By paNOW

Prince Albert boy among winners in contest to name RCMP puppies

May 13, 2017 | 3:37 PM

One future RCMP service dog will bear the name Kato thanks to Prince Albert’s Joseph Knutson who submitted the winning entry for the 2017 RCMP Name the Puppy contest.

The RCMP Police Dog Service Training Centre (PDSTC) in Innisfail, Alberta received close to 21,000 entries for their contest to name the first 13 puppies born at the centre this year.

All the names had to start with the letter K. When multiple entries suggested the same name, a draw was performed to determine the winner.

The winning names are: Kage, Kai, Kammo, Kaos, Karma, Kate, Kato, Kaya, Kayla, Kazoo, Knight, Koda and Kullu.

“We received some fantastic suggestions this year,” Insp. Akrum Ghadban, officer in charge of the centre said in a statement.

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The 13 winners — one from each province and territory — will receive a laminated photo of the puppy they named, a plush dog called Justice and an official RCMP baseball cap. 

Ninety-four percent of the German shepherds working today as RCMP service dogs were born at the PDSTC as part of the RCMP Police Dog Breeding Program.

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