I just learned they join the family and work along with the officer, but after they retire, does the cop have to get a new dog? What happens wih them? About how long do they work/live?
2006-11-10 19:16:33 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
I work with 2 K-9 officers currently. Both of their dogs are getting on in years so they have gotten new dogs that they are training to replace the old ones. I know both dogs will be kept with that officer's family as that is exactly what they are. I have rarely heard of a handler that does not keep his old dog....and the cases I have heard of, there were extenuating circumstances of why they couldn't.
K-9's have varying career expectancies...but I've seen them used anywhere from 5-10 years depending on how often they're "used".
2006-11-10 19:28:56 · answer #1 · answered by schaianne 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I have been a K9 officer for five years. I have an explosive detection K9, and she will probably work for two more years. I almost lost her two months ago due to bloat. Another K9 which was put to work on the same day as mine has already retired. Single purpose K9s (narcotics, explosives, etc.) normally work longer than patrol dogs. Most of the dogs retire with their families; however, military dogs do not. I will not have the opportunity to receive another dog when she retires, and that is a department decision. I was promoted and the responsibilities associated with that position will keep me from having another K9. Our dogs normally work between 5-8 years.
2006-11-11 01:23:45 · answer #2 · answered by Christopher H 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The handler has the first option to keep the dog. Sometimes if the officer gets a new dog and can't keep both they will offer it to another officer. I got a dog that way a while back, he only lived a few years after we got him though he died at 11 years old, the job took a lot out of him. He had his hip replaced just before he was retired.
I had to sign a release form when I got him in case he bit somebody the city wouldn't be liable.
2006-11-11 14:50:25 · answer #3 · answered by JOHN 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
After a dog retires, usually after 7-8 years, they are given to the their officer partner.
2006-11-11 00:23:49 · answer #4 · answered by WC 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The dogs retire & live with their partners/families. Yes the officer does get a new dog....
2006-11-10 19:40:57 · answer #5 · answered by More Lies & More Smoke Screens 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Normally the police officer out lives the dog but other wise they get to keep their dog afterwards for the reason that the dog becomes very attached to its handler.
Check this website. Its how some South African policeman trained their new dogs.
http://www.sparkvideos.com/policedogsvideo.shtml
2006-11-11 10:29:14 · answer #6 · answered by $u$kin 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends on the agency. Most the time the first officer that has the dog first, has the choice to keep it.
2006-11-10 22:57:03 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
everyone i know who was partnered w/ a k9 who also has a badge lives w/ them til death do them part. they are a family member.it depends on the k9 on how long they work. i know 1 that worked for 7 yrs. & then she was hurt. retired to home w/ her partner.
2006-11-11 00:57:24 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
My father worked with the canines at Cypress PD formerly being promoted. even as he worked with the canines, it replaced into area of our kinfolk, slumbering, ingesting, and residing with us at residing house - if he had retired or been injured, shall we've followed him in. That paticular canines ended up retiring once he were given older and went to stay consisting of his handler who replaced into compelled into retirement from a nasty damage. very last I heard, they were both doing solid and he might want to now and again artwork as a public speaker at police exhibits/honest demonstrations and can want to convey the retired canines alongside.
2016-11-29 00:46:33 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋