Dogs

[John]

What are they using Military Dogs for in Iraq, and why aren't the US using them?

[bigjarofwasps]

I suppose as explosives sniffer dogs, and to guard the camps.

[Biscuit Brown]

I think they are being used for arms cache searches and tracking terrorists. I doubt they would send guard dogs out there as the none of the british camps eem to be permanent. The guard dogs are a very different kettle of fish. Only the handler can touch them, as they are savage ! Probably not a P.R. winner....

[bigjarofwasps]

Haven`t seen any military guard dogs out here yet, but I`ll keep an eye out for you.

There`s loads of stray dogs kicking round the place if that helps any, interestingly all the ones I`ve seen have all been the same colour?

[bigjarofwasps]

Well its been a few months now, and can confirm that I still haven`t seen any military dogs.

I can however confirm that the stray dogs are not all the same colour, I`ve seen a wide varity of colours, shapes and sizes, now. A few cats and birds. One of the guys claimed to have seen a desert hedgehog the other morning, but this report is yet to be confirmed.

There seems to be no shortage of dead horses either, especially on the way into Basrah.

[Guest paracollector]

Military dogs are there, you just don't hear about them unless they are chewing up a prisoner. Here is a short article about how you can support US Military dogs in Iraq.

http://www.xeal.com/articles/Support_Sough...id_Military.htm

John