AKC ADVERTORIAL
a domestic breeding program that would reduce the need to rely on foreign sources for national protection.
Shepherd fancier, has been fascinated since he was a child with the amazing contributions that his breed has made to the military. When he became president of the German Shepherd Dog Club of America in the early 1990s, he organized a trip by the club’s board to the U.S. Department of Defense canine center at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas. This began a long-time rela- tionship between Battaglia and the military dog team, resulting in many trips to Lackland and Battaglia being named as an advisor to TSA’s canine pro- gram. When Battaglia received the letter from Thomas regard- ing help with a U.S. breeding program, he took the matter to - tion Dog Task Force to docu- ment the current state of detection dogs use in the United States and explore how to increase the domestic supply of this crucial national resource. and these purpose-bred pure-bred dogs that have the skills, ability and breeding to produce the traits needed for detection dogs to successfully assist in meeting this national need to protect our country.” - ment Relations, Networking/Education and Breeder Outreach.
Government Relations – There are many obstacles that stand in the way of U.S. breeders being able to easily sell dogs to the govern- ment for detection work, including low market price for top working The government has stated that European dogs are less expensive
than buying U.S. dogs, but they do not include the additional expens- es of travel that could last up to six weeks for their procurement team, including the related costs of a veterinarian, ship- ping the dogs, and conducting health screenings and training while they are in Europe and again when they arrive. In addition, most legislators
are unaware of the U.S.’s de- pendence on foreign dogs and the fact that it is becoming in- U.S. needs from foreign sources. - lations team has made strides in
bringing these issues to the attention of lawmakers. 2018 National Defense Authorization Act (H.R. 2810) to support using and developing additional sources for high quality domestical- ly-bred working dogs. HR 2810 also requires the Department of De- evaluation, procurement, and breeding programs. This includes com- parative costs of foreign versus domestically-bred dogs, availability of (minimally trained) dogs. HR 2810 successfully passed earlier this year.
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