One of the North District RCMP’s finest is calling it a career.
Skipper, an Accredited Facility Dog (AFD) from Pacific Assistance Dogs Society (PADS) is hanging up the leash after nine years of service to the RCMP.
In this role, Skipper assists community care professionals where there would be physical, social or emotional improvement with the addition of a dog and its specially trained dog-handler team.
Skipper, now 12.5-years-old, became a fully trained AFD in 2017 when he was five.
He’s been with his handler, Jen Quam, the Victim Witness Manager at North District RCMP for the General Investigation Section Unit (NDGIS) for seven years, living with Quam’s family during that time.
Prior to joining the NDGIS, Skipper and Quam worked in the McBride and Valemount RCMP detachments doing frontline victim service work from 2017-2018.
From 2018 to 2020, they worked at Nukko Lake Elementary as a Youth Care Worker team before coming to NDGIS in 2020.
Skipper’s biggest role was sitting with children who were required to testify in court.
Quam has officially adopted Skipper from PADS, and they plan on spending his retirement doing the things he loves, such as walks, swimming, sleeping, playing with toys, and sharing warm hugs with the family.
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