12-19-2018, 04:59 PM
I agree, if the officer really couldn't keep Ringo he should have placed him in a loving home. I am sure other police officers would have been glad to help a retired police dog. He knew retirement would come when he started working with Ringo. He shouldn't have worked with a dog at all if he wasn't prepared to do right by the dog.
Ringo was a clever, trained dog. He would have known he was being abandoned at a shelter. Animals understand what is going on. The recognize rejection and abandonment when they see it.
The trainer made it right, but that was just chance. The fate of a retired police dog should not depend on chance. If police departments are going to work with dogs they need to develop a retirement policy for the dogs.
You are right, soldiers fight to take their dogs home and sometimes it is not easy. They never give up until they have their dog at home with them.
Shame on the police officer for ailing to do what is so very easy. All he had to do was give an old dog a home for its few remaining years.
Ringo was a clever, trained dog. He would have known he was being abandoned at a shelter. Animals understand what is going on. The recognize rejection and abandonment when they see it.
The trainer made it right, but that was just chance. The fate of a retired police dog should not depend on chance. If police departments are going to work with dogs they need to develop a retirement policy for the dogs.
You are right, soldiers fight to take their dogs home and sometimes it is not easy. They never give up until they have their dog at home with them.
Shame on the police officer for ailing to do what is so very easy. All he had to do was give an old dog a home for its few remaining years.
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