No Buddy Left Behind

A good Article over at The Canine Bark

“Dogs have been trained to fight in our wars since ancient times, preforming tasks such as using their sense of smell to track, scout out booby traps and concealed enemies and were even used to physically bring down opponents and their horses.

Today Military Working Dogs are most commonly used as aids to police officers with larger breeds performing guard, patrol and law enforcement duties and smaller breeds performing smell detection roles, such as explosive, drug and other contraband detection.”

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U.S. First Red Cross Dogs From Kaiser’s Kennels

From an Article published in The New York Times on Januray 30, 1916

“The Army’s first Red Cross dog contingent was shipped to Ft. Ethan, VT on Thursday. The dogs, all  puppies, numbered six and are without question the most valuable of their kind in the United States.

They were not acquired by purchase, and the fact that the Army now owns them is not due to the foresight of the government at Washington but to the generosity of two patriotic Americn citizens, Mr. and Mrs M.R. Spellman of New York City and Hyde Park.

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