Please Welcome K-9 Piton #315

Please welcome K-9 Piton as the 315th member to the Project K-9 Hero Pack, and the newest resident to our Rehabilitation & Rehoming Facility in Tennessee.

Piton is a very special case, and we at Project K-9 Hero were honored to be called upon to assist this Hero, after exigent circumstances had left him needing a home in retirement.

Piton honorably served as an Explosives Detection K-9 for the United States Capitol Police from 2018 through 2024. During that time, Piton conducted explosives detection screening for daily security operations in Washington D.C., which includes but is not limited to VIP arrivals (POTUS, VPOTUS, Foreign Dignitaries etc…) Joint Session of Congress, State of the Unions, and Inaugurations.

Piton was having a stellar career until he was retired with his Handler earlier this year. The reason for the early retirement was because his Handler was diagnosed with brain cancer. He was recently moved to hospice, with potentially only nine months left to live, according to his family.

This left Piton in need of immediate placement in a new home, and we at PK9H were contacted to see if we could assist. Given the circumstances, we knew that we had to help Piton and his Handler. We were able to coordinate with the family, and bring K-9 Piton to our facility earlier this week. He is settling in nicely, and we hope to place him in the perfect fur-ever home just after the first of the year, as he is well mannered, and does not have any aggression or behavioral issues like many of our other K-9s here.