Please Welcome K-9 Doc Holliday #375

Please welcome K-9 “Doc Holliday” to our Project K-9 Hero Pack as our 375th Program Member. Doc served as an Accelerant Detection Canine with the Columbus Fire Department, Arson/Investigations Unit, in Ohio from 2021, until he was medically retired on February 10th, 2026, due to being diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer.

In his over five years of service, Doc was deployed and worked approximately 500 fire scenes, line-ups, and police calls for service. K-9 Doc has worked with multiple Fire and Law Enforcement agencies, conducting joint investigations throughout the State of Ohio. K-9 Doc was responsible locking up countless arsonists after he searched fire scenes to find the accelerant(s) used to start the illegal fires. Once pinpointed by Doc, it was collected and sent off to the laboratory for testing, and later used in criminal court to make a conviction.

Doc is a seven-year-old, Male Labrador/Golden/Newfoundland, who was diagnosed with Splenic Stromal Cell Sarcoma (liposarcoma), on January 20th, 2026, and immediately removed from service. Doc is undergoing a very strict and advanced holistic treatment and therapy regimen. All of the associated costs now become the responsibility of his still actively serving Handler and Firefighter. It costs hundreds of dollars a month, a financial burden for any first responder.