FARMINGTON – A Franklin County sheriff deputy’s police dog, Odin, has undergone another emergency surgery on one of his legs.

Deputy David Rackliffe’s dog is trained in tracking and drug detection. He had a knee replaced nearly a year ago.

Sheriff Dennis Pike told county commissioners this week that Odin had to have surgery on another leg, but is recovering.

The estimated cost of last year’s surgery was $1,000.

Rackliffe will be giving more information to commissioners in the future, Pike said.

Thank goodness for the generosity of a benevolent person who donated $5,000 in 2007 to the county to cover veterinary bills, Pike said.

The money, Pike said in September 2007, is intended to go toward any medical emergency for the “four-legged officers” and shots, physicals and other medical care.

The donor, a woman who asked to remain anonymous, had made donations to benefit the county’s dogs twice before.

Rackliffe was unavailable Wednesday for comment on Odin’s progress.