The German shepherd spent most of his life obeying commands and upholding the law, but that's a thing of the past for the retiree.

A retired police dog spent part of his birthday helping to find a missing person last month. Bear, a 12-year-old German shepherd living in the United Kingdom, was celebrating his birthday with a long walk when he alerted his owners to a man “in dense undergrowth,” according to an Instagram post by the Thin Blue Paw Foundation.