Israel was the first nation to start using dogs in this manner. Since a dog’s sense of smell allows it to detect minute amounts of the Solanum retrovirus, they are useful tools in screening for those infected with the virus when more advanced procedures are either unavailable or too time-consuming. These dogs have no specific training they are just ordinary dogs placed in rows of separate cages or on strong tethers for their safety and the safety of others. The most basic use of dogs in zombie warfare is screening with Alarm dogs.
For this part of training, the dogs were sent to a live hazard training course that became affectionately known as Hound Town. Most of their instructions in Z warfare were to operate on their own in infested areas without their handlers physically present, and to respond to verbal commands over the radio. In combating the living dead, the animals are taught to use the terrain and even to trip or push over a G so as to buy time for its handler or other personnel to dispatch it. The dogs are trained so that they never bark unless commanded by their handler, never bite either a live or dead zombie, to keep moving when near a G, and to alert any live humans to the presence of a zombie. The most important aspect of the K Corps training is how the Ks and their handlers respond to the walking dead. This training makes a fun-loving pet into a disciplined solider. The same training given to dogs in military and law enforcement: drills, obstacle courses, and repeated command instructions, so that both the K and its handler will know, obey, and respond to commands and orders. The Alpha pups are then evaluated by personality and permanently assigned to new handlers, who go through every step of training with their new partners.Įssentially the same obedience training given to any household dog, done specifically by the sniffer K-9 handlers so as to assert who will be leading in the partnership. These were listed as Alphas, but only a fraction of these make it through training and enter service. A few of the puppies, however, would lock eyes with the ghoul, arch its back in a defensive posture, and let out a low warning growl. The majority of pups would begin whining and crying out uncontrollably, and were listed as Betas, meaning unsuitable for zombie training. When the pups are able to see and hear, they’re exposed to the live specimen-placed in a special cage with a chain-link fence separating them from a live zombie, and handlers would observe their reactions. Right from birth, potential K-9 units are exposed to minute amounts of zombie scent particles to acclimate them to the smell. Additionally, it needs to be able to smell rotting flesh from a long distance. You'd need to find one with weight and time to train it. This is a highly effective tactic as zombies are notoriously uncoordinated and take much longer to get back on their feet than humans do.Īs many dogs won't have what it would take to be a zombie killer, only few would be able to be trained. Instead, they're trained to circle around and pounce on the zombie's back or rear of the knees, pushing the zombie to the ground. Thus it is important to train dogs being used against zombies never to bite them. One can expect the toxin to render the dog dead in hours, depending on the size and health of the dog. This contraction of Solanum is fatal to the dog, and only a momentary distraction to the zombie. Some dogs with a high level of devotion to their masters have been known to bite zombies when cornered. Almost all living creatures will flee in terror from a zombie, and for the most part, this applies to dogs as well.
All animals besides humans can instinctively detect traces of the Solanum virus, and nearly all have the same reaction to it: terror.
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