June 12, 2006: "Tailey" passed away on Monday, June 12, 2006 at the age of 7. "Tailey" spent 4 years on the streets with the Hill City Police Department, the Reno County Sheriff's Office, and most recently with Handler Dustin Cooke of the South Hutchinson Police Department.

"Dogs are our link to paradise. They don't know evil or jealousy or discontent. To sit with a dog on a hillside on a glorious afternoon is to be back in Eden, where doing nothing was not boring--it was peace."
--Milan Kundera