compiling information about dogs, and the program, Chief and I presented it to the Select Board, (and it) was approved.\u201d<\/p>\n

The program will be completely funded by donations.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have had an amazing outpouring of support, which I am so thankful to our community and surrounding communities for,\u201d Doyle said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will be having a raffle at the Partner with Princeton (Touch a Truck) event on Sept. 30 to support the program. The funds that are raised from donations will be used for vet bills, food, equipment needed for training and to perform his duties.\u201d<\/p>\n

Doyle said she will be putting together other programs, and opportunities to purchase different items to benefit the program.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople are invited to the Partner with Princeton event to meet Cruiser as well as a few other local comfort dogs.\u201d<\/p>\n

Raffle tickets can be purchased to win donated items. For those not at the event who would like to make a contribution to the program, Cruiser\u2019s Venmo account is @PrincetonMaPoliceK9<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Cruiser can be followed on Facebook and Instagram at PrincetonmapoliceK9<\/a>, Doyle said.<\/p>\n

Expect to see Cruiser out and about.<\/p>\n

\u201cI will be slowly introducing him to people and businesses on patrol, and hopefully attend any events I can to get him out meeting new people in the community,\u201d Doyle said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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