National News posted Mar 21, 2017 @ 03:15pm by Josh Duncan

The RCMP needs help naming police dog puppies

The RCMP needs your help naming its new batch of future police dogs.

Children under the age of 14 can submit name suggestions for the 13 German Shephard puppies born throughout the year.

<who>Photo Credit: RCMP</who>Mama dog Haley (who you can see as a puppy further down in the story) nurses three German shepherd puppies at the RCMP Police Dog Service Training Centre.

Children can participate online or mail their puppy name suggestions along with their own personal information to the following address.

Name the Puppy 2017 Contest
RCMP Police Dog Service Training Centre
P.O. Box 6120
Iniisfail, AB T4G 1S8

There are a few rules for the naming of the dogs, however, which include:

Puppy names must begin with the letter ‘K’ and have no more than two syllables and nine letters
Contestants must live in Canada and be 14 years old or younger
Only one entry per child must be sent
Entries must be received no later than April 11, 2017

The winning names will be original and imaginative and will serve the puppies well during their careers as police dogs.

<who>Photo Credit: RCMP</who>Haley, seen here as a puppy, was one of the puppies named in the 2015 RCMP Name the Puppy contest.

One winner will be drawn from each province and territories, and non-winning puppy names will be considered for other puppies born during the year.

The 13 children whose puppy names are selected will each receive a laminated 8×10-inch photo of the puppy they named, a plush dog called Justice and an official RCMP baseball cap.

Winners of the contest will be announced on May 11th, 2017.

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