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Date Posted: 15:02:44 03/26/10 Fri
Author: Jenny W
Subject: Re: Sports for breeding purposes
In reply to: Norman Epstein 's message, "Re: Sports for breeding purposes" on 13:11:06 03/26/10 Fri

Norman said

"most K-9 police dogs which also require a high degree of drive live in the home of their handler with his or her family."

I have a very good friend who was a UK Police dog handler and later became a trainer of handlers and dogs for the force and his dogs (GSD and Drugs/Explosives detection Labrador) lived in a kennel outside, not as family dogs until they hit retirement. This was the policy of the West Sussex Police dog Handling Unit. When I asked Peter why this was so, he said that being in the home and part of the family made the dogs too soft and less enthusiastic about their work. Maybe it's different in different forces around the world, but here's an extract from an article from Northamptonshire Police Force in the UK:

"While in the Force, dogs live at home with their handlers, although not in the home with the family and domestic pets. Usually, they will be kept in a kennel of about 8 x 4 ft in size, being walked up to four times per day, and enjoying regular and healthy meals.

It is important that these dogs are kept keen and sharp, so we cannot allow the chance that they become mollycoddled the way some domestic pets may be."

- says Mark Anley, who is in charge of the Dog Section, Northants Police.

Jenny
QuoVadis Boerboels

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