Ornella is four and one half year old Sable Shepherd whose sharp nose is capable of detecting marijuana, cocaine, heroin, ecstasy, methamphetamine and concealed humans.
“She is a hard working CBP canine that definitely deserves a comfortable retirement and attentive companion,” said CBP K-9 Officer Shawn Johnson. “Ornella possesses those qualities and energies that make a successful detector dog a drug smuggler’s worst fear.”
CBP employs dogs as long as they can successfully perform the mission. The service career of a detector dog will normally last no longer than eight years. In Ornella’s case she is being retired early due to medical reasons but her retirement circumstances are rather unique.
Ornella will be placed in a caring new home by Save-A-Vet, a non-profit organization founded in 2007 dedicated to the placement of military and law enforcement working dogs after service to country and community is done. Her future will include play time, sun bathing and lazily lounging at the feet of her new companion.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection is the unified border agency within the Department of Homeland Security charged with the management, control and protection of our nation's borders at and between the official ports of entry. CBP is charged with keeping terrorists and terrorist weapons out of the country while enforcing hundreds of U.S. laws."
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