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The Police Dog
History, Breeds and Service
James R. Engel
April 10, 2010
Also by the author:
Bouvier
des Flandres, The Dogs of Flanders Fields, 1991
Copyright 2010 James R. Engel
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Contents
Preface 1
1 In the Beginning 4
Canine Origins 6
The Herding Heritage 15
Herding or Gathering Dogs 18
Livestock Guardian dogs 19
Tending dogs 21
The Molossers 22
Advent of the Police Dog 28
The Nature of the Beast 35
Show Lines and Working Lines 36
The Right Stuff 43
Protection Dog Requisites 45
2 The Ring and the Trial 50
Selection and Sport 51
The Nature of Sport 54
The Natural Dog 55
The Bouvier Experience 57
Suits and Sleeves 58
Schutzhund 62
The Ringers 70
American Ring 72
The American Experience 74
USCA 77
The European Way 80
A Dog of Your Own 84
Perspective 89
3 Age Old Skills 90
Ethology 93
Terminology 96
Nature and Nurture 108
4 Dog Training 112
Obedience 112
The Koehler Era 114
The Post Koehler Era 117
Purely Positive Training ? 118
The Obedience Class 120
Interaction With Other Dogs 122
The Training Progression 123
Training As Part Of Life 124
The Electronic Hearing Aid 125
What Are Obedience Trials Really ? 126
Wrapping It Up 127
Protection Training 127
Tracking, Trailing and Searching 132
Guns and Dogs 138
5 The Belgian Enigma 141
Belgian Ring Sport 144
Belgian National Entities 146
St. Hubert 147
Kennel Club Belge 147
NVBK 148
The Belgian Shepherds 149
The Laeken 150
The Tervuren 151
The Groenendael 152
The Malinois 153
Berger Belge History 157
In America 162
The Working Malinois Today 164
The Bouvier des Flandres 166
6 The Netherlands 172
The Dutch Shepherd 172
The Dutch Police Dogs 173
7 France 177
French Herding Breeds 177
French Ring Sport 178
8 Germany 187
The German Shepherd 187
Germany Today 193
Home With the Troops 195
The Doberman Pinscher 196
The Rottweiler 199
The Giant Schnauzer 201
The Boxer 202
9 British Origins 203
Edwin Richardson and his Airedale Terriers 203
10 Guardians 206
Family Dog 208
Personal Protection Dog 212
The Junk Yard Dog 219
11 The Police Dog 220
History 220
Training and Deployment 224
Building and Area Search 226
The Crime Scene 228
Tracking and Outdoor Search 229
Object and Substance Detection 229
Explosive, Mine and Bomb Detection 230
Drug Detection 231
Crowd Control 234
Community Relations 234
Administration & Leadership 235
Acquiring the Dogs 238
12 The Dogs of War 240
The Modern Era 242
The Sentry or Guard Dog 244
The Scout Dog 245
The Messenger Dog 247
WWII 248
Vietnam 253
13 Emergence of the Breed 257
Medical Screening: the Road to Extinction ? 261
The Testing Fad 265
Breed And Species Creation 267
Spiral to Oblivion 268
14 The Establishment 273
Fédération Cynologique Internationale 273
The Kennel Club 276
The American Kennel Club 277
Beyond the FCI: KNPV & NVBK 281
The American Working Dog Federation 283
15 Commentaries 291
The Euro Cabal 292
A Shrinking World 300
Creeping Commercialism 302
The German Shepherd, An American Saga 306
Crusade Adrift 314
References 321
Origins &
History 321
Police Dogs 321
Training 322
Appendices 323
Appendix A Canine
Organizations 323
American: 323
European: 324
Appdendix B Terminology 325
Appendix C Registration Statistics 326
American 327
French Registrations 328
Belgian Registrations 329
Netherlands 2004 Registrations 330