The bond between Warren County Sheriff’s Deputy Joshua Hawthorne and his dog Flex is beyond words. The pair have pursued suspects, recovered lost property and detected narcotics.Making sure that that bond lasts a long and healthy career is the goal of the Canine Corps Clinic hosted every year at the University of Cincinnati’s Blue Ash campus.Deputy Joshua Hawthorne says the clinic helps him take good care of his partner.”Found out (today that) he had a little patella issue, which doesn’t sound too bad, but it’s nice just to know what we have to do,” Hawthorne said.For more than 30 years, veterinarians and technicians have given their time to provide health care to these working canines at this annual check-up for the local dogs who protect and serve.Dr. Susanna Schwartz leads the clinic.”These handlers and police officers are with these dogs all day long. Every day, they go home with them,” Schwartz said. “They work together. It is just like a human partner, except it’s a canine partner, and they really look out for each other. So we’re trying to give these dogs the best care we can.”Schwartz said she and the other providers offer a variety of treatments and examinations for the four-legged first responders.”We have internal medicine doing ultrasounds on their belly to look for any cancers inside, bump checks to look for any skin cancers, eye exams to look at the quality of their vision and make sure they’re seeing OK, dentistry,” Schwartz said. For these high-energy working canines, that medical attention is critical to their service life. For their partners like Hawthorne and his wife, Brandy, this is about taking care of a beloved family member. “He’s a big part of our family. We got kids — he gets along great with our kids,” said Brandy Hawthorne. “It’s nice to be able to bring him in and have all these specialties done to hopefully prevent future issues to where he can be on patrol for as long as possible.”A total of 71 dogs were treated by the vets and techs at UC Blue Ash, each one of them a working partner, and each one of them a beloved member of the family.
The bond between Warren County Sheriff’s Deputy Joshua Hawthorne and his dog Flex is beyond words. The pair have pursued suspects, recovered lost property and detected narcotics.
Making sure that that bond lasts a long and healthy career is the goal of the Canine Corps Clinic hosted every year at the University of Cincinnati’s Blue Ash campus.
Deputy Joshua Hawthorne says the clinic helps him take good care of his partner.
“Found out (today that) he had a little patella issue, which doesn’t sound too bad, but it’s nice just to know what we have to do,” Hawthorne said.
For more than 30 years, veterinarians and technicians have given their time to provide health care to these working canines at this annual check-up for the local dogs who protect and serve.
Dr. Susanna Schwartz leads the clinic.
“These handlers and police officers are with these dogs all day long. Every day, they go home with them,” Schwartz said. “They work together. It is just like a human partner, except it’s a canine partner, and they really look out for each other. So we’re trying to give these dogs the best care we can.”
Schwartz said she and the other providers offer a variety of treatments and examinations for the four-legged first responders.
“We have internal medicine doing ultrasounds on their belly to look for any cancers inside, bump checks to look for any skin cancers, eye exams to look at the quality of their vision and make sure they’re seeing OK, dentistry,” Schwartz said.
For these high-energy working canines, that medical attention is critical to their service life. For their partners like Hawthorne and his wife, Brandy, this is about taking care of a beloved family member.
“He’s a big part of our family. We got kids — he gets along great with our kids,” said Brandy Hawthorne. “It’s nice to be able to bring him in and have all these specialties done to hopefully prevent future issues to where he can be on patrol for as long as possible.”
A total of 71 dogs were treated by the vets and techs at UC Blue Ash, each one of them a working partner, and each one of them a beloved member of the family.
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