Synopsis

Officer Philip Mercurio acquired his German Shepherd, Louie, from the Humane Society’s dog pound on December 22nd, 1989. He spent four months training the dog. The first time he witnessed Louie pursue someone who had antagonized him, he was struck by the dog's intensity. Attachment followed quickly. He’d seen two other K-9 units lose their partners; witnessing grown men weep over a canine companion revealed a truth about the bond he now understood. Pursuing a silver Mercedes Benz on Clarissa Str