Graham Vest stated, “the one absolutely unselfish friend a man may have in this selfish world….is the dog” at a Missouri trial in 1870, over 500 years after the first instalment of dogs in civil services (Orbaan, 15). Unlike man, canines possess a courageous attribute that does not fail even in the moment of an emergency and will not back down to daily challenges that may arise on the job each day. Law enforcement agencies around the world, both big and small, employ canines to assist officers in the field. Therefore, canine units have become an integral part of law enforcement around the world, yet to be able to detect bombs, drugs, or the like, canines and their handlers, must undergo extensive training to ensure “familiarization” between man and dog and its purpose.
Moreover, on record, France was the first to use dogs for civil protection-patrolling the perimeter of Saint Malo in the early 1300s (Chapman, 8). Yet, it was not until 1899, in Ghent, Belgium, would there be schools for dogs to be trained for use in law enforcement. By 1906, 120 men were working with between 50 and 60 dogs. However, as you can see by the popularity of canine units today, canine training schools did not stay within the boundaries of Ghent, but diffused to other European countries before spreading around the world as well. In 1910, the 1987 British Home Office report stated, “the first use of dogs in law enforcement in England…more closely resembled an informal operation” (Chapman, 11). Therefore, England’s role in the development of canine units has become common knowledge in American homes today, although they are not the true developers of such a productive special unit in law enforcement.
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...ing to serve the world’s civil services and law enforcement agencies to their fullest. However to keep reinforce the extensive training both dog and handler endure, repetition and extended practice each week will keep the bond strong and performance level at their peak.
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K9 dogs ar expected to perform well in varied things, like finding a suspect through smell, protective its handler, finding hidden objects in an exceedingly 150’x150′ space, knowing a way to respond once under attack, and sleuthing explosives and narcotics. Before a handler will begin operating with a dog as a political candidate working dog, the dog should pass the normative police check, or may be bought, absolutely ready, from Master Dog coaching.
Throughout the world there are many different countries that contain diverse cultures, religions, and life styles. There is however certain aspects within these countries and cultures that acts as a common ground between one another. One dominant aspect is the existence of dogs within these cultures. Dogs are common throughout the world, either as a domestic pet, a protector on a farm, or an assistant for hunting; amongst others. Regardless of the reason for having a dog most people have either owned one for themselves or has known somebody who has owned one at some point in their life. Despite the relative normality of having a dog in your life in one way or another, the reasons for dogs coming into existence is not common knowledge among most people. Throughout a great portion of mankind’s history dogs have been an essential part of life. The truth is dogs were actually created in part by man. It was evolution from wolves in the form of natural and artificial selection that brought dogs into existence (Harris 3). This is the most modern and widely excepted theory at this time, however this was not always the case considering the theory of evolution in of itself is relatively new in our society. After evolution as a theory was accepted there were several other variations on the theory such as, the evolution being from jackals opposed to wolves, and artificial selection being the only form of evolution to have taken place. According to Jarret A Lobell and Eric A Powell of Archaeology magazine “The idea that dogs were domesticated from jackals was long ago discarded in favor of the notion that dogs descend from the gray wolf (2)”. As for the theory that artificial selection ...
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The Military Working Dog or MWD is a very well recognized asset throughout the world. There is evidence that these silent heroes have lived, fought and served along
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The inadequate knowledge of dog psychology in owners not only unveils their neglect of responsibility, but models their poor assessment in dog behavior pertaining to the individual breed; in addition, it confirms their shortage of precautionary measures to suppress aggression within the dog. In Dawn Kapp’s “It’s More About Owner Than Dog,” owners overlook their incapacity to meet the desires of the certain breed. When a person acquires an animal, its essential to acknowledge all “responsibility.” And by this, owners must study about the precise breed, it’s personality type and be able train and “socialize” them. Some owners however, discount the need to adjust early signs of dis...
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Dogs are wonderful creatures. They are loyal, dependable companions if given the opportunity. In recent years I have come to the opinion that we could learn something from these animals. We should also take a look at the manner in which they are being treated. Abandonment, irresponsible breeding, and neglect are only some of the ways that humans are failing the canine species.
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