Ex-IDF Dog Now Protects And Serves In Montana
If you like The Dog Files please join our Facebook Fan Page at http://www.facebook.com/dogfiles Also, follow us on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/dogfiles By Tali Minsberg For The Jerusalem Post An IDF-trained dog by the name of Miky has put the Police Department of Helena, Montana on the map in recent days. Miky, who was trained in […]
Meet The Army Dogs Of Fort Meade
If you like The Dog Files please join our Facebook Fan Page at http://www.facebook.com/dogfiles Here’s four of the dogs I’ve been filming at Fort Meade. Bubba (below) is a Labrador Retriever. He is a certified off leash bomb detection dog which means he about one hundred feet away from his handler while looking for explosives. […]
War Dogs — What Happens When Canines Go to Combat
Today, we’d like to tip our hats to an unlikely hero: America’s warrior dogs. Man’s best friend has been an invaluable soldier-companion for many years. They were vital in the Pacific campaign of WWII, a topic explored by documentary director Harris Done in “War Dogs of the Pacific.” (Done is currently working on a second […]
Iraqi Man, Lucky Dog Reunite After Baghdad Blast
By Hamid Ahmed (AP) BAGHDAD — The owner of a dog that miraculously survived a massive bombing returned to his collapsed home Wednesday to be reunited with his pet, stunning neighbors who thought he was dead. The ginger-colored dog was spotted chained to a roof railing and standing on a wall ledge over the collapsed […]
Georgia Girl Scouts Make Care Packages For K-9 Troops
By Erika Adolphus For 13WMAZ.com Some Central Georgia Girl Scouts are working to send a little bit of home to some four-legged troops deployed overseas. Troop 60667 worked to make care packages for U.S. Military working dog teams in combat zones. A team includes both the dog and its handler. The special canines are trained […]
Military Working Dog Bows Out Gracefully
From Elmendorf Air Force Base ELMENDORF AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska — In September 2001 a German Sheppard puppy named “Benjo” was selected to be a military working dog. On September 11, 2003, Benjo arrived at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas and was put through the rigorous process to become a military working dog. Although few […]
Dog Story "Nubs" Being Developed For Big Screen
By Steven Zeitchik For Reuters LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) – Warner Bros. is going to the dogs, signing on to acquire and develop “Nubs,” a feel-good story of a pooch and a U.S. Marine based on a publishing sensation. “Nubs” tells the story of a stray dog that Maj. Brian Dennis rescued while on a […]
Homeless Dogs Help Healing Troops
By Fred W. Baker III For Army.com WASHINGTON (American Forces Press Service) – Lawrence Minnis never met a dog he didn’t like. “I want just about every dog I see,†the Army captain said with a laugh. Minnis is especially fond of pit bulls, and he somewhat resembles his favorite breed — broad-shouldered, stocky and […]
No Dog Left Behind
NO DOG LEFT BEHIND (Sun. Nov 15 at 10 PM on Military Channel) is a heartwarming documentary that reveals the power of the human-animal bond to comfort, heal and inspire the best in people in the worst of times and to find their humanity in the midst of dehumanizing conditions. It is a story about […]