By Bo Ford
Ten lucky winners from ten different provinces have
been announced as the winners on the RCMP Name the Puppy Contest.
One of those winners is six-year-old Elyse DeCourcey
of Cornwall. She sent the name Edda for her choice, which means vigorous in
German.
The
contest asked Canadian children under 16 to send in names for ten new puppies
at the RCMP Police Dog Service Training Centre, there were two rules for the
contest, the name must start with the letter “E” and could only be one or two
syllables. Among some of the other puppy winning names are Ephriam, Elek and
Enoch.
Decourcey’s mother Rachel said her daughter was
excited to find out her entry was selected as one of the winners.
“She was excited, a bit surprised. Her face lit up
with a big smile.”
The family found out about the contest through one of
Rachel’s home schooling friends on Facebook, from there the family worked
together and made a list of names and between the three children they each
picked a name.
The family was notified at the end of March that
Elyse’s entry was chosen as a winner, not only did she win the contest but was
given bragging rights in the family.
“Her little brother was not very happy, but her older
sister was excited for her, a win for her is a win for the family,” said
Rachel.
Rachel also said the family couldn’t be more excited
for her in winning the contest.
For winning the contest Elyse will receive an 8 x
10-inch photograph of her officially named puppy, and RCMP ball cap, a plush
dog named Justice and a certificate.
“We will receive the picture of the puppy when they
get a bit older,” said Rachel.
The RCMP was pleased with the hundreds of names they
received from Canadians all over the country and would like to extend a
Thank-you to everyone who participated.
These ten dogs will now go under training and
potentially become service dogs around the country. RCMP police service dogs
are an integral part of front line policing.
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