ITBP first CAPF in country to induct women dog handlers
Chandigarh, June 3: The Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) has inducted eight women personnel for training, handling and deployment of Malinois dogs, the very same famous breed that secures ITBP troops in the anti-Naxal theatre and protects civilians during anti-sabotage check tasks by the force.
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The Malinois pups named Spark, Axl, Juli, Charlie, Rony, Anny, Merry, and Tuffy are now around 3 months old. These new inductees will undergo what is called 'marrying up', when the pup will be imprinted with various positive reinforcement methods to develop a close bond with the women handlers.
Then all Malinois along with their handlers will undergo the 'Tactical Basic Obedience' training that will be followed by the ITBP patented dual-purpose dog training and deploy the K9 teams as PEDD (Patrol Explosive Detection Dogs).
Meanwhile, the 90,000 strong personnel ITBP primarily guards the 3488 kilometres of India-China borders.
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