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Meet Our Research & Medical Detection Dogs 


Working Dogs

  • Lucy

    Lucy, Penn Vet Working Dog Center
    • Registered Name: Lucy PennVetWDC
    • Breed: Dutch Shepherd
    • DOB: May 11, 2017
    • Gender: Female
    • Kennel: Penn Vet Working Dog Center
    • Foster: Derek Zaleski & Stephanie Stevens
    • Legacy: Named in honor of Lucy (Handler Lynne Engelbert) who deployed to the World Trade Center following the attacks of 9/11.
    • Sponsor: Kaleidoscope of Hope
    • Job: Medical Detection
    • Video: Lucy's YouTube

     

  • Helen

    Helen - Penn Vet Working Dog Center
    • Registered Name: Helen 
    • Breed: Labrador Retriever
    • DOB: June 28, 2017
    • Gender: Female
    • Kennel: Penn Vet Working Dog Center
    • Foster: Andrew & Debbie Shumsky
    • Job: Medical Detection
    • Video: Helen's YouTube

     

     

  • Vauk

    Vauk - Penn Vet Working Dog Center
    • Registered Name: Vauk PennVetWDC
    • Breed: Labrador Retriever
    • DOB: January 24, 2021
    • Gender: Female
    • Kennel: PVWDC
    • Foster: Dr. Cindy Otto
    • Legacy: Named in honor of 9/11 victim Lt. Cmdr. Ronald James Vauk, US Navy.
    • Job: Medical Detection
    • Video: Vauk's YouTube

     

  • Toby

    Toby - Penn Vet Working Dog Center

    • Registered Name: Toby PennVetWDC
    • Breed: Small Munsterlander
    • DOB: June 27, 2018
    • Gender: Male
    • Kennel: On the Fly Kennels
    • Foster: Jenny Essler (puppy foster Lindsay Bungert) 
    • Legacy: Named in honor of K9 Toby (Handler Barbara Cavileer) who deployed to the Staten Island following the attacks of 9/11.
    • Sponsored by: The Rothman Family
    • Job: Conservation Detection
    • Video: Toby's YouTube

     

  • Osa

    Osa, Penn Vet Working Dog Center
    • Registered Name: Osa vom Kugelblitz PennVetWDC
    • Breed: German Shepherd Dog
    • DOB: April 4, 2014
    • Gender: Female
    • Kennel: vom Kugelblitz Kennels
    • Foster: Annemarie DeAngelo
    • Legacy: Named in honor of Osa (Handler Laura LoPresti) who deployed to the World Trade Center following the attacks of 9/11.
    • Sponsor: Air Animal Pet Movers
    • Job: Medical Detection
    • Video: Osa's YouTube

     

  • Bobbie

    Bobbie, Penn Vet Working Dog Center
    • Registered Name: L’Bobbie Von Granville PennVetWDC
    • Breed: German Shepherd Dog
    • DOB: January 29, 2016
    • Gender: Female
    • Kennel: Granville German Shepherds
    • Foster: Bob and JoAnne Dougherty
    • Legacy: Named in honor of K9 Bobbie (Handler Donna Larson) who deployed to the Staten Island Landfill after the attacks of 9/11.
    • Sponsored by: Merck Animal Health
    • Job: Medical Detection
    • Video: Bobbie's YouTube

     

  • Ivey

    Ivey, Penn Vet Working Dog Center
    • Registered Name: S'Ivey 
    • Breed: German Shepherd Dog
    • DOB: December 21, 2016
    • Gender: Female
    • Kennel: Watcher Engel K9
    • Foster: Anna Sharova (puppy foster: Kurt & Alice Barnhart
    • Legacy: Named in honor of K9 Ivey (Handler Nancy Hachmeister) who deployed to the World Trade Center after the attacks of 9/11.
    • Job: Medical Detection
    • Video: Ivey's YouTube