Retired police dogs recognize their owners. Police dogs are highly trained dogs, so they have very high obedience and loyalty to their owners. It can even rush out to protect its owner when it is in danger. They are very dependent on their owners. Even if they retire and have a new owner, they will not forget their previous owner for a while.

How do police dogs recognize their owners:

1. Sense of smell

Police dogs mainly rely on smell to identify things, including their owners. Police dogs have approximately 12,500 to 20,000 olfactory cells, and they can identify more than 20,000 odors. So we usually see them sniffing and licking their owners. They are remembering your scent and can recognize you at a glance even in a group of people.

2. Dynamic vision

Police dogs have average vision. They are color weak, not color blind. Their farthest vision can only see 50 meters, but this does not prevent police dogs from identifying human faces.

3. Hearing

Police dogs’ ears are very sensitive. Their hearing range is from 15 Hz to 50,000 Hz, which is about 16 times that of humans. So every time you open the door of your home, you will find that military dogs are already greeting you because they heard that you are coming back.

4. Memory

The police dog has lived with its owner for a long time. The police dog has already memorized the owner's living habits and behavioral characteristics. These will become the long-term memory of the police dog. Therefore, the police dog can recognize its owner at a glance because the police dog is very familiar with the owner's body language and can know who is its owner just by looking at the movements.