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The British Police and Services Canine Association 

Contents 

4 Editorial 

4 New Members 

Editor 

Keith Long ISM 

42 Greenacres 

Ossett 

West Yorkshire 

WF5 9RX 

Tel: 01924 216844 

New Mobile: 077 1212 9984 

email: 

kdlong@blueyonder.co.uk 

Membership Secretary 

John Warbutton 

6 Meadway Crescent 

Selby 

North Yorkshire 

YO8 4FX 

Tel 07841 472 542 

email: johnbpsca@aol.com 

Secretary 

Pete Taylor ISM 

PO Box 42 

Hornsea 

HU18 1WQ 

Tel 01964 536833 

Fax 01964 437979 

email: zulu.one@talktalk.net 

4 BPSCA Committee 

5 Secretary's Report 

7 Heath Working Dog Club 

8 Punishment and Reward 

12 Sadie gets her Medal! 

14 Heart of Helmand 

20 The Raymond Maggs Trophy 

20 Reader's Comments 

25 Membership Application Forms 

27 Vets Corner 

The copy deadline for 

next issue is 23 July 2007. 

On the cov er: 

Sadie gets her medal 

- see page 12 

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British Police and Services Canine Association 

Editorial 

It only seems like yesterday when I was 

preparing the last edition of the BPSCAs 

Service Dog issue 46. Time stops for no 

one (Was it Queen who sang that?). It 

will not be long now to our annual event 

the BPSCA Inter Services Competition. 

The competition, we like to believe as, a 

friendly do between the different Services 

and a day out for their families in a friendly 

atmosphere with plenty of goodies to 

eat and refreshments. Unfortunately my 

youngest son gets married on the same 

day (I tried to dissuade him from that 

particular date - much to my wife’s wrath). 

If anyone would like to wield a good high 

resolution camera and take some photos 

for me I would be eternally grateful. The 

competition is also open to associate 

members who in the past have shown an 

enthusiastic and exceptional performance. 

By the way this event is open to any 

members of the forces involved in Dogs to 

New Members 

- From 15 FEBRUARY 2007 

Subscribing Members: 

Members: 

Mr. L.P. Webb, Mr. B.J. Wood, Mr. 

C. Place. 

Mr, A,G, Lightfoot, Mr. D. Roy. Mr. 

J. Arnold, Mr. J. Goddard. 

Mr. S.R. Murrant, Mr. N.D. Morrow, 

Mr N. Dalrymple. 

Mr L.E. Oldfield 

Associate Members: 

Mr. P. Mehmi, Mr. A.Dolman, Mr. 

W.T. Craig, Mr. R. Douglas 

attend. You do not have to be a serving 

member of the services to attend. 

On another note I would like to thank 

Fred Perrie for his last article. His opinions 

did create some concern with some of our 

readers. I have published their comments 

but taken out any personal comments 

about Sam. As a dog handler myself in 

the Prison Service I have always enjoyed 

many debates on probably all aspects of 

dog training and dog psychology. Most 

of us found that through debate and 

experience we were able to achieve 

better standards with our dogs and a 

considerable wealth of knowledge. 

Many thanks to those of you who have 

contributed to the magazine in particular 

Lt Col (Retd) B J Williams MBE Editor of 

Chiron Calling. 

Hope you enjoy the trials, have a great 

day and I hope you enjoy this issue. Ed. 

BPSCA 

Committee 

Members 

President 

Chairman 

Vice Chairman 

Secretary 

Membership 

Secretary 

Editor 

Treasurer 

Website Manager 

Charity Organizers 

Committee 

Paul Walters 

Colin Huskins 

Colin Srtinger 

Stan Hazlewood 

Bill Kramer 

Sam Perrie 

Dave Hollis 

Steve Allen 

Sam Mackay 

Ron Stanley 

Peter Taylor 

John Warbutton 

Keith Long 

Steve Ferguson 

Spike Forbes 

Liz Read (Hon) 

Nancy Smith (Hon) 

Dave Fletcher 

Jim Nunn 

Mark Adams 

Mick Steel 

Sara Rowlands 

Mark Brittle 

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Secretary’s Report 

The British Police and Services Trials are nearly 

upon us and your committee are working 

tirelessly to ensure that it is once again the 

success, that we have come to expect from such 

a prestigious event in the dog world. 

They are being held at the Prison Service 

College, Newbold Revel on July 7th starting 

at 0930 hrs. 

We can do our bit but we do need the 

competitors to ensure that success, and that is 

where you come in... If you have ever fancied 

the idea of competing with your dog, then 

why not have a go, you will be most welcome 

and who knows it may be you who is this years 

worthy winner. 

But if you don’t relish the idea of competing 

then do come along and give your support to the 

competitors, it will be great to see you there. 

The Association continue to go from strength 

to strength and the trials is a fun way of 

meeting our fellow members. We have even 

ordered the weather, but not the wind as we 

had last year. 

Hopefully I shall see you there please, please 

introduce yourselves. 

May I on behalf of all your committee 

wish you and yours all the best for a great 

summer. 

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Heath Working Dog Club 

My first contact with the Heath Working Dog club 

was in October 2006. I had just lost my two and 

half year old Malinois Police dog due to illness 

and I was looking for a replacement. 

A couple of contacts put me in touch with Ron 

Stanley and I was quickly invited down to the 

club, where I was told that there were several 

Mals training on a weekly basis and people there 

who may be able to help source a new dog. 

I was greeted warmly and made to feel very 

welcome from day one. I was immediately 

impressed with the enthusiasm and knowledge of 

the members, some of which 

had just finished night shifts 

and had come straight to the 

club from work. If that’s not 

dedication I don’t what is! 

After a couple of visits , Ron 

and Colin his trusty sidekick 

invited me to judge their 

club competition. As I had 

also been invited to judge 

other events later in the year, 

I jumped at the chance and 

quickly said yes. March soon 

came, and along with my 

work partner Chris Dibbs, my 

Steward for the day, arrived 

at the club as the competitors 

began to turn up. 

I paced out the arena 

with Chris and decided to 

incorporate the 3” hurdle and 

long jump into the obedience, 

rather than splitting them 

up. This proved to be no problem at all in the 

final analysis. 

The obedience was done on the lead first at 

normal pace, this gave the dogs the chance 

to settle and then we could see them at their 

best. Then leads off and into the normal leash 

free up to the hurdle, then into double where 

they were brought to halt before the retrieve, 

followed by slow pace with dog left in the sit 

for the recall. 

All competitors gave good accounts of 

themselves with particular praise going to John 

Davison and Dennis the MAL, Mark Adams and 

Tyson Gsd, Jim Smidtz ,Simba Gsd and Damian 

O’Donnell and Baron also Gsd. 

Looking at some of the dogs initially I couldn’t 

wait for the criminal work. 

After a lovely cup of coffee and finding another 

coat, Ron and I set up the criminal work as Chris 

was on afternoons and sadly had to leave. 

The tests were again straight forward.Two 

running men, one innocent and one straight 

chase. The idea was for the dog to totally ignore 

the standing man and focus on the runner. This 

was followed by a very angry stick man. 

To say the standard was excellent would be 

an understatement and some of the dogs would 

not have been out of place at 

any Service dog competition 

in the UK. 

I was able to debrief the 

competitors after each 

individual round and give 

them their marks. How we 

laughed when the weapon 

could not be found! 

Again individual praise has 

to go to John, Mark and Jim 

who impressed with the bite 

work and control. As for the 

others who were snapping 

at their heels, it was obvious 

with the time and attention to 

detail that the club offers, that 

there are one or two others 

not far behind them. 

When the marks were 

totted up, it was no surprise 

that these were the final 

placings: 

1st - John Davison and Dennis were overall 

winners and winners of the criminal work 

trophy. 

2nd - Mark Adams and Tyson 

3rd - Jim Smidtz and Simba 

4th - Damian O’Donnell and Baron 

Overall the standard was very good and a 

testament to the enthusiasm of Ron and Colin 

who tirelessly strive for excellence. Also a big 

thank you to all the members who made the 

day such an enjoyable outing, their enthusiasm 

and dedication to their dogs was so refreshing 

to see. Look forward to seeing you all at Service 

Dog 2007. 

Denis Attard 

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Punishment and Reward 

There have always been those people around who 

try to treat dogs and other animals as people. By 

so doing they are inadvertently doing the animals 

a complete disservice. Apart from the fact that 

a dog never lies, nor cheats, speaks ill of its 

friends behind their backs, commits fraud, preys 

on weaker older members of the same species , 

sexually abuses their young, takes drugs, rapes, 

or wages war. 

A dog also asks for far less from the people 

with whom it lives than most humans themselves 

demand as a right. This must surely be considered 

to be unacceptable behaviour on the part of these 

people, especially as the animal concerned was 

never consulted, nor did it volunteer to live with 

the people controlling its life. 

Besides this, these “do gooders” in our society 

stand convicted of many other facets of cruel 

and illogical treatment of animals. Whether it 

manifests itself in a totally unsuitable diet that 

shortens natural lifespan of the poor creatures, or 

of “rescuing” wild species and semi domesticating 

them before releasing them back into the wild 

where they will then be totally unsuited to the 

survival skills that a human surrogate parent can 

never hope to teach them. This inevitably results 

in their quality of life being intolerable until 

they finally succumb to the harsh realities of the 

laws of nature and the strange unaccustomed 

environment and the perils of life in the wild. 

Then there are those who go to absurd lengths 

to preserve life at all costs; treating sick and 

injured animals both wild and domesticated 

which inevitably results in some of them being 

forced to endure unnecessary additional pain, fear, 

discomfort and loss of dignity for weeks on end 

and in many cases for long after they should have 

been humanely released from such impositions 

and painlessly destroyed. All this, simply because 

someone could not bear to suffer the mental 

heartache of losing them. Can they not see that 

the animal they profess to care for and love is no 

longer the same creature any more and should 

not be kept alive by medication and tortured in 

this way simply because it would make their kind 

and loving owners sad? 

This attitude is responsible for three legged 

dogs. Two legged dogs on wheeled trolleys, blind, 

incontinent dogs or cats that are bewildered 

and afraid at the changes in their personal 

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environment, incapable of keeping even the 

blandest most unappetising food down, sad 

little creatures whose bodies are little more than 

skin and bone and those that are having to be 

cleaned as they defecate and urinate where 

they lie because they are no longer capable of 

going outside any more. Are these the actions 

of humane and caring animal lovers? What price 

dignity and the quality of life that even a sewer rat 

enjoys in the slums of a third world conurbation, 

which is currently being denied our beloved and 

cherished pets? 

Animals for the most part are fairly honest 

predictable creatures. Intrigue and deceit are 

foreign to them. Their lives are based upon 

instinctive actions and reactions to different 

situations with which they are presented and 

are, for the most part governed by pragmatic 

solutions and logical commonsense. 

This makes it a little illogical on the part of 

the self proclaimed “Dog Whisperers” of our 

modern society and those self appointed Dog 

Psychiatrists, Animal Behaviourists and the like 

who foist themselves on to the general (and usually 

gullible) dog owning public, most of whom appear 

to accept them with hardly a murmur. 

Amongst these well meaning but illogical 

people are those whose basic philosophy 

seems to be based upon the “Absolutely no 

punishment - training by reward only” system 

of dog training. 

Now, with the greatest respect I would suggest 

that even a farm bred mongrel bitch knows better 

than that. If she did not punish her whelps for 

behaving badly they would never integrate into 

the pack system which is the ONLY way that dogs, 

both in the wild and in the home know how to 

behave and co-exist with their peers. Neither does 

the bitch reward good behaviour with a titbit or 

a game with a tennis ball. 

These “sweet” talkers and “dog lovers” 

are attempting to change the natural and 

fundamental rules of nature itself which cannot 

possibly be a logical precept and even if it were it 

could hardly be considered to be an improvement. 

Even though dogs have been domesticated for 

many thousands of years they still retain the 

pack instinct as well as many of their other 

natural traits. 

There are literally thousands of instances of

“kindly” animal trainers and handlers whose 

charges have misinterpreted kindness for 

weakness and have ended up trying to be the 

“pack leader,” themselves or at least of trying 

to ascend the “pecking order” as high as they 

possibly could, which is their natural way of 

behaving. Some of the more naturally dominant 

animals have ended turning on their owners or 

handlers and biting them; in some cases even 

killing and trying to eat their supposedly “kindly” 

keepers who were ill advisedly attempting 

to prevent them from following their basic 

instincts. 

These instances range from long serving Zoo 

Keepers, Lion tamers. Circus performers and 

Wild life naturalists down to Hunt servants with 

hound packs to Guard Dog handlers, Show dog 

breeders and working trials enthusiasts 

who have all made the mistake 

of treating the animal as a 

friend and an equal, rather 

than first imposing their 

authority upon them and 

establishing themselves 

as their leader and 

they as the followers 

and subordinates and 

have paid the price of 

such folly. 

When dealing with 

animals one must first 

establish oneself as their 

perceived pack leader and 

then as their friend - in that order. 

Having said that, it does not mean 

that the leader has to continually harass beat, 

hurt, or humiliate their charges in order to be the 

pack leader. In the animal kingdom the pack leader 

is not forever bullying his (or her) subordinates, 

but rather they are simply obliged to prevent them 

from getting above their station. The pack leader 

does not normally start a fight with any of his 

pack, he simply vigorously defends his perceived 

territory and his personal rights whenever aspiring 

pack leaders attempt to usurp them These rights 

include such aspects as, his territory his females 

his resting place or vantage point and his right to 

be first to eat and drink. These are the privileges 

of pack leadership that they will defend against 

all comers in order to retain their position and 

they do not achieve this by kindness and without 

the use of punishment. 

This behaviour is natural and immutable in the 

pack animal. How many people have been so 

misguided as to take a young puppy back to see 

its mother at six or seven months of age “as a 

treat for its mother” only to see the bitch attack its 

own whelp with such noise and apparent ferocity 

that the owners fear for the puppy’s safety and 

remark that the bitch has never simply flown at 

another dog in that manner before. Yet, on her 

own territory where she is the “Senior dog” the 

puppy represents a threat to her leadership, so 

she rapidly and forcefully establishes the “pecking 

order”. This does not always happen of course 

but whenever it does it is never ever done by 

kindness alone. 

It is even more likely to occur when the puppy 

has reached maturity and the bitch is nursing a new 

litter, or when some other proud breeder of their 

first litter brings the sire into the whelping 

kennel “to have a first glimpse of his 

children” only to see the bitch 

fly at the poor dog with teeth 

bared and murderous intent 

showing in her eyes. 

Experienced dog owners 

may find such situations 

unbelievable, but I can 

assure them that this 

really does happen. 

In the situation where 

the bitch has puppies she 

is attacking the “intruders” 

for an entirely different 

reason, of course, but the 

results are precisely the same. 

All I am pointing out here is that the 

intruder has “done something wrong” and the 

bitch is teaching them the error of their ways and 

she is certainly not doing so by kindness alone 

and without the use of punishment. 

Because of these inherent and instinctive traits 

even the softest and most laid back of dogs as well 

as the hardest and most aggressive guard dogs DO 

NEED TO BE KEPT UP ON THEIR OBEDIENCE, so 

that their handlers and trainers can demonstrate 

to them that they are, in fact their pack leaders 

and so preclude the possibility of the dog making 

what a human being would consider to be a “take 

over bid” but which the dog would perceive to be 

a perfectly natural progression and an acceptable 

way of life. Not every dog will aspire to being the 

pack leader, of course, but every dog will be driven 

to explore and determine its personal position in 

the “pecking order” within the structured society 

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that epitomises the pack animal. 

In the days when National Service Dog Handlers 

were being sent home from abroad they were 

all made to leave their fully trained guard dogs 

behind. These dogs had only ever been handled 

and tended by one man for the past eighteen 

months to a year and were trained to attack 

any intruder on sight. In spite of this, none 

of them were ever simply destroyed as being 

unmanageable; they all had to be taken over by 

new and sometimes completely inexperienced 

handlers I have never yet seen a really hard 

and aggressive Guard Dog taken over by a new 

handler by using only titbits and sweet talk. It 

will work in the initial stages, of course, where 

the new handler can keep on the right side of 

the aggressive dog and take him for walks and 

never make him do anything he does not wish 

to do but there comes a time when the handler 

requires the dog to do something that he does 

not want to do like making him “leave” in the 

middle of a suit attack. Or, without risking a 

serious bite, separate his dog from another dog 

in the event of a fight. Holding his dog whilst 

someone in a white coat creeps up from behind 

and takes its temperature. Giving his dog a tablet 

or some other form of medication, without first 

having to wrap it in a titbit. Grooming the dog 

without needing to muzzle it beforehand and 

generally being in complete control when it comes 

to deciding what is best for the dog in terms of 

health and welfare. 

With these dogs that had been trained to bite, 

none of this could possibly be done with kind 

words and tit bits alone. I am referring here to 

guard dogs that were quite capable of killing a 

man and in some cases had actually done so. 

These individuals who call themselves Animal 

Behaviourists and Dog Whisperers and who 

advocate the training of dogs without any form 

of compulsion at all, have their own method 

of dealing with an animal with this sort of 

temperament they simply declare them to be 

“Unsuitable” for training; have them painlessly 

destroyed and then select dogs that will slavishly 

follow a titbit around held in the trainer’s hand 

and will even dance around on its hind legs to 

music for it. 

Is this really what is meant by kindness to 

animals? Does anyone really believe that this 

is what nature intended any dog to do? I think 

not. The exhibition of performing wild animals 

in the circus ring was stopped and declared 

illegal by Act of Parliament many years ago as 

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being degrading to the poor beasts. Is it no less 

degrading to domesticated animals of today, 

making them act like the old dancing bears and 

the Lion Taming acts in the circus? No matter how 

much they appear to be enjoying it? Whether or 

not the animal enjoys being made to perform like 

a slavish human clown does not come into it. 

Anyone who exhibits a dancing bear in this country 

nowadays will be breaking the law, whether the 

bear looked as though it was enjoying it or not. 

Should people be allowed to treat their dogs with 

any less consideration? 

Whilst on the subject of “forcible” correction it 

must be pointed out that punishment does not 

necessarily mean starving the dog and beating it 

half to death in order to impose ones will upon 

it. In the first place the punishment or correction 

must fit the “crime” and may range from a sharp 

verbal rebuke for a minor infringement, to a swift 

and painful blow for the more serious crimes of 

biting his handler or of worrying livestock. 

Every punishment should be severe enough to 

fit the “crime”. But, having said that, relatively 

minor punishments or even the more severe ones 

cannot be simply done away with altogether in 

the name of “kindness”, because if any form of 

correction does not prove to be effective and the 

dog does not learn from it then he could end up 

being shot by a farmer for worrying sheep or being 

sentenced to death by the County Court Judge 

for biting an intruding postman or a window 

cleaner. What would be equally reprehensible 

and unacceptable would be to have the dog put 

to death because he could not be trained by the 

'absolutely no punishment - praise and reward 

only system'. You must train the dog you have, 

in the best way you can possibly do it and NOT 

simply change the dog, or have it put to sleep 

simply because it does not fit in with your suspect 

philosophies. Such an attitude must be considered 

to be an abject and utter failure on the part of 

the trainer to train the dog. 

If these people have their own way they 

will eventually only allow dogs that have the 

sort of temperament that fits in with their 

anthropomorphic “No punishment” methods 

of training and as a consequence the overall 

temperament of the dog as we know it will be 

phased out. It has already happened in some 

breeds of dog in some areas and countries. For 

example the Dobermann in Great Britain is far less 

aggressive and suitable for training as a guard dog, 

than one that has been bred almost anywhere in 

the rest of Europe, America, or South Africa. So,

to a lesser degree is the German Shepherd Dog. 

This is one of the reasons that some Police Dog 

Training authorities are opting for the Malinois 

variety of the Belgian Shepherd Dog and are 

currently planning to replace all but a few German 

Shepherds with them. 

On top of this there are the scaremongers of 

the Dangerous Dog lobby who want to ban all 

breeds of dog that are capable of killing a child. 

They have started with the American Pit Bull Terrier, 

the Japanese Tosa and the Fila de Brasiliero and 

are now looking ominously into the possibilities 

of treating the Rottweiler in exactly the same 

way. This is the thin edge of the wedge as far 

as I am concerned. If the Dog Whisperers and 

scaremongers have their way, eventually there 

will be none of the Guarding Breeds allowed to 

be legally owned in this country let alone trained 

as Guard dogs. 

If the No punishment - Praise and reward only 

trainers say that their way is the best, then why 

do they never seem to be seen training Guard 

Dogs? 

If anyone has any doubts about the possible 

outcome of such a philosophy I invite them to 

take a long hard look at the modern generation 

of adolescents who have been reared in the 

“no smacking” “no physical punishment” era. 

With gang warfare, ill mannered school children, 

“untouchable” binge drinking teenagers, rising 

crime rates, muggings, stabbings, drug fuelled 

robberies and burglaries. The prison population 

is spiralling out of all control. It all begins in the 

home. Parents are being legally prevented from 

punishing naughty children. The same applies 

to school teachers. Who is going to control the 

future generations? Because the so called modern 

methods of training, teaching and control of 

children is certainly not working. 

The only legal punishments allowed now by 

the state have proved beyond any doubt to be 

completely and utterly ineffective. Children very 

soon learn that they can do pretty well as they 

please. There are even bonuses being offered as a 

reward for attending school in some communities 

and when these delinquents eventually do get 

caught shoplifting, mugging old age pensioners 

and committing burglaries and robberies whilst 

playing truant in order to supplement their drug 

habits, or stand accused of a drink fuelled murder 

they get a slap on the wrist and given a Certificate 

of Merit called an ASBO and subsequently all the 

other youngsters want one themselves, to wear as 

a badge of honour so they behave accordingly. 

What bad behaviour used to be curbed by a 

swift clip around the ear, or six of the best from 

the headmaster is now illegal and the Government 

and all its University trained child behaviourists 

have been unable to replace it with anything that 

is anywhere nearly as effective. If they have, then 

why is it not working? 

I draw the comparison between unacceptable 

child behaviour and that of the wilfully disobedient 

dog because it appears to me that hardly any 

of these self styled “experts” their sycophantic 

followers and degree holding lecturers in animal 

behaviour appear to have ever had very much real 

experience in the business of animal behaviour 

“at the sharp end”; where a mistake in attitude 

or a lapse in concentration can lead to a painful 

reminder that these are dogs we are dealing with. 

They are ANIMALS and not “small people” in 

disguise. Also, why is it that these Dog Whisperers 

and 'Absolutely no punishment - Praise and reward 

only' trainers never train Guard Dogs at all and 

constantly advocate that any “over aggressive 

dogs” (or in other words, dogs that they are 

incapable of training) must be destroyed and 

banned as a breed? 

Many of them haven’t even discovered that there 

is no such thing as an “accidental bite” yet. 

Yet, most guard dog trainers are fully aware 

that if and when any dog bites anyone you can 

be reasonably sure that he did so intentionally 

and that he meant to do it, there is nothing 

accidental about it. Furthermore it has usually been 

the result of some lack of discipline and proper 

training and perhaps to some half baked and ill 

conceived notion of Absolutely no punishment 

- Praise and Reward only attitude on the part of 

the person handling or training the dog. The totally 

unjust and unfair outcome of such ignorance is 

that normally it is not necessarily they themselves 

who are the ones who are bitten. 

The only real difference between training a 

child to behave and training a dog is that when 

you punish a child for bad behaviour you have 

the advantage in that you can reason with him 

or her and explain to them that every time they 

misbehave they will be punished ain exactly the 

same way again. In closing may I just point out 

that If these experts are right in what they are 

attempting to do, then why is it that I get better 

results with training so called “over-aggressive” 

and “problem” dogs than they do with training 

either disobedient dogs or children? 

©Sam Perrie 

29th March 2007 

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Do you have any questions for our Vets Corner 

expert, or would you like to see something covered 

in a future issue? If so contact the editor with your 

questions and suggestions. 

V e t s C o r n e r 

Anal furunculosis in 

German Shepherd Dogs 

I decided to write about anal furunculosis having 

recently seen a case in a service dog & would 

be interested to hear of any other handlers who 

have experienced this condition & the success 

of any treatment given. 

Anal furunculosis involves the development 

of severe ulcerating sinuses around the anus. 

The cause is unknown but it is a disease almost 

exclusive to German Shepherds. It is believed that 

the low tail carriage of GSDs may contribute to 

the development of the condition as it prevents 

good ventilation of the dogs’ backside. At one 

time tail amputation was even the treatment of 

choice, but things have moved since then. 

Most cases occur between 3 and 8 years of 

age. The signs include excessive straining and 

pain when passing faeces, blood in the stools, 

excessive licking and chewing of the rear end 

and a reluctance to sit or be handled around 

the rear end. 

Recent work suggests the disease may be 

auto-immune (ie caused by the animals own 

immune system misbehaving) but this remains 

unproven. It has also been suggested that there 

may be a genetic cause, with some families of 

GSDs suffering more than average. In recent 

years treatment has tended to move away from 

surgery and towards drug treatment. Steroids 

and antibiotics are often used in conjunction 

with low allergy diets. However by far and 

away the most effective drug is Cyclosporine 

(originally developed as human drug to prevent 

rejection in kidney transplant patients). The good 

success of this drug tends to back up the autoimmune 

theory but it is incredibly expensive. As 

a result anal furunculosis remains a difficult and 

frustrating condition to manage. 

Sadie 

gets 

her Medal! 

On Tuesday 6 February at the Imperial War 

Museum LCpl Karen Yardley RAVC with her AES 

Dog Sadie were awarded the Peoples Dispensary 

for Sick Animals (PDSA) Dickin Medal, the Animal 

VC. The award was made in front of a select 

gathering of celebrities and the large media 

presence, by Her Royal Highness, The Princess 

Alexandra, the PDSA’s Patron. Sadie joins Sam 

and Buster as the 3rd RAVC dog in the last 

decade to receive this prestigious award, which 

is the highest award any animal can receive 

in recognition of conspicuous gallantry and 

devotion to duty in saving human life during 

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military conflict. Sadie is the 62nd recipient of 

the award since its inception in 1943 and the 

medal is now on display in the “The Animals 

War” exhibition at the museum. 

On the Monday, and earlier that day ably 

chaperoned by Maj Chris Ham, the pair were 

filmed, photographed, and questioned by the 

press and appeared on national and local TV and 

most national newspapers, as well as a report on 

German TV. No doubt further reports will follow 

in service magazines. 

Brig Warde was invited to respond and said that 

“During my association with Military Working 

Dogs, I have observed a consistent characteristic 

of their handlers and trainers; they always give 

credit for their brave actions to their dogs and 

My Personal Account 

by LCpl Karen Yardley RAVC 

seem very humble about their own achievements. 

LCpl Yardley is just the same; generous to her 

dog and to her comrades. We all know that the 

remarkable work that these dogs have done is the 

result of teamwork, one of the great strengths 

of British forces. The bond which forms between 

dog and handler is exceptional. It cannot be 

fully appreciated until it has been experienced. 

Each one’s life depends on the other. It is right 

that we should recognise this powerful bond. 

Sadie and LCpl Yardley have become part of the 

Royal Army Veterinary Corps’ heritage of the 

future. On their behalf, I thank you, Your Royal 

Highness, and the PDSA Council, for recognising 

these brave animals and their handlers with the 

award of the PDSA Dickin Medal”. 

Sadie and I were serving in Kabul, Afghanistan 

as an Arms Explosive Search dog team with 

the Royal Gloucester, Berkshire, and Wiltshire 

Regiment for 6 months from the 27 Sep 05 to 

the 1 Apr 06. 

On the 14 Nov 05 LCpl Rutherford RAVC, who 

was also serving with me, and 

I were called out to an incident 

outside the UN Compound. A 

suicide vehicle bomber had driven 

into a German Military convoy 

and detonated the bomb killing 

2 German Soldiers and injuring 

several others including civilians. 

We were tasked to use our Arms 

Explosive Search Dogs Sadie and 

Ash to search the cordons set up 

and the incident control point. In 

addition a safe route was needed 

to take other casualties to the 

hospital. I sent LCpl Rutherford to 

search the UN car park for secondary devices that 

could be detonated whilst rescue troops were 

trying to secure the area. I then searched the 

garage opposite the main blast site and once I 

had completed my search, I then assisted LCpl 

Rutherford searching the UN car park. I started at 

the northern end so LCpl Rutherford and I could 

meet up in the centre/middle. As I started the 

search I sent my dog Sadie in-between the rear 

of a bus and the blast wall. Sadie then started to 

indicate on the blast wall (an indication is when 

the dog sits and stares at the weapon/explosive 

etc) so I cleared the area and informed the 

Incident Commander. The weapons intelligence 

Warrant Officer confirmed that on the other 

side of the blast wall was a secondary device, a 

pressure cooker packed with TNT 

placed to kill the rescue troops. 

The area was secured and, in due 

course, the device was detonated 

in a controlled explosion. Sadie 

and I carried on with our search 

and at the northern end of the 

route a 3rd device detonated. 

We were then tasked to search 

cordons and the route, where a 

man charging the cordon in his 

vehicle shot at us; I took cover and 

the man was actually shot. 

Sadie is 8 years old, she has 

served in Bosnia, Iraq and most 

recently Afghanistan. I’ve had Sadie for 2 years 

and we have completed a tour of Afghanistan 

together. Sadie adapted to the heat easily 

because she is a fit dog and was given time to 

acclimatise. When Sadie leaves the Army she 

will be re homed with my family in Scotland 

allowing her to have a full retirement, which 

is only right given the dangerous work she has 

undertaken in the Balkans, Iraq and recently in 

Afghanistan.

Dawn breaks over one more 

barren desert; pink clouds 

encase a roaring orange 

mass, rising and signalling 

the start of another day in 

Helmand province, Southern 

Afghanistan. Just over 100km 

Northwest of Kandahar, 35km 

West of Gareshk and 20km 

North East of Lashkar Gar, lies 

the remote UK base of Camp 

Bastion. With the exception 

of the Camps Shorabak 

and Tombstone, Bastion sits 

isolated and alone in the flat, 

chalk dusty environs of the 

Afghan desert. Only the distant 

blue peak of Kuh-e-Qeysar 

and foothills of the Sanglakh 

Mountain Range to the north, 

breaks the desolate, powdery 

expanse. 

One year since recovering 

back from Op TELIC 6, the 

end of September 2006 saw 


by Major Kay Myatt MRCVS RAVC 

(All photographs courtesy of Combat 

Camera Team (CCT), Op HERRICK) 

me being deployed to Camp 

Bastion on Op HERRICK 5, 

as the OC TMWDSU (AFG). 

This is one of the larger MWD 

detachments within Southern 

Afghanistan, the other two 

situated at Lashkar Gar, 

Helmand’s provincial capital 

and the other at Forward 

Operating Base (FOB) Price in 

Gareshk, a small town situated 

to the east of Bastion. 

From within this hostile 

and unforgiving Theatre, the 

Military Working Dog Unit 

has constantly been changing 

and evolving. It began in 

its embryonic stages as two 

adjoining slabs of concrete 

upon which one 18 x 24 tent 

The old and the new…members from both teams as the 

RiP takes place within 101 MWDSU. 

accommodated the Duty/Ops 

room and a small welfare area 

for the off duty personnel. 

On the adjacent slab, two isocontainer 

kennels house the 12 

AES, VS and Protection MWDs 

utilised in the force protection 

and offensive search operations 

conducted within the Bastion 

and greater Helmand Area of 

Operations. 

After months of functioning 

using a FEPS (Field Electric 

Power System) Generator 

and a water-bowser, the 

Unit has been connected to 

a mains generator supply of 

electricity and is currently 

preparing for its permanent 

water supply; installation of a 

SECRET telephone and JOCs 

communications terminal are 

also imminent, as are the 

arrival of two new white 

fleet vehicles. The Unit has 

also been complemented by 

the long awaited fence and 

drainage system. The Unit is 

also fortunate to have the RAF 

Fire ‘pressure wash’ the kennels 

on a weekly basis to ensure the 

high standards of cleanliness 

are maintained. 

Camp BASTION itself is also 

growing and developing with 

each day that passes and 

having just hosted the 102

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MWDSU’s Recce, their stay here 

should certainly be a pleasant 

one. Currently the Unit works 

closely with the resident Force 

Protection (FP) Coy, the TA 

Peninsula Company. Whether 

it has been escorting our 

personnel into the Bastion AO, 

liaising with the MWD guard 

that conduct FP patrols during 

hours of darkness or providing 

assistance and cover to our 

Vehicle Search (VS) handlers 

at the gate, this force has 

been supportive, professional 

and cooperative in conducting 

their duties. 

As an independent Unit, 

TMWDSU (AFG) has also been 

privileged to provide support to 

the lead Battle Group (BG) for 

Op HERRICK 5, 42 Commando 

(Cdo) Royal Marines; as part of 

3 Cdo Bde, 42 Cdo has also 

gained considerable experience 

in working with MWDs and 

over the course of the past 

few months has utilised both 

AES and Protection MWDs on 

its ground operations. 

But this Unit has also been 

auspicious in being privy to 

several high profile visits. 

Apart from RAF MP Sgt Rodd’s 

unexpected appearance in the 

Mail on Sunday and interviews 

of Unit members by BBC 

News 24 Ben Brown, the Unit 

was happy to welcome our 

Colonel in Chief, HRH The 

Princess Royal. Meeting troops 

all across Helmand province, 

Princess Anne was delighted 

to meet the MWDs and their 

handlers. Slightly alarmed 

that AES MWD ‘Cindy’ took a 

keen interest in her handbag, 

the Princess assured us that 

there were no explosives on 

her person and was relieved to 

hear that although extremely 

bright, ‘Cindy’ was still a dog 

interested in the new smells 

from home. 

Another fascinating visit 

came from the PM Mr Tony Blair, 

who again was very interested 

to meet AES ‘Monty’, VS ‘Shai’ 

and PAT ‘Leo’. Pictured with 

part of the Unit, Mr Blair was 

both interested and absorbed 

by the presence of MWD in 

Theatre. 

But the realities of conflict, 

and the resistance of the 

Taliban to the reconstruction 

efforts of the UK in this region, 

were thoroughly reinforced on 

Remembrance Day, Saturday 

11 Nov 2006. The memorial, 

constructed by 3 PARA, 

stands proudly in Bastion Joint 

Operational Command (JOC), 

and gives testament to those 

who have given their lives in this 

campaign thus far. Built from 

stone and 30mm shell cases, 

the engraved plaque begin: 

‘Dedicated to those who 

have fallen in the line of duty 

in Helmand Province’... 

Afghanistan is a harsh, wild 

and barren land, that to the 

outsider seems desolate and 

uninhabitable; however, the 

people are both fascinating 

and captivating and on closer 

examination, exceptionally 

patriotic and territorial. 

Although a comparatively 

The Prime Minister, Mr Tony Blair poses for the camera while he is eyed carefully by 

PAT 'Leo' to his right! 

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unsophisticated and simple 

populace, the resistance they 

showed Russian conquest in 

the Seventies and Eighties, is 

certainly mimicked in attitudes 

to the West today. Their 

dislike for dogs is not as 

intense or vehement as the 

Iraqi population, but their use 

of these animals for fighting 

sports and the removal of 

the ear tips creates a cruel 

impression; it is difficult not to 

generalise or reach conclusions 

based on limited information. 

The ear tips are cut away 

to prevent damage while 

fighting and the pride and 

care the Pashtu show for their 

camels and sheep is clear and 

unquestionable. 

These nomadic farmers of 

Helmand would be ideal 

recipients of Quick Initiative 

Projects (QIPS) and Consent 

Winning Activities (CWA) 

should a sustainable and 

reliable veterinary capability 

become available. With the 

development of this theatre 

and the expansion of RAVC 

resources in Op HERRICK, 

this is a distinct possibility for 

the future; submissions have 

already been made for the 

establishment of a dedicated 

Veterinary Officer post for 

TMWDSU (AFG). 

This is a unique and untamed 

environment; I have been 

honoured to be part of what will 

become a milestone in British 

Military History and certainly 

the history of the RAVC. 

Afghanistan has real potential 

for peace, and through careful 

management and support 

of its colourful population, 

the International Security 

Assistance Force (ISAF), of 

which the UK participate, and 

the Afghan people will defeat 

the lawlessness that dominates 

life here. 

Lest we forget… 

The Princess being greeted 

by VS 'Shai' and his 

handler LCpl Miles. 

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The Raymond 

Maggs Trophy 

Police dog handler PC Steve Hopwood and his 

German Shepherd Jack have been named Team 

of the Year for their skill in catching a prolific car 

criminal in Weston-super-Mare last year. 

The team will receive the Raymond Maggs Cup 

in recognition of the most outstanding example 

of police dog work in the past 12 months. 

PC Steve Hopwood and Jack went to the aid 

of officers in Weston-super-Mare in the early 

hours of January 12, 2006. The offender, who 

was wanted on suspicion of theft, had fled 

on a bike. 

PC Hopwood put Jack to the test tasking him 

to track the offender’s scent over 400m of hard 

surface along pavements, changing direction 

four times. They continued to search waste 

ground around a house. Jack then started to 

jump up against a six foot fence panel, indicating 

the suspect had jumped over it. PC Hopwood 

then noticed two fresh hand marks imprinted 

in the frost on the panel. 

While they continued their search, the offender 

leapt up and tried to run away, jumping over 

fences between gardens. PC Hopwood deployed 

Jack, who chased the offender, jumping over two 

six-foot fence panels on his own. He then took 

hold of the offender as he is trained to, until PC 

Hopwood could detain and arrest him. 

Chief Superintendent Lawrie Lewis, Head 

of the Operations Department, presented PC 

Hopwood and Jack with the cup and said: 

“This was an outstanding piece of work which 

demanded great skill of the handler and police 

dog to track hard surfaces, carry out open 

searches in waste ground, jump over large 

obstacles and chase and detain an offender. 

“It not only shows how skilled and highly 

trained the handlers and dogs are, but also 

how vital the work they do is. Dog handlers 

are regularly called on to track offenders, help 

find missing people, assist with crowd control 

and help manage public disorder. 

“The Raymond Maggs Cup is a much coveted 

award and PC Hopwood and Jack clearly 

deserve it." 

Thanks 

Liz Kirkham 

Readers Comments… 

To the Editor 

I just had to write in response to an article 

by Sam Perrie on the drive of the dog in 

issue 46. Sam seems to dislike the word 

“Drive” and the people who use it as 

being completely abstract, unquantifiable 

qualities. He then goes on to mention 

the definition of the word “Drive” from 

the English Dictionary as energy and 

motivation that helps to achieve an aim. In 

the dog world many one word meanings 

is spoken by dog handlers or trainers, they 

could say “That dog got good energy or 

he is well motivated” when “Drive” as 

the Dictionary says would be the same 

meaning. I agree a lot of buzz words as 

Sam call them seem to appear from time 

to time, different trainers use different 

techniques or words as long as the out 

come is the same for the dog it should 

not make any different, no one is forcing 

Sam to use them. 

As to Sam comments on grading and 

testing of puppies from six weeks to me 

shows he has no idea what he is talking 

about. How many champions has been 

selected from the pick of the litter, is he 

saying that it was all just a pinch of salt and 

no expertise in selecting the right puppy. 

As to his example by using comparison of 

a human baby, is not really correct it has 

been proved if you take a young child 

and teach them on a subject to be gifted 

from a very young age it can work as 

the Russians proved that in the Olympics 

in gymnastics. Also he forgets that the 

Human baby needs more help when young 

then do puppies as they had to develop 

far quicker in the wild to survive. You 

may make a wrong decision in selecting 

a puppy from six weeks, that what makes 

us human we are not always perfect and 

that does not make us unintelligent by a 

human error. What he also fails to take into 

fact on grading and testing it is down to 

the individual as judging can show, it is 

down to the individual person own choice 

and preference and to what pleases your 

own eyes and to what you would want 

from your selection. 

Tony Hampton 

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ts… 

The ‘Drive’ and Jargon of 

the dog in Review 

In Schutzhund training, the term “Defence 

Drive” has been used to describe the way in 

which a dog will retaliate if threatened and 

unable to escape, and “Prey Drive” is used to 

refer to the intense desire to chase moving 

prey-objects. Furthermore, many writers and 

trainers additionally use the term “drive, 

as Sam Perrie describes, in his article “The 

“drive” of the Dog “ (The Service Dog” p22 

#46) in a variety of ways, including “Food 

Drive” and sex drive, and claim that these 

drives are inherent in the dog. 

However, what trainers are trying to 

express when they use the term “drive”, 

is an intensity of focus, a high enthusiasm, 

an undistractable zeal in carrying out the 

exercise or activity. And the achievement 

of this state in a competitive dog is the 

overwhelming desire of most trainers and 

handlers of Service, Schutzhund or Ring 

sport dogs. Having trained Rottweilers 

and other breeds for Schutzhund since the 

1970’s, I am very familiar with the ways 

in which training theory and philosophy, 

together with how individuals interpret 

and implement these ideas. However, in 

practice I have found that many trainers and 

handlers cannot recognise the difference 

between Drive, versus Hysteria, Frustration, 

Excitement, Conflict, Stress, Fear, or 

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. They cannot 

identify the signals that each dog gives to 

indicate changing states. 

The fact is, that instead of bandying terms 

like “Prey” and “Defence” and “Fight Drive” 

about, trainers should be concentrating on 

developing motivation in their dogs, since 

the key to the best work in Schutzhund, 

Police work, security or indeed Assistance 

dog work, is a highly motivated and focussed 

dog. By finding what motivates an individual 

Nina Bondarenko 2007 

dog and using that to reward and develop all 

the desirable responses, we can create the 

“Drive” that is so desirable in competition 

and on the job. 

The best trainers will assess the level of 

self-confidence in a dog for the job or the 

sport, and then use what motivates the 

dog most highly, to intermittently reinforce 

all the best responses in a step-by-step 

process to build up the dog’s resilience 

and capacity to cope with difficulties, 

stress, and other challenges and increase 

reliability and fluency of the responses in all 

circumstances. Dogs that respond reliability, 

with intensity, and focus, can be described 

as “Driven”. 

And, having assessed puppies for working 

and sporting roles for over 30 years for 

private individuals and organisations, and 

worked as the National Temperament 

Assessor for the National Rottweiler 

Council in Australia, I have consistently 

identified puppies from the age of five 

to six weeks that showed aptitude and 

potential for specific purpose. When placed 

in appropriate homes and given appropriate 

training and socialisation, such puppies 

have developed into top working dogs. 

As Perrie suggests, the blueprint of the 

puppy at age six weeks to assess “drives” 

is not possible, because puppies are still in 

development physically, hormonally and 

mentally. However, each puppy shows 

tendencies at that age which can be 

identified, supported and strengthened to 

produce the best possible result. 

Presenter, Author, Canine Behavioural 

Coach, Specialist Canine Services. “Hearts, 

Minds and Paws” written and illustrated 

by Nina Bondarenko - from www. 

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