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The police barracks "PAW Team" is busy with training
Police dogs are being trained in biting subjects. Photo by Wang Qian
"Attention, attack!" On March 19, with the order of the trainer, a police dog rushed out like an arrow, roaring and rushing towards the training target man more than 10 meters away, instantly biting and not letting go...... This is the ongoing training of the police dog biting subject of the Police Dog Training and Application Brigade of the Tianqu New District Bureau of the Dezhou Public Security Bureau.
On March 14, the police dog training base of the Shandong Provincial Public Security Department carried out the first batch of centralized distribution of police dogs this year, and the police dog training and application brigade of the Tianqu New District Bureau of the Dezhou Public Security Bureau carefully selected two police dogs. Let's walk into the police dog training and application brigade of Tianqu New District Bureau to understand the training story between police dogs and handlers.
"On-the-job" requires at least one year of training
How does a "budding new" puppy go through selection, feeding, and training, and train it from a cute and tiger-headed little guy to a skillful and well-trained police dog?
According to the trainer Li Xindong, the selection of police dogs is very harsh, and qualified police dogs must not only ensure the purity of blood, but also need to pass layers of tests before they can "take up their posts". At the centralized distribution ceremony of police dogs, the trainers of the Police Dog Training and Application Brigade of Tianqu New District Bureau conducted odor perception tests, courage tests, and possessiveness tests on the police dogs on the spot, and carefully selected two puppies, the Malinoa dog and the Labrador.
"After we bring the puppies back, we must first cultivate their feelings with the trainer, and then carry out long-term training, mainly to exercise and examine their motivation, endurance and search enthusiasm, as well as the desire to pick up objects and other characteristics, these characteristics are also the key factors to test whether a puppy can grow into a qualified police dog and whether it can 'go to work'. Li Xindong said that when the puppies grow to two or three months old, the training of puppies will begin.
In the process of young training, the food power, hunting power, courage, and stress resistance will be tested and trained, such as in the object game, the dog should follow the instinct and get excited, and the sound test requires the puppy to suppress the instinct, not to be moved by the outside world, and calmly face the crowd, cars and even firecrackers. Nursery training continues until the puppy is five or six months old. After the trained dog has undergone young training, it has a certain desire to lead, possession and territorial awareness.
According to the personality and characteristics of police dogs, different breeds of police dogs have different "division of labor". "The Malinoa is one of the mainstream dog breeds of military police dogs, and it is more suitable as a comprehensive police dog. This dog is very fast and has a good ability to pounce. Labradors, on the other hand, have a strong sense of smell and are mainly responsible for searching for drugs and explosives. Dutch Shepherd Dog is naturally alert, has strong hunting power, can adapt to complex training and various working environments, and can be used for security patrols, drug searches, explosives and other work...... "Li Xindong said that the trainer will absorb the target odor of the yarn in the scent tank during training, and throw dog food when the police dog pokes into the tank to sniff hard. After repeated repeats, the dog quickly established a scent connection. After consolidation, increase the number of odour cans and different odours.
Li Xindong said that since the establishment of the police dog training and application brigade of Tianqu New District Bureau, police dogs have been actively used to assist in public security work, and Dezhou explosive search dogs can be seen in a number of large-scale security tasks. In the service of the checkpoint, the police battalion "Wang Wang Team" has also made a lot of contributions, and the criminal investigation dogs of the base have participated in the investigation of major crime scenes more than 60 times, providing support for the investigation of cases.
Not only daily practice, but also "travel to learn"
"In order to ensure the training time, every day we will be a group of ten people, with the police dog sub-area training at the same time, the first training is the basic subjects, to the police dog sitting, lying, standing, coming, accompanying, sitting, standing and other passwords, with a certain gesture, strengthen their obedience. Trainer Ren Shibin said that the police dog "Second Artillery" that was just practicing bite training was a Malinoa dog that had received formal training since he was 2 months old, characterized by fast speed, strong possessiveness, and daily security patrols. He said that generally a police dog has the ability to accompany after half a year of training, and after one year of training, it will have the ability to patrol, search for drugs, search for explosives, security checks and other tasks.
In just over 30 seconds, it has passed through more than 10 types of obstacles, such as a one-meter low wall and a three- or four-meter-high ladder frame. The "Second Artillery" immediately bit the ball and went to the grass next to it to enjoy a moment of fun.
"This is mainly to train the police dog's bouncing ability, obedience and cooperation with the handler, many police dogs are reluctant to go up when climbing the ladder over the obstacle ladder training. At this time, it is necessary to take out the reward ball to encourage and comfort the dog, and cultivate the self-confidence of the police dog. Through rewards, the dog is repeatedly stimulated to be trained, so that it gradually forms a habit. After completing the basic training subjects, we will carry out targeted intensive training according to the characteristics of the police dog itself, and this training will be repeated dozens of times a day. Ren Shibin introduced.
"After the basic subject training, we will enter the actual combat subject training, including tracking, identification, search, etc., through the obstacle setting to upgrade the difficulty of training, and constantly improve the comprehensive ability of police dogs. All dogs are aggressive, and police dogs react much faster than humans. Sometimes the police dog gets excited, the gesture slows down, and the trainer will be injured by mistake. Li Xindong, a trainer with many years of training experience, told the author that it takes a lot of effort to train a police dog. In addition to daily training, each handler and police dog need to "travel to learn". Through "charging", the trainers know how to take care of the diet and daily life of the police dogs, and further enhance the comprehensive combat effectiveness of the police dogs.
Take good care of every "comrade-in-arms"
Walking down the training ground to the kennel, the police dogs that were very brave just now were quiet. "We clean the kennel every morning, disinfect it regularly, and deworm and vaccinate the dogs regularly, just like our own children. Li Xindong introduced, in addition to training, in addition to health and health, police dog diet is their most concerned thing, reasonable combination of ingredients, washed and cooked before feeding, meticulous care to make people more intimate with dogs.
It is understood that the Police Dog Training and Application Brigade was established in 2017, and with the strong support of the Party Committee and relevant departments of the Tianqu New District Bureau, it has continuously increased the configuration and upgrading of hardware facilities. At present, the brigade covers an area of more than 70 acres, with 89 kennels, more than 6,000 square meters of adult dog training grounds, and more than 2,000 square meters of puppy training grounds.
The police dog trainers of the brigade have all been trained and qualified by the Nanjing Police Dog Research Institute of the Ministry of Public Security, and a total of 94 police dogs have been trained and raised, which can assist relevant police types to undertake security inspection tasks for various large-scale activities.
"With long-term training and actual combat, police dogs will exit the 'mission mode' after reaching a certain age. The dogs will still be cared for at the base and have a series of interactions. Ren Shibin said that even if he can't perform the task, he must make the police dog feel needed. (Dai Wenxin, Wang Qian, Zhang Zhiyang)