How the Military treats dogs .. Property or Equipment - Page 1

Below see a link to a couple of links about the military K9 programs and how the dogs are treated especially as they age out or are retired, injured, etc.  Anyone around at the time of the Vietnam war knows that the military killed or abandoned the K9's used in Vietnam at the end of the war.  A lot of people including me have never forgotten that and will never forgive that breach of trust between the dogs, their handlers, and the public who did not approve of our forgive the military's murder and failure to honor these dogs and their handlers.  The military has had and has comprised a lot of our police force so it is no surprise that a crap attitude about dogs as a piece of equipment like a shovel or a tire would bleed over into police thinking and attitudes especially at the top of the police command structure where numbers on arrests and budgets influence careers and promotions  .. they don't have to look the owner of the dog in the face when they kill his dog.  Just as in the military dogs are considered collateral damage.  When dogs cost too much for the police to kill then they will stop killing them.  That price of killing dogs can be paid in political or monetary damages and it will need to be high to be effective.

https://www.yahoo.com/politics/the-u-s-military-is-failing-its-canine-veterans-117867436181.html

http://www.army.mil/article/7463/

http://www.47ipsd.us/47k9hist.htm

As a person who trained dogs in the military, I thought they were treated as dogs, ( and I mean that positively), and very comparable to soldiers. I do not think the military treats soldiers like everyday citizens, ( partially because of mission and preparation for such) and I don't think that military should have same protocols as many who treat dogs like people. My experience was that dogs were treated very well within context of working and living conditions within the military. 

Thus the name "dog tags" and what were the Marines known as??

Exemplary soldiers....not given to being babied or afforded the niceties of life. ( in answer to what marines are known for....)similar to military K9 companions.

Devil Dogs .. a Freudian slip??  The question is what happens to the dogs when the military decides they are no longer needed and it has not been pretty or fair.  The police in the USA at least treat most of their dogs fairly and give their handlers a shot at getting them if the dog retires, ages out, or is injured on the job.  The military treats their dogs like a dairy farmer treats his cows .. ie the cows retire to become potted meat, hot dogs, and Spam.

I guess the world sometimes isn't fair if what you say is true in most cases.

The truth is an unyielding foe to those who oppose it  ... what the US military says and what the US military does are seldom the same