Via Daily Mail:
A beloved K9 officer got a true hero’s sendoff before his heartbroken New Jersey owners had to put him down.
Bandy, a 10-year-old German shepherd, died on Tuesday. He served six years as a search-and-rescue dog at Pattenburg’s volunteer fire company.
Hip dysplasia forced Bandy to retire last year. He received a medal and a proclamation in appreciation of his service in the fall of 2015. Bandy once found a missing suicidal man in 2014.
The fire company shared multiple posts on social media before and after his death, calling ‘a family member, friend, colleague and hero’.