And loyal they remain to their last breath. Little wonder that they are so much of an asset in the Army, where in the background of thousands of lives lost to mines and other 
explosives on the borders, they have successfully detected explosives and saved precious human lives. “A dog army of 12,000 specialised canine breeds, mostly Labradors, German Shepherds and Belgian Shepherd dogs, is in place in the Indian Army,” Lieutenant Colonel S S Kashyap said to an agency last year. Many Army dogs have won Shaurya Chakras and special commendations from the Chief of Army Staff. Their services are utilised even by the UN Peacekeeping Forces.
Railway Protection Force (RPF) too has dog training centres at Delhi and Podanur in Coimbatore, Tamil
Nadu. “German Shepherds, Labrador Retrievers and Dobermans are being trained. Six dogs are currently undergoing training and 13 are ready for passing out from Zonal Training Centre (ZTC) at Podanur,’’ says Neenu Ittyerah, Chief Public Relation Officer, Southern Railway. “Chief Security Commissioner is nominating a committee with three gazetted officers for procurement of pups from popular registered private kennels and breeders with KCI certificates,’’ she says. Ittyerah recollects with pride a dog named Rita in the Trichy division who solved a murder case of Kayatharu village police station in January 1985. Last month, ‘Hira’ detected an explosive at Malda divison of the Eastern Railway station.....Continue
explosives on the borders, they have successfully detected explosives and saved precious human lives. “A dog army of 12,000 specialised canine breeds, mostly Labradors, German Shepherds and Belgian Shepherd dogs, is in place in the Indian Army,” Lieutenant Colonel S S Kashyap said to an agency last year. Many Army dogs have won Shaurya Chakras and special commendations from the Chief of Army Staff. Their services are utilised even by the UN Peacekeeping Forces.Railway Protection Force (RPF) too has dog training centres at Delhi and Podanur in Coimbatore, Tamil
Nadu. “German Shepherds, Labrador Retrievers and Dobermans are being trained. Six dogs are currently undergoing training and 13 are ready for passing out from Zonal Training Centre (ZTC) at Podanur,’’ says Neenu Ittyerah, Chief Public Relation Officer, Southern Railway. “Chief Security Commissioner is nominating a committee with three gazetted officers for procurement of pups from popular registered private kennels and breeders with KCI certificates,’’ she says. Ittyerah recollects with pride a dog named Rita in the Trichy division who solved a murder case of Kayatharu village police station in January 1985. Last month, ‘Hira’ detected an explosive at Malda divison of the Eastern Railway station.....Continue