260 British War Dogs 



have the effect of " gingering " up things all round, and 

 is another instance of the way Germans make war ! 



" Immediately the dog reaches the attendant, or his 

 assistant, its dispatch collar should be taken off and not 

 put on again until the moment that the animal is sent 

 back. The putting on of the collar will thus be a sign to 

 the dog that its journey is beginning. Should the attendant 

 have to take the message brought by the dog a little further 

 (e.g., from the telephone exchange to battle headquarters), 

 the dog should not be taken with him, but tied up and left 

 behind at the terminal point of the route, in order that 

 this point may be retained by the dog as a fixed datum for 

 its return. 



Should a dog not be sent back immediately on its arrival, 

 attention must be given to its kennelling, and, if necessary, 

 its cleaning and drying. 



The attendant and his assistants must, if possible, com- 

 pare their watches daily. 



Dogs which have repeatedly failed, bitches on heat, as 

 well as animals which cannot be worked on account of ill- 

 ness, wounds, and so on, must be sent for exchange to the 

 Messenger Dog Section of the Army Headquarters con- 

 cerned, accompanied by the dog-registers, equipment and 

 attendant file. 



Bitches should not be crossed, nor dogs used for breeding. 



VII. — Protection from Gas 



As a protection from gas, it will generally suffice to keep 

 the messenger dogs in dug-outs which are protected by 

 gas-proof roofing from the penetration of poison gases. 



Experiments are being conducted with a view to the 

 provision of a gas-mask for dogs. 

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