Monday, February 08, 2010

Heroic military dog to be honoured with 'Victoria Cross'

Heroic military dog to be honoured with 'Victoria Cross'
| Mail Online


We normally post about our own successes with foster labs, but here is an example of a badly behaved black lab turned national hero due to good training and example by his handlers:




An Army search dog that has saved the lives of scores of British soldiers in Afghanistan is to receive the canine equivalent of the Victoria Cross.

Treo, an eight-year-old black labrador, has spent the past five years sniffing out bombs and weapons hidden by the Taliban.

Yet as a puppy he was a badly behaved rebel in danger of being put down until intensive Army training turned him into the gutsy canine described by his handler, Sergeant Dave Heyhoe, as the best military dog he has served alongside.






Read the whole article, I think a lot of love and discipline was involved.  Rules, Boundaries and Limitations are a Lab's best friend.