Saturday, September 12, 2015

Learn More About Military Dog Adoption

By Daphne Bowen


A dog; its purportedly mans best friend. Its loyalty to man cannot be doubted and its nature is also welcoming. With these factors in mind most people love to use dogs, even the military loves to use dogs in their ranks. In most cases the uses of the military dog adoption vary from time to time. The military in the snow capped mountains use the dogs as sledge pullers while those in the forests use these dogs as sniffer dogs to sniff out contraband in some locations they use the dogs to carry cargo.

As initially mentioned the military that we know is some protocol and order and in this case once the dogs are done with their service, there is some protocol to be followed in the case of adoption of these dogs. They are put up for these programs within the force and if none is interested in these dogs then they usually are put up for these services to other government institutes and if by any chance there are still some dogs left then they are set up for adoption to the ex-service men as they have the skill of handling them and finally the general public may take up the last dogs.

Once all the set protocols are met just before release to the public there are various considerations put in place, these dogs level of aggressiveness is also considered because if a dog is highly aggressive then the dog is not deemed fit for the public. Its aggressive nature will make them more of a nuisance to the public since it will do more harm than good. In many cases the highly aggressive dogs are not released to the public.

The level of dependency also determines if a military dog will be put up for adoption. In an instance whereby the animal is injured or due to its high level of training the dog needs a constant companion then the dog will rarely be placed under these programs as it will be more harm than good to the handler unless he or she will be willing to put up with the high level of need that the dog has. In case they are injured then the handler needs to be very patient by nature.

By nature there are some dog breeds that outlive others they tend to have a longer lifespan than others. In the case that a dog has a longer lifespan than others they tend to serve for longer than the other dog breeds. At some point, also the experience may be the reason their military service is prolonged as they are used for very special services.

Some dogs are placed under these programs early in their life. This is not for being useless as they have been observed to be very intelligent thus to protect this genetic line they are placed for adoption on the condition that the particular dog will be sustained for breeding purposes as that particular trait has to be sustained.

These adoptions for the dogs save lives of not only one but many dogs and the future generations, they are given a second chance to life and they may live their normal span of life while doing something good for a change and as a result continue the span of life saving.

Adoption is an option that almost all dogs in the forces should be given since they all get that new start away from their norms of life. As a result they also help in saving the lives of many.




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