Firefighting dog Sheba the labrador prepares for retirement

By Joshua Butler
Updated May 20 2015 - 4:27pm, first published May 19 2015 - 9:14pm
Rapt: Fire Rescue NSW's Tim Garrett looks on as retiring accelerant detection dog Sheba meets her new family Sam, Giorgia, Bridie and Bron Eastment in Kiama Downs. Picture: ADAM McLEAN
Rapt: Fire Rescue NSW's Tim Garrett looks on as retiring accelerant detection dog Sheba meets her new family Sam, Giorgia, Bridie and Bron Eastment in Kiama Downs. Picture: ADAM McLEAN

If you love someone, let them go. That was the heartbreaking sentiment guiding Tim Garrett as he handed over the leash of firefighting labrador Sheba to her new family, officially starting her first day of retirement.

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