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Kilo and I also visited the boys’ orthodontist office, Susan at her office, and pretty frequently, the schools. Simon was an 11 th
grader at the high school and Carter was an 8 th grader in the middle school across the street.

Sometimes I’d wander in to the cafeterias during lunch times to visit with the boys; more than once we were able to sneak up
behind them while they were busy talking with other kids. Simon will probably always remember the time he was eating lunch
and looked down to see Kilo’s long snoot appearing from behind him coming into view; it took Simon a moment for his brain
to figure out what he was seeing closing in on his food! I always thought it was super cool that I could visit my boys during
school with a police dog.

And because Kilo was friendly, I let anybody pet him. The school girls of course loved him, and I’d usually hang back and let
Simon explain things to his classmates about the dog. Both boys got quite a “cool kid” boost from those impromptu show and
tell sessions, especially when their classmates realized that Kilo the police dog lived at the house with them every day.

Also more than once I’d hand the leash over to Simon and let him walk Kilo into his next classroom. Again, I’d give them space
and let Simon walk down the crowded hallways with Kilo, which was good for creating quite a bit of distraction from all the kids
walking by. And more than once I’d stay for a little bit in some of the classrooms, answering questions for the teachers and
students.