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Guests of any of MGM Resorts\u2019 12 Las Vegas Strip properties can now take home more than just the soap and shampoo. K-9 handlers for the hospitality corporation are currently handing out trading cards that spotlight their four-legged security personnel.<\/p>\n

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Cornella the 7-year-old Belgian Malinois — “Corny” for short — enjoys patrolling and searching, according to her MGM K-9 card. (Image: KTNV-TV\/Las Vegas<\/em>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

And yes, you were always allowed to take home the soap and shampoo, since hotels can\u2019t legally reuse them.<\/p>\n

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The idea arose because of the thousands of requests each year the corporate K-9 unit at MGM receives from guests to pet their officers, even though they wear harnesses reading \u201cDO NOT PET.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cThat’s something that, unfortunately, we don’t allow,\u201d Danny O’Connell, Senior Manager for the Corporate K-9 Unit at MGM Resorts, told KTVN-TV\/Las Vegas<\/em>.”<\/p>\n

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An MGM Resorts K-9 Emergency Response Team. (Image: flickr\/@tomasdelcoro)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Patrol dogs for private security forces, not unlike K-9 police officers, are trained for several months in searching, tracking, and criminal apprehension.<\/p>\n

\u201cBy handing out these trading cards, there’s a positive interaction between everybody and they have an understanding that we’re there to try to help and ensure their safety,” O\u2019Connell said.<\/p>\n

Each trading card pictures an individual dog with their name on the front, and their stats on the back.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ollie, for instance, is a 4-year-old Catahoula Leopard Dog who \u201cthoroughly enjoys attending concerts at MGM Grand Arena and the various residencies at Dolby Live at Park MGM.\u201d<\/p>\n

It goes without saying, then, how much Ollie must have enjoyed Snoop Dogg\u2019s performance on May 14, 2022, at Mandalay Bay\u2019s Michelob Ultra Arena.<\/p>\n

K-9 handlers now carry the cards with them and pass them out to guests who either ask specifically for them or (more commonly) ask for permission to pet the dogs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Guests of any of MGM Resorts\u2019 12 Las Vegas Strip properties can now take home more than just the soap and shampoo. K-9 handlers for the hospitality corporation are currently handing out trading cards that spotlight their four-legged security personnel. And yes, you were always allowed to take home the soap and shampoo, since hotels […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":78,"featured_media":321540,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62,81886],"tags":[91121,91119,82024,91120,13364,91118],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nMGM Resorts Debuts K-9 Security Officer Trading Cards in Vegas - Casino.org<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Guests of any of MGM Resorts\u2019 12 Las Vegas Strip properties can now take home more than just the soap and shampoo. 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