[rottndog]

I don't know who wrote this article, but IIRC, they don't put dogs down as standard practice anymore. They are evaluated on a case by case basis for adoptability, and then those animals who qualify are put up for adoption.

I think the bill in congress is to simplify and assist the process.

[rottndog]

BTW, there are waiting lists to adopt these dogs.

[VF-51vnv]

You are correct sir. Having been the Property Administrator at the SPR for over 13 years,every one of our sites has/had two German shepards. They were trained in Germany along with their specific handlers. Our each trained dog was $15,000.00 each. They only listen German commands for guard ,drug and explosive duties.Their average active duty span was only 4-5 years.When they are starting to go down we always gave custody to their handlers,unless you know German. These dogs are worked HARD every day, 24/7/365,they earned their keep and more in my opinion. By the way, they only live about one year after their duty with their handlers.