Pretty bad-a--. If the dog can't get your leg or arm, it's going to go for wherever
it can get a solid bite. Hi, I'm Terry Adams, and this is Tiny, a 9-year-old Belgian Malinois. She is a trained dual-purpose dog, trained in tracking,
detection for narcotics, and apprehension. I am an eight-year Army dog handler with also 10 years of civilian handling and instructing experience. Today, we'll be looking at military dogs in movies and TV and
judge how real they are. Look left. Cerberus, left. Really, honestly, it's pretty spot-on. The only thing that would be different would be, in my experience, is directing the dog with a laser versus letting them free-sniff. You know, the dog being
able to climb the ladder and hop into the window and then search from
there, with direction. All that's realistic. He's got something. That is totally realistic. If the dog is sent into a building and sees a threat, then the job of the dog is to apprehend. The dog does target the arm. We do train them to apprehend
from the arm and the leg. The things that we use are
going to be a hidden sleeve. In this scene, the subject is actually
using a hidden sleeve. That's how he's taking that bite without actually being bitten. Check here. I found them. Two bodies. When it comes to tracking
a scent, a dog is awesome, especially in the conditions
that they were in. The canopy holds a lot of odor, which makes it even
easier for dogs to track. When it comes to my military experience, we have tracked more or
less, not insurgents, but we track more explosives. From the source of the explosive, to maybe where someone is
sitting, ready to ambush. So yes, you can use clothing to search for a familiar
smell for the dog. It doesn't have to be a living person. It can also be a dead person as well. I definitely give it a 10 out of 10. Some of the things, if you notice that the dogs are
targeting the arms and legs, you see that there's some stomach shots. So you know, if the dog
can't get to the arm or leg, then they're going to go
for another area, for sure. You see the two Belgian
Malinois being worked together. The Belgian Malinois is an awesome dog. Before, the shepherd was the go-to dog. Now the Belgian Malinois
has replaced the shepherd, based off of speed, stamina, size. They're not as big as a shepherd would be. Pretty bad-a--. But this is not as common to teach. But once again, if the dog
can't get your leg or arm, it's going to go for wherever
it can get a solid bite. Scaling the wall to bite the
subject is very realistic. In the military, it wouldn't be so realistic, only because if we had a threat up high, we would just neutralize that threat. But if we wanted to get a dog up high, that is a possibility. You see a lot of cross fire from a lot of the good
guys and the bad guys. The dogs probably wouldn't have last very long in the real world. Probably within after the
first or maybe second bite, they would've been shot by someone. Realistically, we wouldn't put our dogs freely in danger of a lot of that. They'll be sent to a specific target and then brought back to us to make sure that we're
not getting any cross fire. These dogs are really
desensitized to gunfire. Would've been also great to
watch them have ear and eye pro, based off of the new technology
that's provided today. I'm going to give that a 7 out of 10. There's a lot of shooting going on, and normally a handler
isn't going to put their dog in harm's way of that many guns. Oh, and Dennis, can you clear out some
of your people for us? Confuses the dog's nose. They're searching a building. They have everyone leave. Normally, we would not
necessarily detain everyone, but we would isolate
everyone to a certain area. So in that way, we know no one's
physically going to harm us as we search the building. Or try to figure out a
way to throw the dog off as we're doing it. This is a DEA dog. And they're looking for meth narcotic. The handling from the handler
wasn't all that great. He did a lot of touching stuff. In the real world, especially
in the civilian world, a little more than military, it's a big liability to sit there and touch the objects that you're wanting the dog to search, because you can cause the dog
to give a false indication. You want to minimize, as much as possible, your manipulation of the dog. So when conducting a a building search, we would let the dog free-search. Then we'll come back and detail. When we detail, we would
stay off of the object but point towards where
we want the dog to search. How long have we got
to be quiet down here? They're gone. We're good. So here we see the dog doesn't indicate on possible narcotics. Just means that the dog wasn't
in the best area for a sniff. Now with the narcotics
being a floor under, the dogs can catch the odor,
with it being a floor under, but it would have to be
in a productive space, which are areas where odor collects, and the dog can then track it to source. We'll give that handler a 3 out of 10 for his handling skills. Hey, kid, stop. The dog is barking. That can be a sign of the dog
having odor to a explosive. We like a little bit calmer alerts when it comes to explosives. Just because of how volatile they are. And with something like that, it's either a mine or a IED, right? Improvised explosive. We don't want to do
anything that can trigger that explosive to go off. Most times, our indicators are going to be a down or a sit instead of a barking, just because we want that calm behavior. And based off of the placement of the odor is how they indicate. So if it's something
that's lower to the ground, they will perform down. If it was something that was
higher up into a ceiling, or high, placed into a wall, they're doing a sit. Seek, Dex, seek. Come here. Seek. Attaboy. Seek. You see that the handler
says to the dog to go seek. It is a common word. Seek, zoek, find it. These are all common words that are used throughout
the military and civilian to go and search for an odor. What is that? You see that there's a Labrador. This is a common choice of breed for an explosive detection dog. The reason why they make really good explosive detection dogs are one, nice in nature, very high-driven, very good at hunting odors, whether if that's an explosive, narcotics, or even a bird. The handling of the dog
would've been different, definitely. The dog would've been a little further out from the handler. Most of these dogs are
used to clear routes where there were old minefields, or just routes that are known for insurgents to place IEDs. We would want the dog
to be a good distance so that we can save the handler, just in case the dog trips the explosive. All right, good boy, good boy. No booms. No booms, good dog. Words of encouragement
are a big thing for dogs. In these situations, you're not able to reward the
dog physically with a tug, or a ball, some sort of toy. When we train these dogs, we teach these dogs that
explosives or narcotics equal this big reward, this toy. And so that's why they
are so willing and eager to go out and find these explosives. In the scene, you see that the dog is a little bit more vocal. It's not a deal-breaker. Biggest thing is we
understand that these dogs are working off a motivation of a toy, which is what causes the frustration, and that's where you get those barks from. I would give it a 8 out of 10. Reason for not having a 10 out of 10 is based off of the handling of the dog. Found something. Good boy. The way she's utilizing
the dog is all correct. We didn't necessarily use flags. We use chem lights though. If we did do a flag, it was a makeshift flag out of rocks and reflective tape, where we would just drop it
at a known area of interest. And we used the chem light to mark how far from said IED. Clear. Leavey, check the vehicle. I've actually been in a
situation similar to this, without the explosion. My dog passed an IED
because of the wind current. We were traveling north to south, and the wind current was
going north to south. So with the odor being pushed past us, and me and my dog actually
walked right over an IED. My dog caught it about 50 yards. And he picked it up going back. But the IED was rigged for MRAPs, and our little weight wasn't
big enough to trigger it. But we could've definitely
been in a situation like that. Megan Leavey and her
dog partner were wounded from an IED. Military uses dogs
commonly for this reason, to be able to protect soldiers
from being hurt or killed. Which is one of the reasons why we train the dog to work
at a greater distance from us. She was a little bit on the luckier side. Based off my experience, I
have lost a dog from an IED. I'm going to give it a 10 out of 10. Based off the equipment, based off of the situation itself. You remember me? Your favorite chew toy from 2015? A lot of the military working dogs are fairly temperamental. I definitely have a few
bites on me currently from dogs when I was in the service. That going in, leashing them, and they decided to go ahead and bite me. So we do use muzzles quite a bit for more aggressive dogs. Typically in the beginning,
when you first meet your dog, you're not meeting them with a muzzle on, just because of the
establishment of a bond. We don't want to stress the dog
out with having a muzzle on. Now, if it's a very high-risk dog, then yes, we would put a muzzle on. Just because we know
that that particular dog is more than likely going to bite you. Me and you are going to
go on a little road trip. 1,500 miles. Just act like your daddy's
looking down on us from above. As the handler approaches this
dog, he approaches slowly. We would want to approach a
little bit more confidently, just to show the dog that
we're not giving off any fear. So the dog doesn't take advantage. The voice, the way he's speaking
to the dog, is all correct. We don't want to come
in with a harsh tone. But we also don't want to come
in with a passive tone as well. We want to come in with a
confident, inviting tone. All right, I'm going to leash you up. All right? Be cool. He gets down to the dog's level. Wouldn't necessarily get
down to the dog's level, as in face to face. Only because that's a very big risk. But also, we don't want to come in and hover the dog as a dominant and showing a dominance play. Realistically, he could do this, but he would put himself into
more of a dangerous situation with having a dog right in his face. What are you all so scared of? She's mellowed out big-time. Hey man, I forgot to tell you not to touch her on the ears, man. I left that part out. Most dogs don't really
care about their ears. It's just every dog has its own trigger. It could be its paws, it could be leg, rubbing the side of them, putting your hand over their head. And this particular dog,
its trigger was its ears. Hey, we weaned her off the Prozac, so she might get moody from time to time. This dog's on Prozac for PTSD. You have some that when
they retire, totally normal, regular, they can really turn into a pet, a household pet. My last military working dog, he actually went to a home as a retirement, a home with kids. And he's been doing great. This particular dog is
suffering from PTSD and anxiety based off of its military experience and based off of the loss
of its handler as well. Rating-wise for this scene,
I'm going to give a 10 out 10. It's very realistic for a dog with PTSD and aggression issues and with a trigger, of touching the ears. No, no, let's go. It wouldn't really be realistic to send a dog on another dog. One, because we don't train that, because it would be more of a distraction, especially when it comes
to military working dogs. And even as law enforcement, they wouldn't want that, with the dog not having
training to do that. This would be more of a natural reaction, versus training. You're OK. You're OK. With Sam being a German shepherd, it is fairly common for a protection dog. Dog is very loyal. It is a great protector. And it is a dog that will
give his life to protect you. This scene, I would rate a 3 out of 10. Really, we would never
send a dog on another dog. OK Max, go search. It is an option to have the
dog search free of handler. One of the things with that
is you do take a big risk, because you do have, like, you have the kid with
the ball behind a corner. You know, there's a
little bit less control. So normally you'll see a
dog on a very long line, like 30 to 50 feet worth of a line, to be able to control a little bit better, just in case you do have
that sort of situation. You see the dog, he
indicates on the weapons. That's very common with an explosive dog. We do teach it black powder, which is in most weapons. And smokeless powder, which
is in weapons as well. He probably missed that guy
that was around the corner, because he was overwhelmed from the odor of the weapons that were down there. My rating for this, for "Max," is definitely going to be a 10 out of 10. Everybody has their way of searching, and that's one of the techniques, and he performed it very well. Based off the clips that we watched today, my favorite scene is going
to be the "John Wick." We don't see that
particular style happening, with all that action, but it's
amazing to watch those dogs. Thanks for watching. If you enjoyed this, fetch the next video for another.
