He was raised for dangerous duty from the tender age of 9 months. Now, 7-year-old Asko is well versed in the art of explosive materials detection, sniffing out bombs and bomb components, working alongside the Bensalem Police Department.
Asko is, of course, a police dog. After his half-dozen years serving the Pennsylvanian township of Bensalem, gratitude for the K9 officer’s devotion was shown by locals in animal health—they operated to remove a growth which was discovered under the German shepherd’s jaw last Memorial Day.