Malamutes, e.g.

Usage examples of dogs.

He was a very small gray and black German Shepherd with large ears and had an unusual characteristic: when the other dogs were all sitting at attention, little Bunkie usually sat up with his front legs off the ground like a prairie dog, so he would be as tall as the others.

Many people asked if they could adopt a dog when it was ready for discharge, giving us a reserve of possible homes, necessary because in many instances owners were unlocatable, dead or unwilling to take their dogs back.

After caring for the other heartworm-infested dogs, I soon became very sick myself, contracting dengue fever, also called breakbone fever.

There is no Disneyesque artifice in his account of the service of his brave dogs and their Marine handlers.

Our dogs, primarily Doberman Pinschers and German Shepherds, had been recruited from the civilian population with the promise that they be returned, intact, when the war ended.

After this initial acquisition, the Doberman Pinscher Club of America stepped in and persuaded the Corps that club members could provide, for free, all the dogs necessary for the duration of the war.

As Stewart walked down the row of crates containing dogs, a big Doberman suddenly charged the door of its cage, snarling and even biting the bars in frenzy.

The dogs trained in mine detection by the Marine Corps in World War II were all Doberman Pinschers.

The heroism of these war dogs is a perfect example of that devotion, earned by a kind and loving master, and I would recommend the book to anyone who loves, and admires, dogs.

Faithful gives an engrossing picture of the heroic men and dogs involved in the battle to recapture the island of Guam during WWII.

You feel as if you were there watching the dogs being trained and going into combat.

After the war was over, you find yourself cheering for the men who later fought military bureaucracy and misunderstanding to get these valiant dogs back to the families who volunteered them for service.

The sacrifice that our servicemen and service dogs endured during World War II will always be remembered in the hearts of the people of Guam.

I was with Always Faithful, not only because of the very stirring accounts of these superior dogs, but because of Captain Putney himself.

The civilian population has never been particularly appreciative of war dogs, preferring to exterminate them rather than pay to bring them home.