#minedog

[newbuddy2558]

Dog Lover

Mine Dog

[dogsfordefense]

The topic of abandoned contract working dogs came up. I am sure some dogs have been abandoned or euthanized. With some companies it is just cheaper to euthanize a dog. If you remember years ago our company worked to rescue K-9 Pito from a company in Afghanistan that had already euthanized one dog.Just horrible for a company to do especially a Western world company. It appears that a very solid rescue @kabul_animal_rescue was able to get their dogs out. They had dealt with some contract working dogs a few weeks back. But I wonder how many working dogs will be left. In the photos we were visiting a mine dog in 2009 a project funded by the US State Department but with no US supervision. The dogs were trained in Kabul then sent around the country on various projects. There was also several large NGOs that had mine dog projects in more remote areas. I am curious what happened to all those dogs. Dogs are hated by the Taliban and most Afghans so it would be a terrible fate to leave a dog behind. We absolutely value human life over that of a dog but these are dogs that haven given everything to protect human life. #dogsfordefense #d4d #k9 #workingdog #minedog #mal #malinois (at Kabul, Afghanistan) https://www.instagram.com/p/CTNBiTorHMC/?utm_medium=tumblr

[miikkajarvinen]

Anti-personnel mines used in Bosnian war were usually dug between the trenches and the enemy. The location of Serb–Croat-frontline right here changed several times during the war – but the land mines remained underground for 15 years.

Photo (c) Miikka Järvinen 

[miikkajarvinen]

The de-miners and mine detection dog handlers are wearing ballistic vests and helmets. The mine detection dog coordinator Vedad Omerhafisovic is holding the map – the clearance plan of Orašje mine field.

Photo (c) Miikka Järvinen 

[miikkajarvinen]

“Søk!” The used command language is Norwegian, as it is for every mine detection dog trained by Norwegian People’s Aid (NPA).

Photo (c) Miikka Järvinen 

[miikkajarvinen]

After 11 meters there is a mark in the leash. Alen commands his dog to come back. “Kom og søk!” Aaron turns around and walks the same lane back to Alen, all the time searching, snout on the ground. The lane is detected four times back and forth.

Photo (c) Miikka Järvinen 

[miikkajarvinen]

The four hours of intensive mine detection is over. The working day of the dogs and the handlers is coming to an end. “Dogs have good days and bad days, just as humans do. But working together goes always well. Otherwise I couldn’t do this job. I trust Aaron completely”, Alen Krijestorac says. At home Alen has a wife and two kids. His eight years old son has already learned to be worried every time when daddy goes to work.

Photo (c) Miikka Järvinen