The city of Mesa issued the following news release: The Mesa Police Department is sad to announce that Police Service Dog Ully had to be put down on Saturday July 1st, 2006. K-9 Ully was suffering from a bad spleen and bleeding tumors in his abdomen. It was not know these two conditions existed until Ully's last veterinarian visit where it was found his red blood cell levels were very low. Ully's veterinarian discovered this condition during a routine teeth cleaning and blood test. The veterinarian said Ully's condition was not curable, with or without an operation. An ultra sound was performed on Ully's abdomen, which located the tumors and problems with his spleen. Ully's condition deteriorated very quickly on Friday June 30th. Ully would not eat and could only walk short distances before collapsing onto the ground. Ully was obviously in pain and was suffering from his condition. Ully's handler stayed up with him all night in hopes he would get better, but he only got worse. Ully's handler had to make the difficult decision on Saturday, July 1st, that he had hoped would not come for a couple more years.
Ully, a German Shepherd dog, was purchased from Adlerhorst International Inc. Police K-9 Academy in September of 2000. Ully's full name is Ully Vom Anrachtal. Ully was 3 � years old when purchased by the Mesa Police Department in September of 2000. Ully was born in Germany on 05-01-1997.
Ully was trained in all patrol functions and narcotics. Ully specialized in patrol functions such as building searches, area searches, handler and police officer protection, missing person searches and tactical entries. Below is a list of some of the items Ully assisted in:
* 5,287 patrol back-ups
* 54 call-outs
* 475 building searches
* 539 area searches * 143 deterrent/officer safety assists
* 71 high risk stops
* 76 public relations demonstrations
* 433 narcotic searches
* 84 tactical assists
* 143 suspect finds
* 26 surrenders
* 24 suspect bites
* Ully assisted in recovering over $500,000.00 dollars in recovered property, stolen cars property, etc.
* Ully assisted in seizing over $50,000.00 in currency
* Ully assisted in seizing over 200 pounds of marijuana
Ully was very successful in locating suspects and assisting patrol officers. Ully was very sociable and loved attention from children. Ully was an unusual dog that could be fighting a suspect one-minute and could be petted by a child the next. Ully competed in five K-9 competitions, including the Tucson annual K-9 trials and two Desert Dog K-9 trials. Ully represented the Mesa Police Department very well and brought home numerous trophies.
Ully was injured in November of 2005 while assisting his handler take a suspect into custody. He tore his ACL in his right rear knee and could not return to work. Ully's knee was operated on in hopes of returning to work as a narcotic only dog. Ully was brought out to compete in the 2006 Desert Dog K-9 Trials that were held at the Hohokom Park in Mesa in April of 2006. Ully competed in the narcotic search part of the competition. Ully had not worked the street for over four months, but took 2nd place out of 41 dog teams. Contact: Chuck Trapani, 480/644-3147.
Chuck Trapani, 480/644-3147.
