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“Don’t you mind their sneers for one single second,” Alex Warren used his squeakiest high voice to cheer up his dog. The chill fog of his breath blanketed Valentin’s furry face for a moment.
Valentin wagged his long tail slowly in agreement. Actually, being a dog, he would just be happy at the attention.
Not a chance that his massive Caucasian shepherd cared about the group of US Secret Service handlers and their Malinois and German shepherds waiting for their turn. Valentin wasn’t the sort of dog to judge himself by others. Alex wished he could say the same for himself.
The Secret Service K-9 test-and-training course at the James J. Rowley Training Center was the most impressive one he’d ever seen. Behind them was the main building which included classrooms, kennels, and interiors f
