A Russian defence company has released a
new design of body armour to keep terror-sniffing police dogs safe in the wake
of the death of French police dog Diesel, who died during a police raid in
Paris following the Friday 13th terror attacks.
In a new video Russian dog handler
demonstrated the new design in a new video showing off the transformation from
man's best friend to professionally protected police hound.
'At first, of course, the dog did not like
the vest. Then gradually she realised that it was for her own good and protection,'
Vladimir Khitrykh said.
'We taught her with the help of incentives.
We can put the armoured vest on the dog in just one minute,' he said.
The armour has reportedly been designed by
St. Petersburg-based Scientific Production Association of Special Materials (NPO),
which was formed during the days of the Soviet Union as a specialist armoured
materials laboratory.
The so-called 'Nord body armour' consists
of two parts, protecting both the neck and chest of the brave pooch and
additional armour is also available for the legs and head if required.
Mr Khitrykh said: 'We had been working
together for six months. First, we trained for about two months, and then when
the dog got used to me, we started to work together. We worked on The Race of
Heroes. About a hundred cars went through our patrol. We were looking for
explosives and engineering ammunition'.
Source: The Daily Mail
