12/18/2012: "Military Working Dog Teams National Monument"

This was sent by Jim Frost. I was unable at this time to post the pictures that accompanied the email. May I suggest you type in your search engine Military Working Dog Teams National Monument. I did that and I found pictures of what Jim sent me. "for the Military Working Dog Teams NATIONAL Monument are done. They will officially be unveiled at the end of the Tournament of Roses Parade January 1. However, John has given me permission to post pictures of them. One is of the canine handler. He is dressed in modern uniform and equipment for today's military. He stands 9 feet tall. The dogs depicted are the four major breeds most used in the military in the past and present. The Doberman Pinscher - the Pride of the US Marine Corps in the War in the Pacific in WW2. The German Shepherd Dog - the official breed when the K-9 Corps was created in the late 1950's and famous for its patrol work, vehicle and building searches. The Labrador Retriever which was pressed into service starting in Vietnam as a tracker, now used so much by the Marines in Afghanistan because it is so adept at IED detection, and the up and coming Belgian Malinois.

Please understand.... a couple of the dogs are composites of several military canines of that breed. In the case of the German Shepherd Dog, there is a lot of Lex in that one. These canines represent the military working dogs of every breed of every decade they have served. They were not created according to AKC standards for each breed, nor were they meant to be. I hope you all understand and accept that. As more pictures come in I will try to set up an album for people to visit and view.

Thank you all for your support for this project. Whether its the parade, attending events, making donations, moral support you are all a part of this and this monument is also yours.

Also,new shirts are coming out and they will knock your socks off!!!!!!

Jim"