Who’s A Good Dog? This Dog! Zzalsow Saved So Many Lives, And Now He’s Celebrated In A Documentary

EXCLUSIVE: There are good dogs. There are very good dogs. And then there’s Zzaslow.

The black Labrador, who was born in June 2005 at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas, became the most decorated bomb-sniffing dog in U.S. Army history, saving countless American soldiers from concealed bombs and landmines.

The canine’s heroic story, and his poignant connection to 9/11, is told in the new documentary Zzaslow K-427, directed by Robert Ham and produced by Adam Zaslow and Robert Ham. It screens Friday and Saturday at the Cleveland International Film Festival. We have your first look at the film in the trailer below.

Zzaslow as a puppy

Zzaslow was born into the TSA Puppy Program, “a post-9/11 initiative that bred and raised explosive-detection dogs in honor of victims of the September 11 attacks,” according to press materials for the film. He was named

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