people with knowledge of Gento - Page 4

pineridge - did you post an answer here to a different thread - i see little connection to yr post and what is being discussed here??  5% of yr dogs actually  worked, man yr program sucked.

hexe, thanks for the links, a bit on the oldish side, wonder if the stats have changed since then.

"...you mentioned the following earlier in this thread:

..."the cop may not have a clue about the dogs ped, i hear a lot don't. could be the dam best dog on the planet, only person that really knows would be the handler who is not a trial competitor or a breeder and just knows the dog is doing his job."

Sorry if this disillusions you, but the majority of police K9 handlers haven't a CLUE about their dogs, aside from whether the dog performs as needed when needed."

this does not dissullusion me, i just stated it in the context of how circumstance might make one dog famous and highly bred to eg if it trials and another equally good dog completely anonymous and prolly euthed at the end of it's working life without a single mating - possibly. altho i hear the retirement package for service dogs has improved - refer the end fate of those brave vietnam war dogs, would make you want to slap a poltician upside the head.

In the US, for the most part, retired state and local law enforcement dogs retire with their handlers, or with someone else already known to the dog should the handler's living situation not be suited for the retired K9. The US military dogs, unfortunately, did not receive that mercy, though this has finally been remedied after much citizenry outcry once the old policy was revealed to the public.  As for whether the law enforcement K9 is ever bred or not, that would vary from locality to locality; in many places, because the dog itself is a 'publicly-owned resource', use of the dog for breeding is prohibited.  Trust--the breed will not live or die because any one dog is not used as breeding stock; it's more than likely that the outstanding law enforcement dog has sufficient siblings which DID contribute the genetics, so there's no loss in the long run.