K9 Barna – Dallas, Texas

Handler – Officer Ron Catlin

Retired Dallas Police Officer Ron Catlin has just experienced one of the hardest times of his life: saying goodbye to his beloved K9 partner, Barna. Sadly, 11-year-old Barna was recently euthanized after suffering from kidney failure. Test results showed blood in her stomach from the liver, which was most likely cancer. Catlin and Barna had just retired together within the last year. Barna served the TSA and Dallas Police Department for ten years as an explosive detective canine. She has had an extremely successful career with a long list of accomplishments. She worked for every living President, including Bush Sr., Dalai Lama, Dirk Nowitzki and the Dallas Mavericks, Super Bowl events in Dallas, TX/OU games, Final 4 basketball and the first College Football Championship. Catlin says she also responded to the downtown Dallas shooting on July 7, 2016, with the entire team for a long night of searching. During Barna’s retirement, Catlin says Barna loved going for walks and meeting new people. Catlin even removed the “NOT” in the “DO NOT PET” patch from her police vest, so that people would know to pet her during their walks.
Catlin took to Facebook to share Barna’s story, and within hours, the post went viral with more than 14k likes and thousands of people from all over the world mourning her loss with him. “I just wanted to take her home and back to work just one more time,” Catlin wrote on Facebook. “Barna will be missed but never forgotten. RIP Barna Catlin #P337. I love you.”

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Submitted By Jim Cortina

James A. Cortina has been involved with police dogs since 1972 and currently on the Board of Directors for the Connecticut Police Work Dog Association Inc. Jim has been appointed as Treasurer since its inception in 1991. Jim is one of the charter members of the C.P.W.D.A. organization. Since 1975 he has been a certified professional dog trainer and received his Master Trainer Certification in 1985. During his career he has provided armed K-9 strike crowd control for security agencies in Connecticut and out of state security companies. In conjunction with other members of the Connecticut Police Work Dog Association Inc. Board of Directors, he helped to draft Connecticut Statute 53-247(e) "Intentional Injury or Killing of Police K-9" which was passed by the Senate in 1993 and also assisted in implementing the prestigious Daniel Wasson Memorial K-9 Award in 1992. In 1993 he helped coordinate the North American Police Work Dog Association Nationals in New London, Connecticut. He was appointed Training Director for the New London County Work Dog Association from 1985-1987. He performed decoy work for Connecticut Police Work Dog Association Inc. in police K-9 demonstrations, trained several local police department canines, and coordinated training workshops for out-of-state police departments. He participated in the United States Police K-9 Association Trials in Croton on Hudson, New York in 1985 as a decoy. He is an avid photographer and received photography awards in 1989, 1990, and 1991 and currently takes photographs for the Connecticut Police Work Dog Association Inc.
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