National Foundation for Retired Service Animals

We’re sad to share we have lost a gentle giant from @swpolice.bsky.social.

RPH Bodie retired to his devoted mounted officer, & while they had some adventures, he sadly passed away 20/7.

Bodie served for 9 years, a stellar career, keeping communities safe, & he was much loved.

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Welcoming Retired Border Force Detector Dog Hunter, who has joined the NFRSA family.

Hunter was on the team based at Gatwick and was trained to detect drugs, firearms, people, and cash.

He recently made the national press for finding a large haul of Cocaine!

💜🐾💜🐾💜

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Thanks to your support, we have recently helped cover the cost of an HIF surgery for RPD Henry who served with Lincolnshire Police, with a grant of £2,000.

HIF is Humeral Intracondylar Fissure which affects the elbow joint in dogs & is extremely painful. Poor boy.

Get better soon Henry!

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One of our recent grants was to RPD Elsie of @westmidlandspolice.bsky.social - a brood mummy, who produced new generations of police dogs.

Elsie needed a major op on her cruciate ligament & we were delighted to contribute £2,196 towards the cost.

Get well soon Elsie!

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November was a busy month for us, and one of the grants we gifted was to the beautiful RPH Blue from South Wales Police who suffered a bout of colic.

Thanks to the swift intervention of the vet, Blue has made a full recovery, & we were delighted to help cover those costs.

Stay well Blue. 💜🐴💜

Thank you dear friends. 💜

Thank you so much. We’re very grateful for the amazing support we receive, & it’s a joy to be there for our retired service animals across the UK.

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A warm NFRSA welcome to RPD Dexter from HMPPS.

Dexter served for 6 years as a General Purpose Prison Patrol Dog before retiring with his handler.

While loyal to his Dad, he’s not all that keen on anyone else, but he does tolerate his two house mates!

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We are delighted and proud to announce a huge milestone for the NFRSA.

Since our launch in 2022, we have gifted over £100,000 to retired service animals from the six services we support.

Thank you for helping us to make this happen.

Full details below.

Welcoming RPD Frankie from @swpolice

Frankie decided Police work was no longer for her, & for her well-being she’s been retired.

Welcome to the NFRSA family Frankie - time to put those paws up!

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RPD Sully.

A faithful boy, right to the end.

Thank you for your service to HMP Maghaberry, you’ll never be forgotten.

Our thoughts are with your family - we’ll be there for them helping cover the medical costs, which we do with big respect.

Sleep well.

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Introducing RPD Wasp. He had a hugely successful career with Gwent Police as a GP & Firearms Support Dog, before retiring due to an injury.

RPD Wasp is a striking black GSD who wins hearts with his good looks.

What a sweetheart - thank you for your service.

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Introducing RPD Wasp who served with Gwent Police until his retirement due to injury.

Everyone who meets Wasp falls in love with this handsome fellow. And he now shares his time between his handler & ‘NanaMama’ where he gets spoiled rotten!

Welcome to the family Wasp. Thank you for your service.

RPD Hektor has joined the NFRSA family.

As a retired police dog, he protected his handler (he once bit a suspect on the butt when he punched his handler in the throat!), and his communities for 7 years.

Our turn to protect you now Hektor - we’ll be there if you ever need us.

Sally Richards from South Wales Police has reached Mount Everest Base Camp, raising funds for the NFRSA!

Huge challenge. She’s suffered exhaustion, altitude sickness, breathing difficulties, but she’s done it!

All in memory of RPD Dougie, who passed away in July.

Congratulations & thank you!

Meet RPD Koko, who retired earlier this year after 6 years serving as a Specialist Search Dog at Greater Manchester Police.

She is a very happy dog who loved working & was, still is, always in charge!

Welcome Koko, now your Dad is a full time instructor, it’s time to put those paws up!

A new member of the NFRSA is someone very special.

Tess’s 1st job was to find a high risk missing person, who was actually the officers niece. She is much loved by her family because of this.

She served with Civil Nuclear Constabulary

Welcome to the #family RPD Tess - we have it from here. 🥰

We had the happiest time at WagWorks London as guests at their Xmas Fair this evening.

Filled with dogs, and people, and gifts, and Christmas Cheer.

Thank you for inviting Jill and Lady B, and thank you for your amazing support this year.

#Christmas2023 #shopping #mulledwine #Xmas2023

A member of the #NFRSA #family recently retired from Surrey Police.

Retired Police Dog Kess served until last year as a General Purpose Dog, as well as Firearms Support.

Kess is registered with us, & we will support her with medical bills in her twilight years.

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Retired prison dog Ace, who we recently gave a grant to, following a broken tooth when he was frightened by fireworks.

We’ve recently supported RPD Ace, who is a retired GP dog from HMP Belmarsh.

Ace was frightened by fireworks and broke a tooth. It had to be removed and we covered the costs for the operation.

Stay well Ace.

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The NFRSA 2024 calendar features retired dogs & horses from the #police; #fire; prison; & #borderforce services.

A registered charity, we support these heroes with medical bills in their twilight years.

All proceeds will go to our work.

www.nfrsa.org.uk/shop/

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Thank you.

The lovely Alexis has a gorgeous beauty products business, & has offered 25% of every sale between now & the 31st December to the NFRSA!

Beautiful Christmas presents, and gentlemen - this will go down very well with the ladies in your life!

Link below!

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A new member joining the NFRSA today is RPD Malky, who served with HMPPS.

Malky’s career spanned 9 years & he was the first General Purpose dog to join the northwest area teams.

Welcome Malky.

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Huge thanks to Countryside magazine for featuring our gorgeous calendar in their December issue.

You can order yours here:

www.nfrsa.org.uk/shop/

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We are grateful to Lickimat for the enormous parcel of goodies that arrived today.

They’re for us to give to dogs who have received grants from us, & we will feel will benefit from a little distraction.

We have someone in mind already - Miss Herbie, are you reading this??

#dogsofbluesky

Thank you dear friend. 🐾🐴🐾

Retired police dog Medea. Police Scotland.

Retired Border Force Detector Dog Chewie

Retired Border Force Detector Dog Ruby. Sadly, no longer with us.

Retired Prison Dog Rory.

As a charity, we support retired service animals with medical costs. Because of their age, insurance is difficult to find, & vets bills can become a challenge.

Here are just some of the animals we’ve helped in the past year.

Please visit our website to find out more.

www.nfrsa.org.uk

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The NFRSA is a UK charity supporting retired service animals from our Police; Fire; Prison; NCA, & Border Force services with medical bills.

Please enjoy our introductory video below.

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