Kandoll wanted to adopt a military working dog ever since November 2000 when then-President Bill Clinton signed into law a bill allowing the dogs to be adopted rather than euthanized when they are no longer able to serve.
Law says military working dogs no longer have to be mandatorily euthanized. They can take an adoption suitability test, and, if they are approved, be adopted by law enforcement, their handlers or qualified civilians.
Kandoll’s husband, Mike, was in the Air Force at the time and received orders to deploy, so Debbie asked if she could adopt a military working dog to keep her company. But because he was close to retirement, the Air Force deployed him to Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C.
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Woman works to adopt out retired military dogs – The Durango Herald
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Question Re: Condominium Rules: Assuming a service dog is quiet, well behaved and whose feet never touch condo common property, (walk ways, hall ways, lawns, lobby etc.) because the dog is trained to be transported in a pet carrier, can the owner of the service dog be forced to give up his dog if the condo has a no pets policy?
Nope, not if it’s a SD for a person with a disability. It doesn’t matter what size they are. Try this for help http://www.ddal.org/pubs/bestfriends/
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