Comments on: Doberman Military Service

By: TSgt B

TSgt B — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 17:55:26 +0000

Alvaro, As the owner of a purebred Blue Doberman,and a military retiree, it would be a cold day in Hell before I woudl pet an explosives-laden dog of any breed. What were you thinking when you posted this comment?

By: Alvaro

Alvaro — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 20:59:02 +0000

I believe is just stupid to think of using a doberman or a german shepperd as a “suicide dog” in the meaning used here. Those breeds would never approach the enemy, unless they are trained and sent by their masters, who, I think would never send a dog for this task. Its just absurd to use a trained dog to do this tasks, because you lose a fullbreed, trained dog. It would be more practical to attach explosives to a friendly mixed-race dog and abandom them, so the enemy would pet them and then… BAM!

By: Doberman Mom

Doberman Mom — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 23:34:15 +0000

My dear friends, I’m from the former USSR, and believe me, there were much worse things going on during the World War II. Dogs were used by russians, germans and americans in different ways. But dobermans were and still is very popular breed in Russia. The longest trail in history (115 km) was taken by a doberman named Tref in 1910, who worked in crime investigation department. He solved more than 1500 crimes during his police career! Dobes are considered one of the smartest dogs (4th in rating if I’m not mistaken), but the only disadvantage they have, they do not tolerate extreme cold weather.

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By: Marc M

Marc M — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:02:57 +0000

Jaki,

Germany used dogs laden with explosives as well. They used mainly german sheppards.
I don’t deleive they used Dobermans but I wouldn’t be surprised if they did. If you look on YouTube you will find videos of this tactic being deployed on the russians during the retreat of late 43 and 44. It’s a shame that such woundedful animals would be used in such a brutal way and this speaks volumes regarding the hard truth that there are no rules to war.

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 15:57:36 +0000

Thank you for the clafification, that would be absolutely devistating if ANYONE thought we used any dog as a suicide dog!

By: Jaki

Jaki — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 18:54:49 +0000

Dustin provided these comments to clarify further the use of dobermans as suicide dogs. Thankyou Dustin.

“I was enjoying reading about the use of dogs ( specifically dobermans ) in war time until I ran across misleading, and incomplete historical fact. What I found particularly disturbing was the following:

A testament to the cruelty, wastefulness and sadness of war, was the use of suicide dogs. These dog victims of war were packed with explosives that were remotely detonated once the dog was near an enemy tank.

While it is true, ONE COUNTRY did use dogs in this manner. It was ONLY one country ( The USSR ) and it was only for a period of approximately a year. Starting in late 1941/early 1942 and was discontinued by 1943 due to the fact that German troops countered this tactic by shooting every dog that crossed their sights. It is disingenuous to imply that Doberman’s were used for this terrible task. The Soviet Army used ANY & All dogs big enough to carry the required explosive charge. Given the historical origins of the breed, it would be unlikely to think they were used or even available in the Soviet Union. Doberman’s have such a noble history of military service it taints their contributions by suggesting this was a wide spread act and that Doberman’s were commonly used in this way.”