Military Working Dogs are the unsung heros of war. Military working dogs (MWDs) have served both the military and civilians with their courage and bravery and now it’s time for us to give back and give them good homes when they retire.
A military working dog possesses traits of loyalty, devotion and protectiveness and have the heart of a soldier to do the right thing. In C.D. Watson’s article “Let’s Salute Our Canine Veterans! (Have You Considered Adopting One?),” he explains that their devotion and desire to please their handlers, their courage and intelligence make them superior soldiers. The number of human lives saved as a result of these courageous public servants cannot be minimized.
In an interview with retired Marine Corporal Megan Leavey, Leavey tells of her career in the U.S. Marine Corps with her partner Sergeant Rex, a German Shepard and the bond they shared. Leavey and Rex spent two six month tours together in Iraq and completed over 100 missions as a team. While conducting a vehicle search in Iraq, …show more content…
When the boat began to take on water, the soldiers began unloading their gear into the water. Bessler threw Mike out of the boat so he could swim to shore and jumped over himself after the other soldiers made it to shore. Bessler soon realized that although Mike had mastered other highly advanced tasks but had no training in the water. He grabbed his dog and pulled him to shore. Soon after the incident, Mike stopped searching for bombs. Instead, he was jumpy, on high alert and was always looking around to try and keep Bessler safe, but no longer sniffing for explosives. Bessler took Mike to the 10th group’s lead dog trainer in Baghdad, who had spent some time with the dog and then told Bessler, “ He’s done working.” Bessler and Mike both retired and he adopted Mike and brought him home to live on his farm in
A military working dog possesses traits of loyalty, devotion and protectiveness and have the heart of a soldier to do the right thing. In C.D. Watson’s article “Let’s Salute Our Canine Veterans! (Have You Considered Adopting One?),” he explains that their devotion and desire to please their handlers, their courage and intelligence make them superior soldiers. The number of human lives saved as a result of these courageous public servants cannot be minimized.
In an interview with retired Marine Corporal Megan Leavey, Leavey tells of her career in the U.S. Marine Corps with her partner Sergeant Rex, a German Shepard and the bond they shared. Leavey and Rex spent two six month tours together in Iraq and completed over 100 missions as a team. While conducting a vehicle search in Iraq, …show more content…
When the boat began to take on water, the soldiers began unloading their gear into the water. Bessler threw Mike out of the boat so he could swim to shore and jumped over himself after the other soldiers made it to shore. Bessler soon realized that although Mike had mastered other highly advanced tasks but had no training in the water. He grabbed his dog and pulled him to shore. Soon after the incident, Mike stopped searching for bombs. Instead, he was jumpy, on high alert and was always looking around to try and keep Bessler safe, but no longer sniffing for explosives. Bessler took Mike to the 10th group’s lead dog trainer in Baghdad, who had spent some time with the dog and then told Bessler, “ He’s done working.” Bessler and Mike both retired and he adopted Mike and brought him home to live on his farm in