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Like Soldiers, Dogs Suffer From PTSD

December 4, 2012

(MILITARY DOGS) Within the past two years, it has been discovered that human soldiers are not the only beings that can suffer from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder—an anxiety/mental health problem caused by experiencing a traumatic event. Walter Burghardt Jr., chief of behavioral medicine and military working-dog studies at Lackland, the training headquarters for military dogs, estimates that ten percent of canines deported to Iraq and Afghanistan return as victims of PTSD. Continue reading to learn about the unfortunate effects of combat on animals forced onto the battlefield. — Global Animal 

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Marine Fights For Canine Comrade

March 13, 2012

Military working dogs have keen senses, loyalty, and intelligence that have provided militaries throughout the world with an irreplaceable technology. Former Marine Corporal Megan Leavey worked with Rex, one of the many dogs trained for combat, and she is now fighting to adopt her fellow soldier to save his life, after both were injured in Iraq. — Global Animal

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Military Dogs Not Immune To Combat Stress

December 5, 2011

(MILITARY DOGS) The concept of canine post-traumatic stress disorder is becoming more apparent as military working dogs show increasing signs of behavioral changes more commonly associated with their human counterparts. Sources say that of 650 dogs deployed by American forces, around 5% are developing PTSD. Read more on military canine PTSD and the discussion over how these heroic dogs are being treated. — Global Animal

 

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Four-Legged Therapists Help Heal War Wounds

May 30, 2011

(SERVICE DOGS) – Unwanted and abandoned dogs fill animal shelters nationwide, and not many will get a second chance. But, in California there’s an organization saving one dog at a time and, in the process, helping soldiers who served. One of those people is Leif Meisinger, a combat veteran who still wears a military-style buzz cut. His arms are tapestries of colored ink, including a few tattoos he got in Iraq.

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Dog Suffers PTSD After Iraq Duty As Bomb-Sniffer

August 3, 2010

(WORKING DOGS) – Gina, a highly trained bomb-sniffing German Shepherd, went to Iraq a happy dog, and came back from combat with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Read how soldier dogs, or Military Working Dogs (MWDs), are also paying the emotional costs of war. – Global Animal

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