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 the force's anti-sabotage check tasks.
- For the first time, the glass ceiling in the field of dog handling in the CAPFs has been broken. ITBP is now the country's first CAPF to induct female dog handlers.
These women will take on this role when the Malinois dogs pass out from the ITBP National Training Centre for Dogs (NTCD) at Basic Training Centre (BTC), Bhanu near Panchkula.
- The Malinois pups named Spark, Axl, Juli, Charlie, Rony, Anny, Merry, and Tuffy are now around 3 months old.
These new inductees will go through a process known as 'marrying up', in which the pup will be imprinted with various positive reinforcement methods in order to form a close bond with the female handlers.
- The Malinois and their handlers will then go through 'Tactical Basic Obedience' training, which will be followed by ITBP's patented dual-purpose dog training and deployment of 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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