military dog training
the hours are long, and the missions require the kind of autonomy that not everyone is mature enough to handle. the war dog program was stood up in 1943 with the building of a training center in front royal, va., and the requisition of 11,000 dogs. the specialized search dog course is a 93-day program that trains students and dogs together. michael iverson, an instructor at the training school, explained that all the dogs go through a training assessment to …