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ant on the dog program.Since then Mrs. Erlangerhas worked with leading dogtrainers of this country andallied nations to establish a blueprint for teachers to follow in training dogs. The dogs they have trained in five different centers in the country are -now working in .every combat area where American soldiers fight.Training Five Classes “We are training five different classes, of dogs/' Mrs. Er-langer said in the torrential spill of words with which she discusses her favorite subject. To begin with, of course, there are sentry dogs which accompany a sentry at night. They can scent-an intruder whom the sentry can* neither see nor hear. And they also guard ammunition dumps and food storage plants.“Then there are attack dogs, trained to go out on command after escaping prisoners. The. main thing in their training is to teach them to stop biting once they begin. We are also training combat dogs. They are particularly useful in jungle warfare. Camouflage won't fool them. They go ahead of scouting patrols and give warnings of ambushes or attempts at infiltration.Messengers, Too“Messenger dogs are another important part of the program. All through the jungle scouting patrols need to send messages back to the command post, and dogs can carry-them better than men. Men get lost and make noise. Dogs can slip through all kinds of terrain and can find their way from one outpost to another. They are trained to run between two men —one with the scouting patrol, one at the front lines. Pigeons were used to carry messages in the last war, but they will only fly one way—toward home. The dogs will run both ways.“The fifth class we are training is casualty dogs. They work at the front too. They find the wounded, dash back to their master and report them and then lead him to the spot. In all this work we have had to train men too, for the dogs will work only with the men who are their masters.She Likes PoodlesMrs. Erlanger. who is the mother of a son nowr in service and two grown daughters, no longer maintains her kennels, though she still keeps a few dogs. She does not want to mention breeds in discussing the Army's dc-g training program. But she will tell you the breed she prefers herself. Poodles.eretilt;01abhiSt'ticovwlA4 Fperkepsonere;thn44*betioring4,t'*me;donpordoukV-*,:: v: v.viX ►* *• 1 «*■ *•'/i'.Vviv% • ■ ♦
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Panama City News Herald
Panama City, Florida, US
Tue, Aug 31, 1943
Page 8
Full Page
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