What kind of dogs are taken into the military for duty?

My father said a military man took my doberman in and was planning to train him to take to iraq.

For some reason I smell bullshit to high heaven. What I think my father really did was put my dobie down.



So to confirm this, does the military accept dogs like dobermans? Or is it only german shepards?What kind of dogs are taken into the military for duty?Dogs aren't taken in to train from random sources. The dogs are purchased from select breeders who specifically breed for this type of work. The early (as in WWII) war dog programs took in privately owned dogs to train but those times are long past. The most common breed is Mals along with GSD, but other breeds are used depending on the work. While Dobermans were used heavily in the past (look at some of the books and other documentation on the early war dog programs) they are not typically used as sadly most are now too weak nerved or too low drive for this type of work and those that are suitable are going to cost more than the military is going to pay.

So to answer what I'm guessing your basic question is no your father did not take your dog it for training. What he really did with him only he knows.What kind of dogs are taken into the military for duty?Military Working Dogs are trained from puppies to be either Bomb sniffing or Drug sniffing dogs. Primarily they will be German Shepherds, Belgian Malinois, and the like. Although certain other breeds like labs and beagles have been used in small numbers. Never once heard of the US military using Dobermans ever. Also we breed our own, we don't go buy them from private owners.What kind of dogs are taken into the military for duty?My husband works with all labs.