so they have this dog on base, that none of the handlers like to work with. i dont know much about him, but they say he is a handler biter. I want him. i think if he is biting handlers then they will probably get rid of him. better than them putting him to sleep for being TO aggressive. How do you go about adopting MWD's?
I adopted a dog about a year ago. You first of all have to have a letter from your department stating that they wish to adopt a dog, and what the dog would be used for. Secondly, they are pretty cautious when adopting the dogs out. There were certain dogs they wouldnt even let me test due to the fact that they were to agressive. Their thought was if they cant handle the dog then the chances of anyone else being able to handle it are slim to none. The only dogs they adopt out to civilians are those which are retired from duty, not those which have flunked out. They have recently limited the number of law enforcement departments that they allow to come in, and it is by apointment only. You would want to speak with Brabara Stadts, she heads up the Law Enforcement Adoption program a Lackland Airforce Base in San Antonio.
this dog is already at base. he passed the program and was working.
i think he had a bad trainer/handler at some point. im going to see if i can find out about him today, maybe i can go watch him at a training session, and meet some faces. that way i can be up the list if/when they release him
Michael West Webboard User Reg: 05-23-2007
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James,
The first step is to talk to the Kennel Master on post. To be honest I would not hold your breath, for a few reasons. Mainly because if a dog is already handler aggressive, they will not adopt the dog out. It is too big of a liability to the military to give a dog away when the person could turn around and sue the government.
The link Ann provided is good to adopt a dog from the school house for dogs that simply do not make it into the program, or dogs that retire out from the school house.
Joel Burton Webboard User Reg: 09-10-2003
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When/if this dog comes up for "adoption" there are many factors. If this dog is aggressive there will be no way it will pass the bite muzzle test and be allowed to be adopted to the general public. Can you imagine how we'd be raked over the coals for allowing an aggressive dog to be given to a family and someone gets mauled? By law there is a priority on adopting dogs out: law enforcement agencies, prior handlers and then general public. Dogs are adopted to the LEA department and not a LEA handler and do not have to have the bite muzzle test. Very few of these are done in the field units simply because dogs are usually very old when they are up for "excess" status to the unit. That will usually leave the last 2 options in which case the dogs must pass the bite muzzle test. If that unit cannot handle that dog they should look to transfer it to another unit within their command or branch of service that can...
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