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Emmanuel Olande with his dogs. Hash (left) was euthanized. [Courtesy]

On July 1, 2018, Emmanuel Olande took his seven-year-old dog, Hash, to the animal clinic to breathe his last, peacefully.

Olande says Hash, who was a mixture of a Rottweiler and a German Shepherd, was a bubbly happy dog who loved to play, but was very fierce to strangers because he was a guard dog.

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