WIESBADEN, Germany – Military working dog handlers were trained to better understand their dogs’ behavior during a MWD Conflict Management Training July 7 in Wiesbaden to prevent dog bites.
Bites occur mainly due to two reasons, said Duane Stinson, U.S. Army Europe MWD program manager. New handlers are sometimes overly confident and have trouble interpreting dog behavior correctly, while also a handler’s lack of confidence with the dogs and an inability to react properly can lead to dog bites.
Stinson and his team provide personnel at seven different kennels throughout Europe with a one-day MWD Conflict Management Training, which comprises working dog psychology, understanding instinctive drives and behaviors, communication and canine body language, bite incident analysis, canine stress management and socialization, and a socialization exercise, the so-called pack walk.
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Source: U.S. Army