Search and Rescue (SAR) dogs have a very important job. Natural disaster? Fertilizer plant explosion? They’re on the case. Before they became the canine equivalent of Navy SEALs, many of them were unwanted and unloved. Until they went through training at the National Disaster Search Dog Foundation (SDF), one of the most elite programs in the country. More »
Some say that pets start to take after their owners, but to what extent? Will Socks start bogarting the remote? Are you going to have to pry the iPad out of Buster’s paws? Actually, uhm, yeah; looks that way. It also looks adorable. More »
War dogs. They are equal parts badass and cute. And on top of that, they’re smart. They need to be to get the job done. In the interest of finding the cleverest canines for potential war-doggery, DARPA’s got a plan to start scanning puppy brains in an MRI machine. But rest assured, those brains are still in the puppies in question. More »
We love dogs, but we love war dogs even more because apart from being loyal and cute, they can be absolutely badass. We are so obsessed with these awesome canines that we made a collection of the 30 best photos we could find all over the web. Enjoy. More »
This picture is badass. Here you see Navy SEALs demonstrating an exercise called Special Patrol Insertion/Extraction (SPIE) at Virginia Beach. SPIE is what happens when a patrol needs to be extracted from an area where a helicopter can’t land. Neat. And routine. But oh wait, is that, pray tell, a WAR DOG? Why yes, yes it is one of those tongue wagging, barking balls of fur that will lick your face right after they aid you in a top-secret terrorist takedown. What can’t WAR DOGS do? [US Navy Flickr] More »
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