Please Welcome K-9 Castle!

Please welcome retired Police K-9 “Castle” into our Pack as our 276th Program Member. K-9 Castle served with honor and distinction for six years at the Gallatin Police Department, as a Dual-Purpose Patrol/Narcotics Detection K-9. During his tenure, Castle had a very successful career as a working dog, with a total of 178 arrests while protecting his community and the State of Tennessee.

K-9 Castle’s original handler drove him to our Project K-9 Hero Rehabilitation and Rehoming Facility to transition him into our care. K-9 Castle quickly took a liking to our staff, walking trails, exercise area, and his new custom indoor/outdoor kennel that once housed Military Working Dog Rosso for three years.

Castle is a Hero that can be extremely aggressive in certain situations, specifically around strangers or people he doesn’t know very well. Both of his former handlers have toddlers in their homes and it would be extremely unsafe to leave Castle unattended with their families while they were on shift now that he retired from duty this month.

We commend both his handlers and the Gallatin Police Department Command Staff for wanting the best life for Castle, and recognizing that him being around newborn children was not a situation that would be healthy for them or Castle. Project K-9 Hero is extremely honored to be a trusted resource for the national law enforcement community when a Hero like Castle needs our help the most with rehabilitation or rehoming.

Please take a moment to welcome Castle into our pack, as it will take him some time at our facility to transition from working life to retired life. It is because of your support and donations that K-9 Castle no longer has to worry about needing to find a home. We will make sure we locate one with an adopter that has the proper environment just for him, along with providing his medical care for the rest of his LIFE!