What an honor for this dog! A long full life but it is always so sad to say goodbye.

Bretagne, The Last 9/11 Service Dog To Work At Ground Zero, Was Put Down

She would have been 17 in August.

Denise Corliss, an electrical engineer from Texas, and her then-2-year-old dog Bretagne (pronounced Brittany) were deployed to Ground Zero a week after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

The pair worked 12-hour shifts together for 10 days with search and rescue team Texas Task Force 1. Bretagne was one of 300 or so dogs working after 9/11.

Sadly, Bretagne was put down on Monday, only a few months from her 17th birthday. She had been having problems walking for the last few years. She could no longer climb stairs at home and was experiencing kidney failure.

https://www.buzzfeed.com/ryanhatesthis/a-very-very-good-dog?utm_term=.rhPoNXe4rl#.iawMjGBpwY

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Bretagne

Below: Denise Corliss is pictured with her search dog Bretagne at Ground Zero in New York City in September 2001. It was their first deployment together.

Good girl Bretagne.

Goldens are such good dogs.  I will always have a soft spot for them.

What a gorgeous girl, and such a wonderful, long life!