On a recent day, Mohs and COs Cassie Block, Dustin Roemeling, Annette Schlag and Jake Swedberg were training with their canine buddies at Carlos Avery Wildlife Management Area near Forest Lake.
Block is taking over Jet, a trained 4-year-old black Labrador, while Roemeling, Schlag and Swedberg have 1-year-old Labradors acquired by the DNR in January.
They’ve been meeting at Carlos Avery or Camp Ripley near Little Falls every week since February.
Other DNR officers whose dogs are already trained often attend the sessions to keep their charges and themselves sharp.
For officers and dogs alike, the coaching is extensive, and is both similar and dissimilar from ways amateurs might instruct their dogs.
DNR K9 officers Dustin Roemeling, Jake Swedberg, Cassie Block and Annette Schlag, left to right, pose for a photo with their Labs, Cora, Axel, Jet and Trapper, respectively, at Carlos Avery Wildlife Management Area in Forest Lake, Wednesday, May 14, 2025. (Alex Kormann/The Minnesota Star Tribune)
“The group training sessions for the young Labradors and their handlers, and for Cassie [Block], who is new to her dog, will continue through the end of May,” Mohs said.
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