Now that Barney Fife is gone . . .

If the drug dealers see a German Shepherd, they're likely to get suspicious, right? So what's needed is an undercover dog:

For the last seven years, there has been one top dog in the Geauga County Sheriff's Department - Brutus, the big German Shepherd has been the go-to canine.

But that's about to change.

Here comes "Midge" ... two pounds of raw recruit police power.

It's a 3-month-old miniature Chihuahua with a little Rat Terrier mixed in, who has one major talent right now.

And, yes, I went "awwww" over the photo.