Narcotics detection GSD dumped at pound to die - Page 1

Never assume that just because a GSD was expensive, imported, and put to work at an important job that he won't be trashed later. From petfinder.com:

This Is Bravo's Story: Bravo was imported from Holland as a trained narcotics detection dog when he was 3 years old and worked for U S Customs at a major airport for 5 years keeping our country safe from narcotics. After he retired from Customs, he was donated to a KY Sheriff's Department to work searching for narcotics at their jail. When KY was through with him, he was not given a hero's retirement. He was thrown away like a wrecked police cruiser. Bravo did not deserve to wind up in a dog pound but that is exactly where he was DUMPED. US Customs was NOT aware that the KY sheriff's department dumped poor Bravo until our rescue contacted them. U S Customs is happy that we are giving Bravo a hero's retirement because they care about what happens to their dogs. Bravo deserves to be appreciated and loved for the rest of his life. Second Hand Shepherds has made a commitment to Bravo...he will be pampered and loved for the remainder of his life. He will have good food to eat, toys to play with, a soft orthopedic bed to sleep on in the house, and a German Shepherd lover who thinks he is a hero to make sure he has anything he needs to make him happy. Bravo loves toys because that was his reward for finding narcotics.

More info and photos of this magnificent dog at:

http://www.petfinder.com/petnote/displaypet.cgi?petid=3211961&mtf=1

http://members.petfinder.com/~MD198/Bravo/Index.htm

Sadly, this is not unusual. I knew a wonderful retired GSD guide dog who was going to be killed by the guide dog organization unless a rescue group found her a home (which they did).