Canine Asko, of the Milwaukee County  House of Correction, was originally trained in 1996 with Sergeant M. Wojtalewicz, which made for an easy transition when Canine Asko was later assigned to Officer C. Keen in September of 1998.

On March 5th, while at Keen’s home, Asko was observed vomiting, defecating, and cowering in pain when approached.  He was rushed to the vet and found to be severely dehydrated. Canine Asko was immediately placed on IVs and stabilized.  On March 6th, 2003 Canine Asko’s vitals plunged and the difficult decision was made to lay him to rest.

Asko’s favorite past time at home was playing with the family dog in the backyard where Officer Keen had constructed a 6’ high fence.  During his career, Canine Asko had been in every dorm and inmate area within and outside the institution. Asko was involved in 200 disturbance calls and numerous C.E.R.T. calls. Asko also thwarted an escape attempt.

Milwaukee County truly appreciated the service of Canine Asko.
Even when he was in so much pain, he still thrived to do what he was trained to do: Serve and Protect the community.