{"id":93979,"date":"2022-04-22T12:16:31","date_gmt":"2022-04-22T12:16:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/do-police-dogs-work-all-day\/"},"modified":"2022-04-22T12:16:31","modified_gmt":"2022-04-22T12:16:31","slug":"do-police-dogs-work-all-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/do-police-dogs-work-all-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Do police dogs work all day?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_17 counter-hierarchy counter-decimal ez-toc-grey\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" style=\"display: none;\"><i class=\"ez-toc-glyphicon ez-toc-icon-toggle\"><\/i><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class=\"ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1\"><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/do-police-dogs-work-all-day\/#Do_police_dogs_work_all_day\" title=\"Do police dogs work all day?\">Do police dogs work all day?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/do-police-dogs-work-all-day\/#Do_police_dogs_go_home_with_their_handlers\" title=\"Do police dogs go home with their handlers?\">Do police dogs go home with their handlers?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/do-police-dogs-work-all-day\/#What_are_the_cons_problems_of_working_with_a_police_dog\" title=\"What are the cons problems of working with a police dog?\">What are the cons problems of working with a police dog?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/do-police-dogs-work-all-day\/#Why_are_police_dogs_down\" title=\"Why are police dogs down?\">Why are police dogs down?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/do-police-dogs-work-all-day\/#How_long_do_most_police_dogs_work\" title=\"How long do most police dogs work?\">How long do most police dogs work?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/do-police-dogs-work-all-day\/#Do_UK_police_dogs_live_with_their_handlers\" title=\"Do UK police dogs live with their handlers?\">Do UK police dogs live with their handlers?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Do_police_dogs_work_all_day\"><\/span>Do police dogs work all day?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Police dogs live with their partners. A K-9 unit is a team that stays together <b>24 hours a day, seven days a week. On a typical morning, Breston and Officer Smith wake up early and assist other local K-9 units doing drug sweeps at schools.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Do_police_dogs_go_home_with_their_handlers\"><\/span>Do police dogs go home with their handlers?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><b>It lives at home with its handler to live out its life as a family pet. Can they go on vacations with their handler and family while working as a service dog? This depends on department policy, but normally the answer is yes.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_are_the_cons_problems_of_working_with_a_police_dog\"><\/span>What are the cons problems of working with a police dog?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Primary disadvantages of using police dogs are <b>mandatory training commitments, quality of the canine, insufficient funding, consequences of dog bites, problems keeping patrol vehicles, clean and unexpected death or retirement of the dog.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Why_are_police_dogs_down\"><\/span>Why are police dogs down?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Most of the time, police dogs retire <b>because of age. These dogs are highly intelligent and work hard throughout their lives, first in training and then in active service. By age 7 or 8 (or sometimes up to 10 or 11), they&#8217;re ready to hang up their K-9 badges and spend their remaining years relaxing.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_long_do_most_police_dogs_work\"><\/span>How long do most police dogs work?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>about 8-9 years<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Do_UK_police_dogs_live_with_their_handlers\"><\/span>Do UK police dogs live with their handlers?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>All of our dogs are allocated to a handler who they will stay with throughout their working life; <b>they live at home with their handler and at the end of their working life most dogs retire and remain with their handler as a pet.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Table of Contents Do police dogs work all day?Do police dogs go home with their handlers?What are the cons problems of working with a police dog?Why are police dogs down?How long do most police dogs work?Do UK police dogs live with their handlers? Do police dogs work all day? 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