A different kind of Obama dog

Is there a dog in Barack Obama’s future? You bet there is.

No, we’re not talking about a Labradoodle or Portuguese Water Dog. This is much more serious.

On inauguration day in Washington D.C., the Secret Service will provide ample protection for the incoming President in the form of four military police dogs. Their assignment: Make sure there’s no trouble during the Presidential inauguration next Tuesday.

In a news release issued by the Armed Forces Press Service, Army Staff Sgt. Sarah Goulart, a training noncommissioned officer in charge for the 947^th Military Police Detachment, said: “The dogs that are going to be going out there … [are] patrol certified. That means they can do security missions, [and] if they need to be released on somebody, they can be released to detain them.”

The dogs, from Fort Myer, Va., are expert bomb sniffers but will also work crowd control during the inaugural festivities. In their regular jobs, they work at least four hours a week in explosives detection and patrol training.

Among the dogs is the one pictured here, Mike, shown working with his K-9 handler, Army Staff Sgt. Daniel Konrardy.

Now, let’s see a Labradoodle or Portuguese Water Dog sniff out a bomb.

Comments

[Belle - the Dog with a pet Human]

If you taught a Portuguese how to, yes. But, she'd be distracted by food nearby and raid a picnic table instead. I have a friend who's adopted two former police service dogs. They are friendly - rigid (understandably so)...but the small one and the large one; they weren't K-9 unit dogs, but they could walk off leashes. My friend's cat had gotten out of the house, and they walked on either side to protect him!
There- I was nice. I do expect you'll try and intimidate me somehow, and am always on my guard.
If you are trying to be cruel, then let me know that my comments mean absolutely nothing to you, and I'll stay away from the blog. Do you realize that the Portuguese Water Dogs basically protected the fisherman like a police squad while keeping the plague off boats? Read about it. They kick ass, and would save your ass. I'll tell you the shark story sometime if you can refrain from jumping all over these breads.
You kind of scare me. I won't waste my time...