They call me, Mister 'B'!   Beny was imported from the Czech Republic in 1998. He was my first attempt at applying everything I learned from Cisco as a dog trainer. Beny came straight off a farm in his native country, and was barely leash broke when I got him. At times he would buck around like a horse when I put on his leash and collar.  It took a few weeks for Beny to figure out that I was his friend.  But once that bond was forged, we shared many great times. Beny far exceeded my expectations as a police dog. He was very clear headed, and would stay on the training field wanting to learn more.  Everything came easy for Beny, especially tracking. I put him at one of the top five dogs I have ever trained to track. 

Though I only worked Beny for a year, we still managed to catch almost thirty criminals, most of these Armed Robbers, Car Jackers, Home Invaders and other violent criminals.

In 1999 Gwinnett County gave me a new dog to train, and I passed Beny to a new handler, John Suroweic. John never worked a dog before, and I use to joke with him that it took more time to train him, than it did for me to train Beny!  But it was soon apparent that it was a match made in heaven. You would have been hard pressed to find a better K-9 team than that of John and Beny. In his prime, not too many criminals could get away from the Mister B.

John kept Beny when the old dog retired, but I still get to baby-sit, and try to take him to work with me whenever I can. Even as an old, frail K-9, he still loves riding in the back of the police car, and can still out track most of the K-9’s in the area.

Once he locate your track, you couldn't get away!

K-9 Andor(left) with Mister B(at 12 years of age) taking a break from tracking.  Beny tracked down over 150 criminals in his career.  The old veteran can still show the rookie a few things about catching bad guys!

My four year old daughter, teaching twelve year old Beny to wave.  Who said you can't teach an old dog a new trick?  We dog-sit Mister B as much as possible, and look forward to when he comes to visit.

Beny with his two handlers Emory Griffith and John Surowiec

Mister B on his way home after a weekend stayover.