Doberman's
05-03-2007, 08:24 AM
I have a few thoughts about these dogs. I am very impressed by the fatc they can do this duty and save lives, dogs are amazing creatures. We ahve used them for eternity to help us in our daily luves and to save your lives through police work and war times. I think dogs like these are a assesst to our safety but I also feel sorry that some pay the ultimate price.
I was reading a story about a dog that was killed while performing it's duties of sniffing out bombs, his name was Alex and he was a beautiful Belgain Malinois. Alex was one of many many bomb sniffing dogs and whie the loss of one is very sad the work they is helping to make the world a safer place for everyone.
It was interesting how these dogs are trained and the life saving work they do.
This is the story it brought a tear to my eye:
To see the whole story click here:
http://www.macleans.ca/homepage/magazine/article.jsp?content=20070507_105082_105082
The end: Alex, 2004-2007
He was 'high-spirited, play-oriented' and bred to save soldiers' lives in dangerous places like Afghanistan
BARBARA RIGHTON | May 7, 2007 |
Alex was born in Holland in 2005, the son of two purebred Belgian Malinois. He was handsome and athletic, but he was not bred for his looks. Although they are classified as herding dogs by the American Kennel Club, in Europe Malinois are raised very specifically to be dogs of war. They are highly alert, full of life, fearless and valuable. Last November, American K9 Detection Services of Edgewater, Fla., a company that currently contracts out about 30 bomb-detection dogs to both the Canadian and the American military in Afghanistan, paid US$8,000 for Alex. "There are lots of reasons why we buy dogs imported from Germany and Holland," says operations and logistics manager Rodger Lowe, an ex-bomb squad police officer and dog handler in Afghanistan from November 2005 to November 2006. "Here in North America, people want a more docile house pet. The dog that chews up your couch, that tears down your fence, that annihilates your children's toys, those are the dogs we want."
I was reading a story about a dog that was killed while performing it's duties of sniffing out bombs, his name was Alex and he was a beautiful Belgain Malinois. Alex was one of many many bomb sniffing dogs and whie the loss of one is very sad the work they is helping to make the world a safer place for everyone.
It was interesting how these dogs are trained and the life saving work they do.
This is the story it brought a tear to my eye:
To see the whole story click here:
http://www.macleans.ca/homepage/magazine/article.jsp?content=20070507_105082_105082
The end: Alex, 2004-2007
He was 'high-spirited, play-oriented' and bred to save soldiers' lives in dangerous places like Afghanistan
BARBARA RIGHTON | May 7, 2007 |
Alex was born in Holland in 2005, the son of two purebred Belgian Malinois. He was handsome and athletic, but he was not bred for his looks. Although they are classified as herding dogs by the American Kennel Club, in Europe Malinois are raised very specifically to be dogs of war. They are highly alert, full of life, fearless and valuable. Last November, American K9 Detection Services of Edgewater, Fla., a company that currently contracts out about 30 bomb-detection dogs to both the Canadian and the American military in Afghanistan, paid US$8,000 for Alex. "There are lots of reasons why we buy dogs imported from Germany and Holland," says operations and logistics manager Rodger Lowe, an ex-bomb squad police officer and dog handler in Afghanistan from November 2005 to November 2006. "Here in North America, people want a more docile house pet. The dog that chews up your couch, that tears down your fence, that annihilates your children's toys, those are the dogs we want."