2 shelter dogs become Clay County K-9 officers CLAY COUNTY, N.C. (WLOS) — The Clay County Sheriff's Department on Monday welcomed two four-legged deputies -- Sarah and Phantom. The two pit bulls and their partners were in Texas recently, learning the ins and outs of narcotics detection. Deputy Chris Harper and his new K-9 Sarah and Investigator Heath Woodard and his new K-9 Phantom have been certified by Universal K9 and American Working Dog Association in the detection of marijuana, heroin, cocaine, methamphetamine and MDMA (also known as ecstasy). K-9 Sarah and K-9 Phantom came to the department by way of a grant from the Animal Farm Foundation of New York and Universal K9 of San Antonio Texas. The two foundations have taken on the mission to show departments do not need to spend $15-$20,000 for a pure breed German shepherd or Belgian malinois to search and find illegal drugs. At the same time, they are giving dogs destined for lives in a shelter or euthanasia se