Bomb-Sniffing Dog Suffering From PTSD - Page 1

Bomb-Sniffing Dog Gina Comes Home From Iraq Traumatized, Suffering From PTSD


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/08/03/bombsniffing-dog-gina-com_n_668522.html

I wonder if the dog had been older, if it would have been better equipped to deal with war stresses, or if the nerve issue would have been discovered sooner?

Look up the statistics for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder for Viet Nam and Iraq. If you are under stress and the adrenaline is running every day, you get your brain "hard wired" to that. Bombs are not drugs. Bombs kill and maim. Do you think that at some point during the dogs training, he wasn't exposed to an actual blast or blasts? That dog and his handler put their life on the line everyday. I salute them and pray for the rest of our men and women who are still there and in other parts of the world keeping us safe.
 Richard

Richard is correct.   These dogs are well prepared and tested to the ultimate.  Has nothing to do with the ability of the dog. THey are already put thru many testings. We have a group right here in Texas and my partner is a part of that group.

The gsd is tested in 12 steps for months and if the dog makes it to number 5, it is an amazing gsd and one you wouldnt ever question to handle the job..By the time your dog gets to   #12  the dog is ready for further experience in many venues of rescue.   If you have not crawled the ground with these dogs and been in the training camp with them  you have no clue .]]

I have and I know what these dogs go thru to get to the Job.]

It is the STRESS of    being wired and like humans , a dog and a man can only take so much..The problem is our forces are  not equipped with enough replacements to let each team have time away from the  place of impact.  It is known so much of what we hear is false.   OUR armed forces are in a most unbelievable amount of pressure it cannot even be measured in words.

THanks Richard for linking into the  edge of why these dogs and men need our praise , support and praise and shelter them from harm..

Any family with loved ones in the war need our support and prayers and hopefully more money will be spent on OUR soldiers than handed over to  Enemy countries  and to help those who will never help themselves and never show any allegiance to our AMERICA>

YR

Thanks BIRDY         My feathers are all in place now.

But all that by the age of 2? That's what I'm wondering about, seems like the dog is still a juvenile. I hope my support was never in question.

The average age for a soldier is nineteen years old. They just got out of high school and their social skills among others are still in the developmental stages. In addition to this, as Yellow Rose states, evryone is doing multiple tours of duty. Each tour is around a year and a half. Average time spent in country overall is three or more years. We only had to serve one tour of duty in Viet Nam. Please thank every vet you see for his or her service. And, thanks to you Rose!
                                                                                                                                                                          Richard

Put any dog in the same situation and you will get the same results.
PTSD, no I don't think so by definition.

It was once known as shell shock if you go back in time far enough.

Now,
imagine your a civilian and you and your family is living right in the middle of all of this.

You would never be the same again.

You don't fight terrorism with troops.
That's not what these wars are about.

Thanks?
How about glad you made it back.

Poor dog.


I agree, Two Moons.

And I always thought War Is Terrorism...

Army suicides are at all time highs,  theres good reason for this.
  
Many realize war isnt what its cracked up to be,  and that politicians and media lie to sell to the naive.

Protect the border,  and bring em home.

Actually, it is PTSD and this is not the first MWD to suffer from it.  I know of other dogs that were involved in IED blasts and gunfights, been shelled all while on a single deployment that have suffered PTSD.  I know of one now that is being retired from active duty for this reason. 

So you think the dog has psychological problems ?

Not simply freaked out from powerful explosions.

It's a dog not a human.