Haven Woodside, a Grade 3 student at Queen Elizabeth Elementary School was chosen as one of 13 winners of the contest. Haven gave the puppy her name, entering Haven in the annual naming contest.
Heather Woodside, Haven’s mother, said the name had to start with the letter H and have two syllables.
Haven’s whole class entered names in the contest.
This year there were over 21,000 entries to this year’s Name the Puppy contest.
“Everyone at the centre was blown away by not only the number, but also the creativity of all the entries,” said Insp. Andre Lemyre, the officer in charge of Police Dog Services, in a press release.
P.E.I. RCMP Dog Master Cpl. Marc Periard said every year a lot of schools and students participate in the Name the Puppy contest.
“We use the contest to involve the community.”
As a winner Haven will receive an eight by 10 photo of the puppy she named, a stuffed German Shepherd teddy bear and an RCMP hat.
In about a month from now, Periard will take the P.E.I. Police Dog, Dutch, to visit Haven’s class and present her with her prize.
Fact Box:
- One of the 2014 winners was Lincoln Mackay from Kensington whose winning name was Griffin.
- Each year the RCMP select the next letter in the alphabet and all puppy names have to begin with that letter.
- P.E.I’s one police dog is named Dutch, a name entered in the 2011 Name the Puppy contest.
- Most police dogs are general duty dogs, used in handling criminal code offences, such as armed robbery, possession of narcotics, and detecting explosives. They also search for missing people, search for evidence, and track and apprehend criminals.
Haven Woodside, a Grade 3 student at Queen Elizabeth Elementary School was chosen as one of 13 winners of the contest. Haven gave the puppy her name, entering Haven in the annual naming contest.
Heather Woodside, Haven’s mother, said the name had to start with the letter H and have two syllables.
Haven’s whole class entered names in the contest.
This year there were over 21,000 entries to this year’s Name the Puppy contest.
“Everyone at the centre was blown away by not only the number, but also the creativity of all the entries,” said Insp. Andre Lemyre, the officer in charge of Police Dog Services, in a press release.
P.E.I. RCMP Dog Master Cpl. Marc Periard said every year a lot of schools and students participate in the Name the Puppy contest.
“We use the contest to involve the community.”
As a winner Haven will receive an eight by 10 photo of the puppy she named, a stuffed German Shepherd teddy bear and an RCMP hat.
In about a month from now, Periard will take the P.E.I. Police Dog, Dutch, to visit Haven’s class and present her with her prize.
Fact Box:
- One of the 2014 winners was Lincoln Mackay from Kensington whose winning name was Griffin.
- Each year the RCMP select the next letter in the alphabet and all puppy names have to begin with that letter.
- P.E.I’s one police dog is named Dutch, a name entered in the 2011 Name the Puppy contest.
- Most police dogs are general duty dogs, used in handling criminal code offences, such as armed robbery, possession of narcotics, and detecting explosives. They also search for missing people, search for evidence, and track and apprehend criminals.
