With their cute, innocent faces it is understandable how in times of pain and sorrow, like WW1, any kind of dog made a great mascot.
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Amazing, True Stories of WW1 Dogs, Lest We Forget
If you read my previous posts you surely discovered the incredible variety of tasks that dogs performed, willingly, during the Great War, Lest We Forget. No matter their size or breed, dogs found a place in the hearts of the troops, saving a great deal of lives in between.
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I can easily imagine sled dogs, even during WW1, but pulling dogs? How were they different and, mostly, what were they pulling?
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Prepare to be amazed by the scouts, sentries, ambulance and messenger dogs of WW1. During the Great War the military dogs first trained by military Scotsman Lt Col Edwin Hautenville Richardson proved invaluable as trench dogs. Other dogs of smaller size, did an amazing job as ratters.
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Although still informal, dogs helped a great deal during the Great War, WW1, especially in the trenches, and as ratter dogs.
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