Training of service dogs according to the methods of the NKVD and the SS troops of the Wehrmacht.
My first article about dogs "Doomed to Love" was published by the Kaliningrad publishing house "Sea Collection" BF 02.07/1988. Immediately after the beginning of perestroika. At that time it took a certain courage to insert into it a few paragraphs about the methods of training dogs in the special forces of the Wehrmacht. I did not stutter at all about the NKVD, the KGB and similar organizations. Let us talk right away. Do not expect to find something out of the ordinary in these methods. Ultimately, any special training seeks to achieve the same goal - to teach the dog the special service: search, tracking work, guarding and detaining people, searching for drugs or explosives. These special tasks are very diverse. For example, to spy on the "spy" Panofsky, the committee members used small dogs, trained only to smell him. Old men and women walking with lapdogs or Spitz did not arouse Panofsky’s suspicions, especially since they "led" him at a c...