eHow Pets Dogs Dog Training The History of the First K-9 Unit Police Dog The History of the First K-9 Unit Police Dog By Mark Bingaman, eHow Contributor Share Print this article The History of the First K-9 Unit Police Dog thumbnail Police dogs and their handlers share a close relationship. Since dogs were first domesticated in the early days of mankind, the animal has been used as a tool of war and a means of controlling, intimidating and subduing humans. The U.S. Army initiated one of the first organized K-9 units in the Seminole Indian War of 1835-1842, with law enforcement agencies in Europe developing the first, official police canine corps in the 1900s. Have a question? Get an answer from a Veterinarian now! Other People Are Reading Federal K-9 Officer Starting Salary Police Dog Facts History There is no way of determining the very first K9 unit police dog. However, according to the Encyclopedia Britannica Online, "Dogs were first trained for police work at the turn of the 20th century in Ghent, Belgium, and the practice was soon adopted elsewhere." Hungary, Austria, Germany and France recognized the security potential of the animal, with German law enforcement especially enamored of the concept. "In Germany as early as 1911 there were between four and five hundred police stations provided with these specially trained dogs," writes David Brockwell in the book "The Police Dog: A Study of the German Sheperd Dog
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