Sarkar Darbar Bureau
Jalandhar : 01 June 2019
2 Army Dog Unit organised ‘Army Dog Technical Demonstration’ for children in Jalandhar Cantt today as a part of Annual Summer Camp 2019 being conducted by Vajra Corps. 120 children of Army families watched the show. Four specialized trained dogs displayed their skills under the guidance of their dog trainers.
2 Army Dog Unit (‘Second to None’) is the only Dog Unit in Western Command area of responsibility. It is the oldest and highly decorated Dog Unit of Indian Army. The Unit dogs along with their handlers have been awarded with 2 Sena Medal Gallantry (Posthumous), Chief of Army Staff Commendation, Vice Chief of Army Staff Commendation, Army Commander Commendation and General Officer Commanding Corps appreciation.
The various categories of Army dogs (‘Force Multipliers’) deployed by 2 Army Dog Unit are Tracker dog, Guard dog, Mine detection dog, Explosive detection dog and Avalanche Rescue dog.
Remount and Veterinary Corps (RVC) is pioneer in Dog Training in India. In Indian Army we Breed, Rear, Train and Deploy these ‘Silent Warriors’. The breeds of dogs which are being trained and deployed by RVC include Labrador, German Shepherd (GSD), Belgian Shepherd (Malinois), Cocker Spaniel and indigenous dog breeds like Mudhol Hound.
These trained dogs are deployed in various operational roles, for guarding vital defence installations, for National events like Independence day and Republic day and also for providing security to VVIPs in Delhi, Haryana, Punjab and Himachal Pradesh.
Children were overjoyed and thrilled to watch the Army Dog Show and applauded the performance of Army Dogs.
