too much cute. can't stop clicking. woof!

[rmd]

i'm a sucker for working dogs (dogs with jobs! dogs love to have jobs!), so i cannot stop clicking back page by page in this thread on militaryphotos.net of military dogs.

dogs in agility training! dogs laying down next to their handlers! running dogs! jumping dogs! sniffing dogs! guard dogs! PARACHUTING DOGS!

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[kjc.livejournal.com]

DOGGIES! OMG! doggydoggydoggydoggy WOOF!!!

New thing I heard on a random animal channel drama - they're now training dogs to attack while having the dogs wear muzzles and the "bad guy" in regular clothes.

This is a change from the old way of having them chew on the safety armor, because it apparently mis-trains the dog to focus on the clothing. So once they've got the clothing stripped off, the stop attacking. Or if the perp wriggles out of his clothing, they don't continue to hold the *person*.

The new way has the dogs focusing on the bad guy's person instead of his clothing.

[rmd.livejournal.com]

interesting. it makes sense, though.