Meet K9 Iggy, the Orange County Sheriff’s Department’s first gun-detecting dog

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You walk into the kitchen and smell chocolate cookies baking, but your dog can smell and distinguish all of the ingredients: sugar, butter, flour, eggs, chocolate chips, etc. “There’s no piece of modern technology that can replicate a dog’s sense of smell,” says Deputy Kyle Sheek of the Orange County Sheriff’s Department. Sheek was extolling the amazing olfactory capabilities of canines on Wednesday as he demonstrated the skills of his K9 partner, Iggy, in searching for and locating firearms and ammunition. Iggy, who turns 3 on March 1, is OCSD’s first gun-detecting dog trained to assist deputies in evidence recovery,…


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