periods. The handler can correct his dog by 

 commanding NO. If this fails, he may gently 

 hold his dog's mouth shut. When necessary, he 

 will strike his dog in the windpipe with his hand 



Section II. PEN 



37. General 



As a preclude to field work, the dog's interest 

 must be transferred from the feed pan to the 

 cricket can. This is done in the training pen, 

 using the search chain substitution procedure. 



38. Procedure 



a. Initially, the feed pan could be placed in 

 the center of the pen, with a cricket can sitting 

 1 to 2 feet in front of it. The dog is put through 

 the search chain procedure, going to the pan 

 and the cricket can, sitting, and then being 

 recalled. 



or grasp it by the throat and apply pressure 

 until the dog stops trying to make noise (fig 

 22). As soon as the dog is quiet it should be 

 praised. 



TRAINING 



6. The feed pan is moved away from the 

 cricket can, 1 to 2 feet at a time. If a dog bypasses 

 the cricket can to go to the pan, it is not 

 rewarded. Most dogs will soon learn to sit at 

 the cricket can. If any dogs have difficulty learn- 

 ing this, it may be necessary to use a dropper. 



c. Once a dog is going consistently to the 

 cricket can and sitting, the feed pan is removed. 

 The cricket can is then moved to a different 

 location in the pen for each trial, so that the 

 dog must look for it. 



Section III. TRAIL ADAPTATION 



39. General 



During trail adaptation, the training environ- 

 ment is moved from the pens to simple trials, 

 and the dogs ar introduced to ordnance devices. 



40. Lanes 



Training lanes should be narrow (6 to 10 feet) 

 dirt roads or lanes cut across open fields. During 

 trail adaptation, each lane need not exceed 50 

 meters in length. There should be one lane for 

 every five to ten teams (one dog and one student 

 per team). 



41 . Ordnance 



A large quantity and variety of ordnance de- 

 vices are required for training mine and tunnel 

 dogs. Ordnance will contain all components ex- 

 cept fuses or detonators. During trail adaptation, 

 however, ordnance should be limited to two 

 types: 



a. M16-series antipersonnel (AP) mines, since 

 these must closely resemble the two types of 

 cricket cans (fig 23) . 



6. Antitank (AT) mines. These may be M15, 

 M19, or M21 series mines (fig 24). 



42. Steps in Training 



a. Step 1. Beginning about 10 feet from the 

 start of a lane, program (set) the lane with 

 three cricket cans. Cricket cans should be in the 



center of the lane, about 10 feet apart. Standing 

 at the start point, the handler gives his dog 

 MOVEOUT. After the dog goes to the first can 

 and sits, the handler gives it the STAY command 

 and hand gesture. He then goes to his dog, 

 kneels, picks up the cricket can, and holds it 

 under his dog's nose. He says "Good" to the dog, 

 pets it, and feeds it. Standing, the handler grasps 

 his dog's harness with the fingers of his left 

 hand and, interposing his body between the 



Figure 23. M16A1 antipersonnel mine. 



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