As I was watching ABC News the other night, they did a feature on something I found REALLY inspiring and awesome! Everyone’s heard of the dogs the military trains to sniff out bombs and get enemies during war, but that’s about all you’ve heard about them. Well, now you can do your part to ‘serve’ your country in some way by taking a retiring military member into your home… a canine one!
German Shepard MWD from Military Working Dog Adoptions
The number one question is… well, aren’t they dangerous? They’re trained to be, right? Nope. When a dog is selected for retirement, the handlers first see if anyone close to the dog (another servicemember) wants to adopt it, then they offer the dog to K-9 police units around the country, and then the dog goes through a compatibility test to see if they can be placed in civilian homes. The ones you can adopt are listed on the Lackland Air Force Page, and they have been found to be great companions!
How do you adopt a WMD? Check out MilitaryWorkingDogAdoptions.com for a great step by step review of the process. Check out the aforementioned Lackland AFB home page to look at some of the pups available now!
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