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taught to search out, overtake and pull down
his quarry. Then he barks to call his master.
Demonstrations of this type of exercise are
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dangerous for general use. If the quarry
gets panicky, or attempts to fight the dog
then there is considerable danger of the dog
crippling or disfiguring him for life. Death
may even ensue. In theory the dogs are
trained to go for the right arm but even in
training, protected by the “quarry arm” (a
heavily padded sleeve) one has a hard time
with most of these animals to keep them
from going over or under the arm and grab-
bing you by the throat.

The R.C.M. Police dog section is thor-
oughly organized and the dogs, after they
have passed their tests, are enrolled in the
force just like their masters. They are even
given regimental numbers and have a per-
sonal history sheet at Headquarters. The
handlers (or dog masters) are recruited
from the ranks by application and suitability
tests. They are stationed at strategic points
throughout Canada so that they can be
taken to the scene of operations with .as
little delay as possible. Each man is respon-
sible for the welfare and training of his dog
or dogs, receives an additional fifty cents a
day as technical pay, and forty to fifty cents
a day (depending on location) for feeding
the dog. They are allowed the use of a car
for transporting the dog to each assignment,
and a careful record is kept of the perform-
ance of each animal and his average of suc-
cessful assignments. If the dog falls down
repeatedly on the job then the dog trainer
checks to find where the fault lies. Usually
it isa case of the dog master not spending
enough time with the dog to keep his four-
footed comrade on the job. You can’t train
a dog and then forget about him until he ts
needed; he has to be constantly put through
his paces. The dog master’s job is to work
the dog every day. If a dog has been spoiled
by lack of practice or faulty handling then
he is put on a refresher course. If he fails
to respond properly he is condemned.

Naturally with a group of men such as
we had at the dog school there were plenty
of discussions about breeding and training
and of course the question was bound to
come up: “Which makes the best police
dog — the German shepherd or the Dober-
mann?” For genuine intelligence, speed and
real adaptability the Dobermann is in a class
by himself; but alas! there’s one fly in the
ointment, he is too highly strung and tem-
peramentally unstable. If you get one with-
out these faults you have the best police dog
in the world. But you can never be sure
you have one, and just about the time you
are convinced that yours is the exception,
bingo! something happens to him and he’s
out of control. It may be impossible to tell
what caused the defection but when it does
happen someone is liable to be nursing some
nasty gashes. I know there are a lot of
Dobermann admirers who will take violent
exception to this statement, but the experi-
ence of police dog schools supports me. It’s
rather a shame that this fault shows up, for
the Dobermann is the answer to the dog
trainer's prayer. He just about trains him-
self. A friend of mine who is a trainer
in the U. S. Army’s K9 corps tells me the
same story. Although the Dobermann is
easier to train than the shepherd, they are

accepting fewer and fewer of them. When
they get up against some of the terrifying
situations of actual combat, especially if
conditions don’t jibe with what he has been
taught to expect by his training, he is apt
to go haywire completely.

I have been asked if I can pass on a little
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to the man in the field where he is faced
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