Ralf Meins, Police Officer in Hamburg: "Speaking up against Working Dogs is the same as speaking up against K9 program administrators."
Hamburg is a city with 1.8 Million inhabitants - and not all of them handle things peacefully. I have numerous stories of days at duty which were not at all pleasant.
It is common that you need to solve conflict situations as an Officer. And what I learned is that only the presence of K9s often deescalate by their mere presence.
Sicherheit Nord, security company of the Bundeswehr: 'We support the mentioned working dog sports because they form the foundation of a functioning breeding program.'
We emphasize that all dogs are trained in a modern and animal welfare-compliant manner. To make this possible, it is essential for the legislator to differentiate between pure family companion dogs and those that fulfill an
additional role in society.
Astrid Kalff, Search and Rescue Dog Handler with numerous real deployments, including Turkey 2023: 'In our view, IGP work is very beneficial for search and rescue dog work...'
We endorse the parallel training in search and rescue dog work and
and IGP because the fundamental structure, with regard
with regard to 'drive resilience' (resilience of behavior), tractability, and
resilience forms a solid foundation
for search and rescue dog work.
Daniele Strazzeri, Vice President of SV: 'This is not a dog sport where we make the dogs aggressive.'
In IGP competitions and tests, we select for breeding.
For agencies with service dogs, it is crucial that dogs are bred to be useful
that dogs are bred to be useful for them; to
come into service as protection dogs, as detection dogs for
drugs, or as search and rescue dogs for missing persons.
Trisha Harper, TSA Sicherheitsspezialistin, Heimatschutzministerium USA: “Wenn wir IGP oder verwandte Sportarten abschaffen, erweisen wir den Diensthundeführern einen Bärendienst!”
The working dog sports have all originated with the goal
of evaluating the quality of breeding for
future service dogs.
If we were to lose even one of them,
we would be doing a disservice to the K9 handlers.
Adi Hazut, retired K9 handler, Israel Defense Forces: 'If we lose dog sports, police and military forces worldwide will suffer significant losses!'
Adi Hazut, retired K9 handler, Israel Defense Forces: 'The dogs fighting alongside us against terrorism come from the world of dog sports.'
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