Lulu the black lab puppy might not be in the CIA anymore, but she is still a very good girl.
The CIA posted a thread to Twitter this week that captured the Internet’s hearts, announcing that one of their puppies-in-training has failed out of bomb-detecting school.
“Sometimes, even after testing, our pups make it clear being an explosive detection K9 isn’t for them,” the organization wrote. “We’re sad to announce that a few weeks into training, Lulu began to show signs that she wasn’t interested in detecting explosive odors.”
#CIAK9 Pupdate:
Sometimes, even after testing, our pups make it clear being an explosive detection K9 isn’t for themhttps://t.co/nPZl6YWNKb pic.twitter.com/07TXRCH7bp— CIA (@CIA) October 18, 2017
While sometimes the puppies get distracted or hungry or want to play, it became clear that Lulu just didn’t have a passion for her career.
“Lulu wasn’t interested in searching for explosives,” the account continued. “Even when motivated w food & play, she was clearly no longer enjoying herself.”
Lulu wasn’t interested in searching for explosives.
Even when motivated w food & play, she was clearly no longer enjoying herself. pic.twitter.com/puvhDk1tRX— CIA (@CIA) October 18, 2017
Her story resonated with more than a few people who are also “clearly no longer enjoying” themselves at their jobs and who support Lulu in her indifference.
Fortunately, this story has a happy ending: Lulu has been adopted by her handler and “now enjoys her days playing w his kids & a new friend, & sniffing out rabbits & squirrels in the backyard.”
We’re so proud of her in her early retirement.
lulu, welcome to the resistance https://t.co/QtCzeYlzdt
— Kate Aronoff (@KateAronoff) October 19, 2017
