Lake County Sheriff's K9 Dax receives acupuncture after injury
WAUKEGAN, Ill. -- The well-known Lake County, Illinois Sheriff's K9 Dax was receiving acupuncture Friday to help reduce swelling in his neck and spine following an injury this week.Dax has tracked hundreds of missing people and wanted suspects. But late Monday night, he was hurt when a suspect ran from a stolen car that had crashed near the Wisconsin state line.Just before midnight Monday night, there were tense moments in total darkness.
'You have an individual that is in a stolen vehicle, an individual that rammed a police car, and an individual that fled on foot.'CBS 2 has shown how Dax and his handler, John Forlenza, have worked together on hundreds of cases in the past, including a robbery in which a suspect punched Dax. But this latest injury put that professional partnership in jeopardy.'My philosophy with Dax is we always work as a team,' said Forlenza when CBS 2 spoke to him last year.
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