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The dog was only 6-yo, not like they were whipping along some old man.
Ever been around dogs? They love doing what they're trained for. Had he been forcibly retired, he would have been devastated.
The caps are almost certainly way cheaper than purchasing a new dog. Last I heard, trained Germans Shepherds were going for $10,000, and that was 30-years ago.
There's no reason to have dogs in "law enforcement" at all.
Working dogs do love their work. But that doesn't mean all work is meaningful.
My town has a golden retriever. He's basically just a mascot, he goes around with one of the school resource officers, helps police engage with young people in the community. I know this is not exactly what you're referring to.
The fact that the cops haven't shot him accidentally by now is kind of impressive.
I’m sure it’s almost happened a few times just on pure instinct
Thankfully, he's a golden lab and not a chocolate lab, or it would've happened already.
Don't police dogs regularly screen for explosives at large events, shipping terminals, bus depots, train stations, and airports?
Those kind of bomb sniffing dogs and cadaver sniffing dogs are morally acceptable, to me, personally.
The drug sniffing dogs aren't, not necessarily because its cruel to the animals, but because they have been shown to not be 100 percent reliable, and are commonly used by the police to abuse peoples' rights, as a tool to hide racial profiling, etc.
On the other hand, the police dogs that are trained and employed to bite people are an example of the extreme cruelty of humans, both towards animals and each other.
Different jobs receive training. The K9 unit in the back of a city cops patrol car is a different dog than the one sniffing out shoebombs at LAX.
There should be a program to retire trained service animals that are too old to keep to go to like...veterans with a high-activity lifestyle or something idk. Or even like a retirement home for service animals where they can live out the rest of their days feeling challenged and engaged
They are good dogs, highly trained, very obedient, and quite intelligent. Probably smarter than most the cops they get paired with. They just need to stay active or they get really depressed.
If he was retired, he just needs his own Pixie kitten to help him acclimate to civilian life.
Pixie and Brutus is so cute.
I maintain that Pixie is his therapy kitten, but Brutus doesn't know that.
I can headcanon that.
My favorite strip so far is the one in which the rabbit kicks a pinecone at Pixie. The illustration of "the gang" showing up is absolutely brilliant.
Pigs don't need attack dogs. They never did. They don't now.