MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Tenn (CLARKSVILLENOW) – The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office announced Thursday, March 26, the passing of Fuse, a German Shepherd Bomb Dog with a long history of demonstrations at schools and public events.

“We are all mourning his loss because he became part of our extended families also,” said a post on the MCSO K9 SAR Team Facebook Page.

the MCSO announced in November, 2019 that Fuse had begun to suffer kidney failure, asking for the communities support for the K9 officer and his handler, Sergeant Trout.

Trout and Fuse are will known within the community for their work in demonstrations at public events, sharing the important work that police K9’s do with the public. Being a public figure was secondary to fuses actual job on the force as a bomb dog, but it did allow him to leave a lasting impression on the Clarksville-Montgomery County community.