The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-15
RED CROSS DOGS
 AZ .UABL-E E AID ON BAf D
Atiezats and Kind Treatment Is Chief Faith in Training
 of Beasts.

Az1-K.a- -Chapelle, Jan. 14sz-TE1e rel cords of the German Red Cross de- pertinent show that so far, after near IT four months of warfare. notsa single wounded man has been over1ookedsl on basttlefield searched by Red Gross Dogs. As result of this the term mans best friend which is often applied to dogs has real sig nificance to the German soldier to- dav Many a wounded soldier. French, German and English alike. has to thank one Of these dogs for tn he pre- servatfon of his life. Had it not been that the dog had found him and sum- nnoned assistance he might have per- iBhed.
 It has been shown that all breeds. 6f dogs may be trained for this ser vice. The majority employed by the German Red Cross are Doberananns, German shepherds, Rottweflers and Airda1e terriers There are represen- fatives of other canine families. how-l ever. and not a few. would be cIassed5 as tseurzs' Tn fact some of the mixed breeds have distin guished themselves for the rapidity wi h v hicf they have learned their business. A breed known in Belgium as the. police dos has also done we'll
 Many Red Gross dogs have been trained by the German aTfny before the war broke out. In this case train- 51SLQ STaTEGQ when tE16 8l11AA4S1st W tt<s apout six months old. For about six months after the dog had been taken in hand he is taught no more han to obey his master irnplicitlys fter that his sprofession onaf educatdon be- j eine Since the outbreak Of the war i& has been necessary to train dogs in a shorter period and in many cases flis has been done with the aid of another dog who in addition to be- ing an expert Red Cross worker had also the quality of not being znislead by his apprentice. When a dog is trained in this manner he is paired with veteran and soon begins 70 un- derstand what is expected of him Nevertheless the schooling of the ami mai requires much attention on the part of the master.
 The dogs are trained under a syss- tenn In hlch patience and kind treat fnent are the principle e1eraeuta. 4 gain and again the master of the dog will take the animal to 8 man who si1ni= lates being wounded, or who novyas days actually is slightly wound ed.
 whether or not the sQ6nt helps the animal to find the wounded is an un- answered question. It Is Believed that such is the case but in training the dog this is not taken into consfderss- ton. T91e dog is taught tossesrch the field by inspecting every bush and ditch
 Tzae dogs are brought on the ground by man from the Red Cross com pany, who, as a rule, has from two to four of them on leash. W hen the man considers the field safe for the dogs he turns them loose witEs an ap- propriaAe command, and then attends to such wounded as he can find him self,
 After a while the dogs return to rs. port The manner in which the anti malls do this depends upon tleir OWE tratts So far 1t has been round very difffcult to keep the dog from barIxine when he has found aswounded man and instead teach elgna1 tkff would indicate that he had found one, This fa hardly needed, however As . rpIs the dog which hes not found g. wound. ed man returns to his master with s saunter1ng gait and shows neither ex eEke1neuf nor eagexneg to leave again HIS action is different when lass searcl hms been successfuIs In that case ths dog generally comes tearing aToss thi fiezd. circles about his master ant ruHs back and forth in the direction of where fha wounded man has bee1 found. The Rsd Croas man then fol 1os tho doss gives the wounded 1nal fIxa< aid ana ma 1as< <arranzen1snts fo. ala removal 10 the field dressing sta. tfpn or ambu1ance.
 fhe area to be searched snnaaI, or whe1 the lines of the enemy are still to- near. the Red Gross man keeps one 0 15s dogs on long line and sssarche the field In this manner.