Not a picture here, but I thought I'd pass on this great article about what a pet shop owner out West is doing for US military K-9s.

http://www.military.com/NewContent/0...l?ESRC=army.nl

the new issue of Leatherneck has a good article(with lots of great pics) about the war dogs the corps is using over in Iraw and Afghanistan, I reccomend everyone check it out.

check out these doggies

http://www.compfused.com/directlink/744/

Nice video, rocco! Thanks! I liked the first scene best. The dog yanks the guy right out of a van's window while it's still in motion! Holy crap! I'll be sure to pass that link on to my police K-9 friends.

Incredible video!!

I did not know that police dogs could do that kinda things!!

those dogs arnt even that big...
can someone tell me why dont army use staffy pitbulls? or rottwielers?

Rottweilers are used. You can see one in the pic I provided of Royal Marines using war dogs. To my knowledge Staffords are not by any force.

Why are German Shepards overwhelmingly used by more than any other breed? I heard it from another trainer this way, and I think it answers that question best. He said that there are dogs bigger and more powerful than German Shepards, there are dogs that can scent and track better than them, and there are even some who are smarter such as Border Collies, but there are virtually no dogs that can do it all so well in one dog. Only the German Shepard's very close cousins, the Belgian Malinois, Rottweiler, and the Doberman Pinscher can do so well in all those fields. I suspect that only numbers put German Shepards above their cousins as it is the most popular breed in the world. They are certainly my favorite.

Wow, all these photos and videos make me want to walk up and give everyone of these dogs a big whole hug!

JK, heard a story about a cop who opened up a cage for one of the K-9 units and he was not trained, he bent down to pet the dog. Long story short, the guy now has prosthetic testicles.

Originally Posted by Charge 7

Sounds good to me

Took some time before i found it.

It can be downloaded here:

http://www.halmstad.mil.se/index.php?c=news&id=21394

go to the buttom of the page and save "hundarna.zip" (translation: the dogs)

Originally Posted by Charge 7

Rottweilers are used. You can see one in the pic I provided of Royal Marines using war dogs. To my knowledge Staffords are not by any force.

Why are German Shepards overwhelmingly used by more than any other breed? I heard it from another trainer this way, and I think it answers that question best. He said that there are dogs bigger and more powerful than German Shepards, there are dogs that can scent and track better than them, and there are even some who are smarter such as Border Collies, but there are virtually no dogs that can do it all so well in one dog. Only the German Shepard's very close cousins, the Belgian Malinois, Rottweiler, and the Doberman Pinscher can do so well in all those fields. I suspect that only numbers put German Shepards above their cousins as it is the most popular breed in the world. They are certainly my favorite.

I always thought that their longer coats made them more weather resistant (cold) and protected their skin too. That may be a consideration in some cases when selecting the German Shepherd over shorter hair breeds. What do you think?