On average, police dogs work in the field for 6–8 years. Therefore, they are ready to hang up their K-9 badges around the age of 9 or 10. When a dog retires, the dog handler may decide to keep him as a pet. If this is not possible, the dog will be put up for adoption. ...
When police dogs retire, they can typically be adopted by their handlers or other service members. If that's not an option, they may be adopted out to the general public. Adopting a retired police dog is a good way to give back to an animal that worked to keep your neighborhood or cit...
Police dogs bravely protect the public and their officer handlers from dangerous criminals, or help scavenge for evidence and contraband undetectable to the human nose. Departments are no less choosy about a canine than they are a human recruit, thus may eschew offers of dog donations. For law ...
000 dogs who work for police, sheriff and highway patrol departments, homeland security, the FBI, and countless other law- enforcement agencies retire. They are too old to do their jobs. And