April 08, 2016, 04:57 PM 
Flower Dome, Gardens by the Bay Recently, veteran military working dogs from the Singapore Armed Forces were put up for adoption during one of their regular adoption drives.
The hope has always been for these large dogs that have served with pride and distinction while in service to end up in good homes to spend their remaining days purely as domestic companions upon retirement.
Dogs that are not eventually adopted will still be taken care of by the military's caretakers, but for those that do, it is for them to live out the rest of their days free from the responsibility of being working dogs.
And recently departed 16-year-old Sirius was one of those former hardworking service dogs:
Sending off Sirius, he is 16 yrs old, he was a retired police serving dog, he was the First dog to be trained in...
Posted by Derrick Tan on Thursday, 7 April 2016
In a post shared by Derrick Tan, who is part of Voices For Animals, a volunteer-run group that rescues, rehabilitates and re-homes retired breeding dogs, Sirius was one of the veteran police dogs.
Tan had adopted Sirius from the Home Team, where the German Shepherd was previously trained to search for human remains and was involved in cracking cases during its time in active service.
Having served with pride and distinction, it was given the send-off it deserves.
Every year, the Home Team also regularly holds its own adoption drives as well, where various former security dogs and narcotic detector dogs are given a new leash of life.
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