• Flathead County Sheriff’s deputies Charles Pesola, left, and Matt Vander Ark, pose with their respective drug-detection dogs, Sawyer and Victor, at Stillwater Christian School in Kalispell on June 19, 2019. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon

  • Victor, a drug-detection dog for the Flathead County Sheriff’s Office, peaks out from inside a deputy’s patrol vehicle at Stillwater Christian School in Kalispell on June 19, 2019. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon

  • Flathead County Sheriff’s Deputy Matt Vander Ark holds a tennis ball during a training session with his drug-detection dog Victor at Stillwater Christian School in Kalispell on June 19, 2019. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon

  • Victor, a drug-detection dog for the Flathead County Sheriff’s Office, undergoes a training session with his handler Deputy Matt Vander Ark at Stillwater Christian School in Kalispell on June 19, 2019. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon

  • Victor, a drug-detection dog for the Flathead County Sheriff’s Office, locates illegal narcotics hidden in a piano bench during a training session with deputies at Stillwater Christian School in Kalispell on June 19, 2019. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon

  • Victor, a drug-detection dog for the Flathead County Sheriff’s Office, undergoes a training session with his handler Deputy Matt Vander Ark at Stillwater Christian School in Kalispell on June 19, 2019. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon

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