Getting Informed About Contract Working Dogs

By Amy Taylor


History has it that the first animal that got the opportunity to be a mans companion was the dog. These animals have been given the priority of helping people even during wars. Military working dogs have been with the service men helping them restore peace. However, they have seemed to be few and since the defense department had information about contract working dogs the employed their services too.

Many people have limited information concerning this kind of dogs. Understanding them better needs one to understand how they came to existence. As mentioned above, initially these military dogs have been the help of soldiers. When they became scarce, there was no time to train new dogs that is why it was opted to enter into contracts with companies for these helpful animals.

These companies have a heavy task of ensuring that they train them to attain the recommended standards for military activities mainly. It is tough but the only way through. The training should cover rescue sessions, combat and also detection of hidden explosives. The animal can only be flown to their destination once they have mastered all these skills.

The fact that the animal is day in day out with the military does not change the ownership from the company to the defense. It will remain to be a private property owned by the contracted company which has the sole duty to maintain its welfare. The soldiers will only be providing feeding and guiding them to their kennels after a mission.

Though viewed as heroes, this class of heroes undergo lots of sufferings. There has never been an agreement on how these sorrows can be dealt upon. The animals are treated as laborers where their sole duty is working without any rest including the two-week break enjoyed by all soldiers. More so, they are usually not included in the unit rotation as the others.

The worst is when the dog becomes incapacitated by either an injury, sickness or even age. The user has no obligation of ensuring the animals goes back to the owner. It lies upon the company to keep track of how their canines are progressing and undertake the role of transporting them back home whenever they cannot work anymore.

If the dog due to insufficient training ends up deserting their masters, they will face the same known punishment of facing a death squad something that may not be their fault. There are instances when the company will not want to deal with a dog that cannot be of help to them. These animals are left in their kennels dejected.

However, a good note is that adopting a contract dog is easy than a military dog. This adoption has turned to be the only way to help these almost fallen soldiers. However, before settling to adopt, you need to be ready to train the animals into becoming domestic. This is important since the canine can be combative, hostile and aggressive something not good at home.




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