Ankara Dog Names

A dog named Boomer gained media attention as a cadaver dog for the Ankara fire department. Boomer stands apart from seven other friends who have similar training in locating decomposing bodies; he is able to track traces of blood in human remains many years after the person has died. As a result, authorities have additional information for judicial cases. One of the dog training experts of the Ankara fire department, Dincer Gulbag explained, “Boomer has returned with success in every incident he has been actively deployed in. I cannot openly indicate due to ongoing judicial processes, but in one case, he found the vehicle the corpse was carried in and the person confessed to their crime. In another case, it determined that the corpse of a child, said to be missing, was buried in the backyard of a relative.”

It takes effort to find a dog like Boomer; 96 dogs in 13 countries were tested, with seven chosen for training. Six of the dogs have been raised and given to other institutions, however for the most difficult tasks, Boomer, who came from Germany at three to four months of age, is the top choice. A Belgian Malinois, Boomer has been raised in a joint project with the Ankara Forensic Medicine Institution. Boomer is able to find a corpse even after it has been decomposed; or he can locate an item that belongs to that person that was perhaps thrown in the forest with the individual’s blood on it. 

The Victory Monument in Ankara is a well-known monument that was erected in 1928 in Ulus Square. Victory was also the name of a dog owned by Ronald Reagan. During a stop on the campaign trail on March 26, 1980, a nurse from Milwaukee named Carol Schaidler, who once worked for Nancy Reagan’s father, gave Mr. Reagan a five-week-old Golden Retriever puppy named Victory. Reportedly, Schaidler promised to care for the puppy until the Reagan’s entered the White House. While Victory did not wind up moving into the White House, he enjoyed life along with several other dogs at the Reagan’s ranch in Rancho del Cielo in California. There, Victory and his pals had the run of the property and plenty of sunlight. Apparently, Victory was always excited to see the President return on vacations and was said to be gentle, friendly and loyal.