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Oswego police’s K9s ‘N Cops event helps find homes for dogs · Kendall County News - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Oswego Police is k Nines and Cops event helps find
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  Speaker 1: homes for dogs. Written by Eric Shelkoff. This article is
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  Speaker 1: The Oswego Police Department continues its work to find homes
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  Speaker 1: for dogs that are available for adoption. The department will
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  Speaker 1: hold its second annual Kine Nine's and Cops Adoption event
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  Speaker 1: from ten am to one pm Saturday at the department's headquarters,
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  Speaker 1: three three hundred and fifty five Wooly Road, Oswego. At
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  Speaker 1: last year's event, two dogs were adopted. We know for
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  Speaker 1: sure that two dogs went home that day with new owners,
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  Speaker 1: said Oswego Police Department Community Engagement Specialist Cherise Spears, who
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  Speaker 1: is organizing the event again this year. Other dogs may
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  Speaker 1: have been adopted later as a result of people meeting
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  Speaker 1: the dogs at the event, Spears said. Kendall County the
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  Speaker 1: Animal Control and Adoption Center, along with Rover Rescue, Rescued
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  Speaker 1: Rascals for Rangels, Animal Sanctuary, and Cat and Critters Foundation,
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  Speaker 1: will participate in the event. Several vendors also will participate,
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  Speaker 1: including The Pets Home in Oswego, River Heights Veterinary Hospital,
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  Speaker 1: in Oswego, Barkville Buddies Dog Park and Social and Aswego Lifesavers, CPR,
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  Speaker 1: AED and First Aid Training for Humans and pets, Yorkville
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  Speaker 1: Animal Hospital, and Senhound Dog Grooming. Dilladog's Food truck also
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  Speaker 1: will be at the event. The adoption event grew out
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  Speaker 1: of a video segment on the department's Facebook page spotlighting
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  Speaker 1: rescue groups. We try to feature a dog that's not
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  Speaker 1: getting a lot of attention, Spears said. Some of the
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  Speaker 1: dogs that the rescues will bring in are older dogs
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  Speaker 1: or dogs that just are not getting a lot of interest.
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  Speaker 1: Comfort dogs from the Kendall County Sheriff's Office and North
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  Speaker 1: Aurora Police Department also will be at the event. People
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  Speaker 1: will be able to see how they work. Spears said,
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  Speaker 1: mm hmm