The news of the airforce officials pleading with people to adopt their retired working dogs has shocked so many people, including me. The first question asked by thousands of people was “How can we adopt these dogs?”
Military working dogs retire when they are 10-12 years of age.
There are young pups that are rejected by the military for different reasons (including for being too friendly). Those young puppies usually find homes very quickly.
It’s the older, retired working dogs that have trouble finding forever homes.
Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio is where military working dogs are trained. The most common breeds put into service are German shepherds, Labrador retrievers and Belgian malinois.
Every (military working dog), when they’re retiring, they do a behavioral test and an adoption test to make sure they’re not going to be food aggressive or bite a small child or chase the mailman down the street
MAC Chief Petty Officer Jason Silvis to PawBuzz
Many people in the comments have stated that adopting one of these dogs is not that easy, but while there are some rules and conditions that you must pass, it’s actually not that difficult, either. We believe it’s totally doable.
Find out how you can adopt a retired military working dog on the next page
