Doggy things

2007 UK Dog Trials

The UK Dog Trials are on Sept 1st at RAF Henlow.  The significant point about this occasion is that it is the 50th UK Dog Trial. I think you will agree a magnificent milestone. I would like to know
1.  Are the RAF Police arranging/organising anything special to celebrate the 'Golden' Dog Trials?
2.  Is the RAFPA arranging/organising anything?
3.  Does anybody have any suggestions.
I always like to promote this event in The Griff and would love to hear from any handler who has participated in any of the previous trials, anecdotal memories, photos. etc - Mitch

2006 RAF Police Dog Trials - pictures 

 

John Porsch MBE, Chairman of the RMPA, Chichester is also the owner of a specialist security company. He would like to talk to anybody who might be interested in consultancy positions. He is very interested in talking to people with specialist knowledge on dog training. If anyone is interested please contact John on

john@porsch.freeserve.co.uk

 

 

WARNING FOR THE RAF POL QPD!!  

I received a phone call today from George Clapperton about a book he is writing. He asked me if I could contribute to it in any way from an ex kennelmaids point of view. Apart from supplying him with photo's, I also said I would post a wee note here to requesting any ex dog-handlers to get in touch with George or e-mail me personally and I will pass any details they need to get in touch with George. He told me he has wrote to a lot of people already (Jim Henry being one of them) but hasn't got much so far from kennelmaids. I was a kennelmaid from 1979 to 1986 and served at, apart from Newton, P & S.S. Rheindahlen up to my discharge. If anyone can contribute towards George's book it would be very much appreciated.

Finally, are there any kennelmaids in this group apart from me??  Take care - Liz Rush (nee Waugh) Ljakrush@btinternet.com

 

 

'The story of the RAF Police Dogs' by Steve Davies

 

 

Is this a dog handlers wife?? has been asked

the reply has come back:

You have got it wrong mate,the photo must be a provost  or Station  policemans wife who wished she had married into the cream of the RAF Police (Dog Branch)
Sad but probably true.

 

Please forgive the intrusion ...my name is Tom Newton and I though you may be interested to learn, that I'm about to add an article on the history of the RAFs Police Dogs, kindly written for my page, by your own Stephen Davies, for: K-9 History: The Dogs Of War!

http://community-2.webtv.net/Hahn-50thAP-K9/K9History/index.html

Below is the url for what will eventually become the new RAF Police Dog history page, once it is published; I thought, that perhaps you may wish to add a link to it on your page, for your former RAF K9 membership.

http://community-2.webtv.net/Hahn-50thAP-K9/K9History30/

Oh, by the way, I was a former U.S.A.F. K-9 handler at Hahn AB, West Germany, back in the early sixties.

Also, and I realize it is alot to ask, I would like to please request the use of a few of your own K9 photos; Mr. Davies has use quite a number of names within his article, that I believe match up with quite afew of
your own photographs.

I have some current RAF dog photos, that I can use on the page, but it might be nice to use some of your older ones to illustrate the piece; that is, if you don't mind, I would apprecaite it.

Thank you for your consideration!

Best regards,

Tom (Newton),
USA
ps: I realize, that you're Royal Air Force, but by any chance do you know, if the Royal Marines are still using canines today? I've spent hours on their official website, and heck if I could find anything about
their current use ...other than that some British Army units do support them, but no mention of their own use of dogs today.

Willpower - an interesting picture - extra comments added 2 January

 

 

A special "Dogs Edition" of Provost Parade is planned, (does these mean it's for the dogs to read? - question from the WebMaster) and they would welcome any articles, reminiscences, etc., from former RAF Dog Handlers (and I presume literate dogs - WebMaster again) for inclusion in this.

Any such articles should be sent to Provost Parade Editor, Flt. Lt. Andy Bell, at RAF Halton.