Article & Photos by Jacqueline Bennett newsandviewsjb.com The tougher the competition the more motivated Officer Steve Vesco is to excel. So, it should come as no surprise that even now Vesco and his K-9 partner, Iko, are preparing for a police dog competition that is months away. Already an award-winning K-9 team, Vesco and 4-year-old Iko will head to a Region 4 event this summer, described by Vesco as “extremely competitive and very strict.” So stringent is the judging that a slight nod of the head or small hand movement can be interpreted as a double command from the canine handler, which would result in being marked down. In competition there is no room for error, the expectation is that teams arrive ready to…