BALTIMORE — Kids at the Ronald McDonald House gathered to meet the new K-9 puppies they named for the Baltimore City Police Department.

“We’ve been around for 41 years and we never ever had a puppy naming ceremony, so it’s history tonight at the Ronald McDonald House,” said Sandy Pegnotti-Mayhew, CEO of Ronald McDonald House. Pegnotti-Mayhew says it’s important for the house to give the kids exciting opportunities like this and to give them a sense of a normal life.

The puppies, whose names are Riley and Nova, are the newest additions to the department and are still in training to become full-time police dogs