Dedicated

Every picture is supposed to tell a story. After you hear the story,

I hope this picture does it justice. Let me tell you a story about

Riggs. Riggs is an 8 year old Malinois, who for that last 5 years

has served as a police dog protecting his city. Riggs has found

millions of dollars worth of narcotics, found criminals hiding, found

lost people when no others could, and his favorite job being loved on

by hundreds of school children. Riggs has worked in the bowels of

his city in the dark, most of the time with only his handler by his

side. Riggs has been fearless and relentless in the face of evil.

In times when even his handler was scared all it took was the warm

nudge of his muzzle and the look in his eyes, and his handler knew

that no matter what Riggs would get him home. Riggs worked for the

love of his handler. Riggs has grown old and is having to face the

fact that he has slowed down, grown a little weaker, and that it is

his time to enjoy just being a dog. Riggs is now. having to watch is

handler go to work with another partner and wondering if the new dog

will do the job as well as he did and bring his handler home safe.

So here is Riggs looking over his city, standing in the middle of the

evil and his handler and the people who live here, most of the time

asleep and unaware of how he made them safer.