Why would a young German Shepherd be retired from a K-9 unit?

Answer 1

If it didn't make the grade as a police dog, ie lacked the drive to work. Or possibly for medical reasons.

Answer 2

There's a lot of reasons.
He might be retiring simply due to not having the "drive" for police work. Maybe he'd just rather be a regular dog. He might not have a stable enough temperament for the job, or he might display an unreasonable fear that his trainer can't work around. He might have been injured, or came up positive for hip dysplasia (common problem in German Shepherds).
Hope this helps!

Answer 3

If the dog did not have what it takes to be an officer than it would not be retired just re-homed. A reason for early retirement would be something like the dog getting hurt on the job and the injury would not allow him to return to work. In which case they would retire the dog (so it is honorable) and re-homed the dog. Usually with an officer that knows how to care for the animal, since they are highly trained and in not handled properly can be dangerous.

Answer 4

My dad worked at a jail, and they had a dog that would not do what is was supposed all the time....he kinda half assed it. they did a drug sniff test and the first time he got it right, well they changed the guy with the drugs and the dog remembered the guy that had it the first time and that's who he went to....wrong!!! so they tried to train it to smell money....dont know how it worked out (my dad retired) but if they dont do want you need them to do they cant stay. also most of the time the guys from K-9 own the dog....the dog lives with them go home with them every night and when the officer retires so does the dog.

Answer 5

It's not a bit different than a Seaman flunking out of SEAL school.
Depending on what job the dog was being trained for it could be something as simple as not having a good enough nose for detection work, not enough drive for guard work, or on and on. The reality is that it is only the best that make it.

Answer 6

Officer retires
Dog was WIA
Dog could not be controlled
Dog was medically unsound (hips, bloat etc)
Who knows???
Maybe it was discovered it's credentials stated it was mixed with a teacup mini labradoodlenoodleshihpoo so not being of pure GSD genetics it was stripped of it's badge and bullet proof vest then rejected and sent back to the Trolls under the bridge where it originated.

Answer 7

its not that he is a bad dog or anything, he just lack some qualities needed to be on the force. It happens with alot of working dogs. Dogs for the blind get sent to be trained for people who are disabled, and need simple tasks done. Not every single dog has everything it takes for a job. Maybe the dog was just more wanting to be a family dog.

Answer 8

if the dog just wants to play and doesn't want to actually do the job consistently it will be washed out. If it is too stubborn for the handlers to work with they will get another dog. If it refuses to bite and only licks a perpetrator that is also bad. lots and lots and lots more reasons to wash out a dog than to keep one

Answer 9

Lack of aggression, lack of work drive, bad hips, bad eyes, inability to follow commands... K-9 units only take the best of the best, human and dog alike. It might be the dog just didn't hack it with the rest of them.

Answer 10

Possibly for a medical reason. But a friend of mine in the RCMP told me that several dogs had been rehomed because they had no aggressive tendencies whatsoever. They wouldn't attack on command.