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1 HISTORY OF WAR DOGS Military Working Dog (MWD)

2 Skydiving Video

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4 WHAT TYPE OF JOBS DOES A MILITARY WORKING DOG PERFORM?

5 MWD JOBS Scout Patrol – Base, Beach Mine Sniffing Search/Rescue
Ambulance Delivery Tracking Messengers Cart Pullers Tunnel/Cave Scout Booby Trap ID Bomb/Explosive Detect Cable Laying Water Trackers Sea Dogs Blood Donors

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7 UNIVERSAL

8 Mastiffs wore armor with spikes and flaming torches
ROME Mastiffs wore armor with spikes and flaming torches

9 PELOPONNESIAN WAR BC Guard dogs used to surround villages/alert Enemies became aware and targeted the dogs

10 FREDERICK THE GREAT’S ITALIAN GREYHOUNDS

11 SOUTH AMERICAN CONQUISTADORS
MASTIFFS – 250 pounds/3 feet at shoulder GREYHOUNDS – 100 pounds/30” at shoulder

12 1 Dog = 50 men in battle 100 Indians killed in one hour “Dogging” – set on chief to instill fear Allowed to eat victims

13 ENGLAND/SCOTLAND Irish Wolfhounds

14 CYLART 0F MEDIEVAL WALES

15 RUSSIANS Ambulance Dogs - Airedales

16 Messengers and ambulance dogs Pulled carts of messenger pigeons
WORLD WAR I Messengers and ambulance dogs Pulled carts of messenger pigeons

17 JACK THE AIREDALE BRITAIN

18 Cart Dogs

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20 WHAT QUALITIES SHOULD A MWD HAVE?

21 QUALITIES OF A GOOD MWD Dark color Healthy Intelligent/Trainable
Not Gun/Noise Shy Work on/off leash Not necessarily vicious Ability to be QUIET Ability to understand hand signals

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23 WHAT BREEDS MAKE A GOOD MWD?

24 WHICH BREEDS? Mastiffs Irish Wolfhounds Greyhounds Small Dogs
Huskies/Malamutes/ Eskimo Dogs Labrador Retrievers Quieter than hounds Airedales Collies Dobermans Belgian Sheep Dogs German Shepherds Stable Temperament Shed Undercoat

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26 Gulf War, Bosnia, Afghanistan, Iraq
AMERICA Over 100,000 MWD WWI, WWII, Korea, Vietnam, Gulf War, Bosnia, Afghanistan, Iraq

27 Civil War No official war dog program Most came as mascots with owners
Used for all purposes

28 Lt. Pfieff’s Dog

29 World War I America used all breeds of dogs
Used primarily for messenger, ambulance, transportation needs Therapy dogs

30 SGT. STUBBY

31 Fought mostly in trenches
Cannons and toxic gases Weather and Climate

32 RAGS

33 World War II Dogs were donated by families and Dog Clubs (Doberman Clubs & AKC) Retrained after WWII and returned to families or adopted by their wartime handlers

34 PACIFIC THEATER Guadacanal Guam Phillipines New Guinea Saipan
HOT/HUMID EUROPEAN THEATER France Germany England Italy MILD/COLD

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36 Training LeJeune Training, North Carolina

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38 20,000+ Dogs (Most were Family Pets)
Rode ships to Pacific/Europe for 3 months All purposes, including skydiving into Greenland for rescue missions and delivering cigarettes

39 KEEP THEM CLOSE K9 Handlers were teased as “Dog Men” until they found out the value of the dogs
Allowed you to sleep Kept you warm Were a friend in the night Alerted for danger Back-up protection in a fight

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41 British “Para-Pups” 600 Dogs direct from training school
Original jump was 1785 from a hot air balloon

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43 Russian Anti-Tank Dogs
Trained dogs to run under tanks and lay down Dogs were harnessed to explosives that would blow up the tanks

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46 German Panzer Tanks Destroyed

47 WHAT DO YOU NAME A MWD?

48 MWD Names Alex Alf Amigo Andy Anzo Arko Arras Artus Astor A-Taq Axel
Bark Baron Bebe Big Boy Bizz Black Jack Blackie Blitz Bobo Bootsy Bozo Brancy Britta Bruiser Bruno Brutus Buck Buddy Bunkie Butch Caesar Cairo Cali Cap Carl Chase Chief Chips Chukky

49 MWD Names Cir Claus Clipper Colonel Cookie Cracker Crazy Joe Crypto
Cubby Danny Deno Devil Diablo Dix Dug Duke Dusty Dutch Dutchess Egor Erich Flare Flop Fluffy Fritz Gar Gretchen Gunder Hanno Hans Hasso Hector Herman Heidi Hobo Ikor Jack Joe Kaiser Kat

50 MWD Names Kazan Kelly King Kreiger Kuboc Kurt Lady Lance Lex Lightning
Lobo London Lucky Ludwick Lux Major Max Mesa Mike Ming Mister Money Nemo Opal Pal Paper Penny Peppy Pirate Polar Bear Prince Princess Ranger Reb Rebel Reggie Renee Renny Rex Ringo

51 MWD Names Rinny Rip Rocky Rolo Rover Royal Rusty Sam Sandy Sarge Satch
Savage Shack Shadow Shone Sheba Shep Silver Skipper Smokey Spike Stormy Stubby Suzi Svesser Taro Tasso Tempo Thea Thor Thunder Tiger Timber Toby Tom Troubles Willie Wolf Ziggy

52 KOREA AND VIETNAM

53 WHAT DOG SPORT WAS DEVELOPED IN KOREA AND VIETNAM?

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55 AGILITY Crawl Tunnel – Barrels High Jump – Crawl Wall
A Frame – 2 Boards Joined with RR Tie Crawl Tunnel – Barbed Wire 18” for 20 Yds Jump Pools/Swim Lowered dogs off ships on harnesses

56 Korean army so afraid of the dogs, they would announce over loudspeakers, “Yankee, take your dog and go home!”

57 Nemo

58 Korea 1,500 dogs used in Korea Trained at Ft. Riley, Kansas
65% Effective in saving lives Most left in-country when conflict over

59 WHAT TYPE OF ILLNESS CAN DOGS GET IN A TROPICAL, JUNGLE REGION?

60 Medical Problems Worms – Hook, Tape, Heart Dehydration Snake Bite
Heat Stroke Punji Stick Injuries Rancid Food/Bugs Agent Orange Contamination PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) – Now a 6-8 month maximum deployment Eating Fish/Lack Vitamin B

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62 Vietnam 4,000 Dogs saved 10,000+ Lives
Most walked point in jungle Caused serious problems for enemy Feared being reincarnated as a dog Smeared garlic on selves to hide scent Feared black Labs as bad luck Targeted shelling at dog kennels Bounty on dogs (tattooed ears) and handlers (patch) at $20,000

63 Ringo and Ranger

64 “More than master and servant, more than brothers, we were of one heart and soul.” -Wolf and Charlie Cargo No one played taps, No 21 gun salutes, No special burial ceremonies No rows of little white crosses

65 WHY WOULD YOU LEAVE A HERO BEHIND?

66 Dogs – Left Behind 120 out of 4,000 were smuggled out
Remaining were left; Some were killed by handlers rather than leave them to ARVN in fear of dogs being mistreated, killed inhumanely, or eaten Dogs were classified as equipment; cost to ship them home/ retrain was too expensive Dogs were ill and contagious in USA Dogs were too vicious

67 Huge mental toll on the handlers Some made bracelets (similar to MIA bracelets) from their dog’s collar

68 NEVER AGAIN In November, 2000,
Law HR 5314 was passed allowing the release of old/infirmed/retired MWDs to handlers, civilian law enforcement, and/or responsible civilians

69 HOW DO YOU TRAIN A MWD?

70 TRAINING NO TREATS IN THE JUNGLE Exchange Food/Water/Love for Unconditional Loyalty
Obedience Hand Signals Mines Delivery/Messengers Tunnel/Cave Scout Bomb/Explosive Detection Trip Wire Detection

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72 SMELL: Dogs can smell 250+ yards
Can smell people by what they eat SOUND: First aware at 1,000 yards Breeds with perky ears are better Hear air moving over wire the thickness of a human hair Hear shells coming through the air before humans can Can close off inner ear to block out background noises

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74 Iraq and Afghanistan NO Titanium Teeth
Parajumpers/Slide down Helicopter Cables Equipment 8 Pound Kevlar Bulletproof Vests Doggles Live Action Night Vision Collars that allow Handlers to whisper into ear Heating/Cooling Packs

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77 Cairo

78 WHAT DOES THIS HAVE TO DO WITH ME?

79 Know any 4-H friends who train dogs that are age 18-25?

80 Vietnam War Handlers Killed in Action – Michigan Home
VETERAN AGE CITY BRANCH WALL ID Baldoni, Lindsay 21 Detroit Army 25E-29 Blaauw, James Grayling 45E-54 Bost, Michael 20 Grand Rapids 19E-115 Clark, Walter Roseville 28E-95 Conklin, Michael 22 Midland 09W-88 Connors, Jack 23 Filion 19W-85 Dillinder, Randy 19 Dearborn 31E-72 Fraley, Eugene 28 Lansing Navy 35E-5 Grieve, Michael Hazel Park 36E-11

81 Griffin, II, William 23 Pontiac Army 06W-122 Gyulveszi, Ted 24 Lincoln Park 32W-6 Howard, James 20 Detroit 29E-59 Jenks, James Concord 42E-33 Johnson, Carl 19 Wakefield 55W-19 Martin, Kenneth Kalamazoo 30W-47 Morrison, James Grand Rapids 33W-42 Munoz, Joses 13E-19 Roth, John 21 River Rouge 16E-48 Ronald, Smith Dearborn Army Vet 16E-14 Winningham, Richard Battle Creek 35W-49

82 WHAT CAN I DO?

83 WHAT CAN I DO? Serve Promote adoption of K9 Veteran Day
Raise money/donate to National Monument Lobby for a K9 National medal Raise money for K9 equipment

84 HANDLER REQUIREMENTS Military Police for 3 Years
Senior Airman or Higher Rank 11 Week Handler Course 80+ Volunteer Hours in Kennel Serve as a Decoy Detail to paperwork – weight, training, mood, court paperwork/evidence

85 Dog’s rank ALWAYS is one rank higher than the handler
Dog’s rank ALWAYS is one rank higher than the handler. Prevents abuse of the dog on grounds of court martial.

86 MARCH 13 is K-9 VETERANS DAY

87 Monuments WWI – Hartsdale Pet Cemetary, New York
WWII – Naval Base, Orote Point, Guam Inclusive – Alabama, California, Georgia, Illinois, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Tennessee National – Lackland Air Force Base, Texas

88 Ft. Benning, Georgia Guam Monument, WWII Naval Base, Orote Point, 1994

89 WWI – Hartsdale Pet Cemetery, New York; 1918
Jersey Pennsylvania

90 Proposed National Monument Lackland Air Force Base, Texas

91 MWD AWARDS/MEDALS British – Dickens Medal (Animals Victoria Cross)
United States AKC – Heroic Military Working Dog Award United States – NONE Certificate of Merit with Discharge Actually had some medals taken back after WWII

92 Contact Information Denise E. Noble Van Buren County Young Explorers 4-H Dog Project Leader

93 Skydiving Video

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