Author: Walero Ajiwo

DOGS are great and faithful servants. African hunters and the military do not trifle with the roles of dogs in hunting expeditions and modern warfare. In Connie Goldsmith’s Dogs at War, readers are shown how the military selects and trains dogs to work with handlers in every branch of the US military. Such dogs, at the risk of their lives, effectively guard military bases, sniff out concealed explosives and other weapons, and alert their handlers to hidden enemies. The enviable roles of dogs during wars led to the coining of the term “top dog” in the 1860s. The Louisiana Democrat…