{"id":2047240,"date":"2026-07-16T18:00:24","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T15:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2047240"},"modified":"2026-07-16T18:00:24","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T15:00:24","slug":"future-capitol-police-dogs-barking-up-a-storm-of-cuteness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2047240","title":{"rendered":"Future Capitol Police Dogs Barking Up A Storm of Cuteness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/e2\/16by9\/2026\/07\/16\/e23a8658c9904ebabc17eae26afe4087_xl.png&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article class=\"article article--permalink article--sponsor-internal sponsor-tmz-in-dc\">\n<header class=\"article__header\">\n<h2 class=\"article__header--headline-fragments\"><span class=\"article__header--hf1 text-uppercase h3\">Future Capitol Police Dogs<\/span><span class=\"article__header--hf2 text-uppercase h1\">Puppies Are Doggone Cute!!!<\/span><\/h2>\n<div class=\"social-media-container\" role=\"region\">\n<ul class=\"social social--sm\">\n<li>\n<div class=\"media-swipe\">Exclusive<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"social-item\">\n<li class=\"social-item\">\n<li class=\"social-item\"><\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=tmz.com\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"js-track-link\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"google-preferred-btn\" src=\"https:\/\/static.tmz.com\/tmz-web\/img\/article\/google-preferred-source.png\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"byline\">By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/pages\/about\/\">TMZ Staff<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"date-wrapper\">\n                                                                        Published <time class=\"published-datetime\" datetime=\"2026-07-16T11:00:24-07:00\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/sitemaps\/article\/202607\"><br \/>\n                July 16, 2026<br \/>\n                <\/a><br \/>\n                            11:00 AM PDT<\/time><span class=\"divider\">|<\/span><br \/>\n                                                                Updated <time class=\"updated-datetime\" datetime=\"2026-07-16T12:29:52-07:00\"><br \/>\n                                  July 16, 2026<br \/>\n                                12:29 PM PDT<\/time><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article__blocks clearfix\">\n<section id=\"cb-98f8b47e0553d5e230a1afb177356507\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default  canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-cad77151-4c6e-4675-8596-b4d6e7c84f8b-225206363-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/48\/16by9\/2026\/07\/16\/48b59d060fd141a3ab4b854a7dfa0861_md.png\" alt=\"071626 police pups kal\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<footer id=\"video-player-cad77151-4c6e-4675-8596-b4d6e7c84f8b-225206363-footer\" class=\"media-footer video-block__media-footer\"><span class=\"media-launch-text video-block__media-launch-text\">PREPPING THE PUPS<\/span><\/footer>\n<div class=\"video-block__media-info\">\n<div class=\"video-block__media-permalink\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/watch\/2026-07-16-071626-police-pupps-2311012-073\/\">Video: Capitol Cuteness In The Form Of Furry Friends<\/a><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">TMZ DC<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-18f54d9d09b41f2b5674265f7daf98f3\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Cuteness overload on Capitol Hill &#8230; courtesy of some 6-week-old puppies who may have a future as Capitol Police dogs.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-bc0bfdd976011328d4b72ddc0aa213ea\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Check out the adorable video &#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/charlie-cotton\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>Charlie Cotton<\/strong><\/a> was able to sniff out these soon-to-be police K-9s before they were unleashed on Capitol Hill to work on their socialization skills and confidence.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-35117d2e4afead65497e2653564b3ce2\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"image-block\"><a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_png_20260716_a6c6b2a473b1412b9c396ece25120c7e\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:3fe28dd2-5b82-4e77-8e7c-fb5fd0275a22\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/a6\/4by3\/2026\/07\/16\/a6c6b2a473b1412b9c396ece25120c7e_md.png\" alt=\"071626 police pups sub 2\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"image-block__card-footer\"><span class=\"media-credit image-block__media-credit\">tmz dc<\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-7232343a5c85468d385c51afe60becfb\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>The pups weren&#8217;t the only ones doing some digging &#8230; Charlie chatted up the humans transporting this litter and got to the bottom of these dogs&#8217; purpose &#8230; and it sounds like they have meaningful career paths in their futures.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-4178f256545a4b8afe4cae6905008fe6\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>They&#8217;re not fierce police dogs yet &#8230; so Charlie got a chance to pet them and give them some good head scrathes &#8230; and you can feel the love through the screen.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-9c407fdda0e6358d29fcf2885fa17266\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  canvas-block-is-last \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>No dog bites here either &#8230;<strong> Joe Biden<\/strong>&#8216;s German Shepherd <strong>Commander <\/strong>is long gone.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-12\">\n<ul class=\"social social--permalink\">\n<li class=\"social__item social__item--3items\"><a class=\"btn social__btn social__btn--facebook js-track-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/07\/16\/capitol-hill-police-puppies\/\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:article:3fe28dd2-5b82-4e77-8e7c-fb5fd0275a22\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;main&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;facebook-footer&quot;,&quot;pos&quot;:1}\"><br \/>\n                Share<span class=\"social__hide-sm\"> on Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"social__item social__item--3items\"><a class=\"btn social__btn social__btn--x js-track-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/07\/16\/capitol-hill-police-puppies\/\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:article:3fe28dd2-5b82-4e77-8e7c-fb5fd0275a22\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;main&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;twitter-footer&quot;,&quot;pos&quot;:2}\"><br \/>\n                Share<span class=\"social__hide-sm\"> on X<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"social__item social__item--3items\"><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<section class=\"related-articles\">\n<header class=\"card-section-header related-articles__card-section-header\">\n<h3 class=\"card-section-title related-articles__card-section-title\">\n              Related articles<br \/>\n            <\/h3>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"row related-articles__row\">\n<div class=\"col related-articles__col\">\n<article class=\"related-articles__card\"><a class=\"related-articles__card-link js-track-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/07\/16\/tim-burchett-blames-chuck-schumer-senate-fart-on-taco-bell\/\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:article:3fe28dd2-5b82-4e77-8e7c-fb5fd0275a22\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;main&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;related-article&quot;,&quot;pos&quot;:1}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"related-articles__card-img ratio\">\n<div class=\"ratio-item\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/62\/16by9\/2026\/07\/16\/62143ce9920f489ab1baf3c0eb5c1cc7_xs.png\" alt=\"071626 burchett prim\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"img-fluid\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"related-articles__card-body\">\n<h4 class=\"related-articles__card-title\">\n                        Rep. 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