or patrol work;Later recruits were limited torthe German ' shephard,. which : through the war years., proved to. be better all arpuml for:'handling and training purposes. -A.Iso • the color of its coal, almost a 'camou-£lage in itself; won it first consideration.Scout dogs were especially useful In jungle fighting'm the South Pacific, where they could scent a man 300 to'400 yards away, Trained to alert and pointvletterprsbirdt■