Arizona Police Dog Bitten by Rattlesnake While Practicing Drug Sniffing

May 28, 2022

A K9 Police officer is recovering from a rattlesnake bite. Deutz is a 2-year-old German Shepherd who, along with his human partner Officer Thomas Scheum, works with the Casa Grande Police Department in Arizona. During a training exercise in fields behind the police department, Deutz was bitten. Deutz was rushed to the veterinarian for anti-venom. The K9 had already received a rattlesnake venom vaccine before the bite, and with the anti-venom, is expected to recover.

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