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Bomb-Sweeping Dog Switches Sides to Ukraine After Being Abandoned by Russian Troops
https://mymodernmet.com ^ | May 22, 2022 | Chay Quinn and Michael Powell

Posted on 05/31/2022 10:12:45 AM PDT by UMCRevMom@aol.com

Patron the Jack Russell has become a billboard worthy war hero as his bomb disposal skills have helped the team find over 200 Russian landmines and unexploded bombs

Russian special forces Belgian Malinois dog switches sides after it was found abandoned and close to death by Ukrainian soldiers

-Belgian Malinois Max, 3, was found starving by Ukrainians in the Mykolaiv region

-He has been redeployed as a mine clearer after being Ukrainian commands

-Ukrainian troops said could not understand why the Russians left Max behind

An abandoned Russian war dog has swapped sides - and is now saving Ukrainian soldiers on the battlefield.

Belgian Malinois Max, 3, was found starving by Ukrainians in the Mykolaiv region and was nursed back to health.

He has now been redeployed as a minesweeping dog after being taught to understand Ukrainian commands.

Dmitry, a member of the National Guard of Ukraine, said: 'From now on, Max will serve on the right side, defending Ukraine and nibbling Russian asses.'

His comrade added: 'Max has become a real favorite with the guards.

'We can't understand why the Russians would leave behind such as lovely animal.

'Ukrainians love dogs, they regard them as part of the family.'

Max was found still wearing a camouflaged collar issued to the Russian hounds.

A British special forces soldier told the Daily Star: 'Malinois are the same breed used by the SAS and the SBS. They are brave, highly intelligent and athletic animals.

'They are tremendously loyal but Max has obviously been ­convinced that the Ukrainians are now his new masters.'

He added: 'I'm very surprised that one of these animals was actually ­abandoned by the Russians because they are a highly-prized asset.

'Also the bond between a dog and its handler is very strong.

'It would be like leaving a member of your family behind.'

Max is not the only pooch who is making an effort to protect Ukrainians.

Jack Russell Patron is a national hero, having recently been awarded a medal for valour by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, has 250,000 Instagram followers and is the star of billboards symbolising his country’s defiance of Vladimir Putin.

Originally bought to appear in pedigree dog shows, Patron has detected more than 200 deadly Russian landmines and unexploded bombs.

Wagging his tail, Patron – whose name translates to Bullet in English – earns his reward of a piece of cheese from his owner and handler Mykhailo Iliev. He has to be careful with the treats. Patron weighs 4kg, handily less than the 5kg that sets off most Russian munitions.

The two-year-old pet found fame when Ukraine’s State Emergency Service posted a video online of their mascot working in the war-torn northern city of Chernihiv. He received his medal at the presidential palace in Kyiv with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who was visiting, looking on.

As we travel to the landmine- strewn forests around Chernihiv, troops and police officers at checkpoints cheer Patron and pose for selfies. ‘He gets a lot more tired now because of all the attention,’ says Mykhailo. ‘But it’s good to keep up the guys’ morale.’

Reaching a clearing, Patron soon finds abandoned Russian trenches crammed with empty cases of missiles for Russia’s Grad truck-mounted rocket launchers. Wearing his blue military harness, adorned with an embroidered bullet, Patron darts through the thicket to sniff out live munitions.

After buying Patron, Mykhailo soon realised the dog could help his work as a bomb disposal expert.

‘My wife is also in the services and there was no one at home to look after him, so I have taken him to work with me every day since he was two months old,’ he says.

‘This is his life, it is all he has known. It is just a matter of chance that we have such a capable dog. He is not a service dog, he is my pet, but he has an amazing nose and is an avid learner. He was meant to be a show dog but his destiny was to save people’s lives, not to win prizes.’

From six months, Patron was trained to detect TNT and gunpowder. When he does, he stops rigid and stands with his nose down until Mykhailo and his team approach.


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To: Lurker

He left the Russian Nazi military & now supports Ukraine


21 posted on 05/31/2022 10:51:32 AM PDT by UMCRevMom@aol.com (et, so p)
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To: UMCRevMom@aol.com

VIDEO I met PATRON, the most famous bomb-sniffing dog in Ukraine.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pdKkarXJG8


22 posted on 05/31/2022 10:57:17 AM PDT by UMCRevMom@aol.com (et, so p)
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To: UMCRevMom@aol.com

the dogs legs are not very long
jack russells are beautifully proportioned dogs
I expect this one to be mixed


23 posted on 05/31/2022 11:03:16 AM PDT by SisterK (recognize and resist tyranny)
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To: DesertRhino

Dogs do not have an instinct to sniff out ordnance. If the dog had that ability when found, it was trained.


24 posted on 05/31/2022 11:04:05 AM PDT by pierrem15 ("Massacrez-les, car le seigneur connait les siens" )
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To: UMCRevMom@aol.com

You need a reading comprehension course, but it may not be worthwhile, as I remember you now...you’re the one who denies Ukrainian Nazis exist, hahaha.

Hundreds of Ukrainian nationalists march in honor of Nazi collaborator
Stepan Bandera led Ukrainian Insurgent Army, which fought alongside Nazi Germany during WWII, killing thousands of Jews and Poles
By AGENCIES
1 January 2022
https://www.timesofisrael.com/hundreds-of-ukrainian-nationalists-march-in-in-honor-of-nazi-collaborator/


25 posted on 05/31/2022 11:06:03 AM PDT by jacknhoo ( Luke 12:51; Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation.)
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To: Lazamataz

Let us know when they surrender. The moral microcephalics on FR have been rooting for Putin for three months now, and the Russians still haven’t won.


26 posted on 05/31/2022 11:06:04 AM PDT by pierrem15 ("Massacrez-les, car le seigneur connait les siens" )
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To: DesertRhino

This propaganda is just getting comical now.

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Yep...pretty soon we’ll learn that Lassie, Rin Tin Tin, and Benji are all up in doggie-heaven pulling for the Ukrainians.


27 posted on 05/31/2022 11:06:36 AM PDT by Bishop_Malachi (Liberal Socialism - A philosophy which advocates spreading a low standard of living equally.)
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To: UMCRevMom@aol.com

INTERESTING VIDEO

Ukrainian forces carefully destroy Russian mines
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KmyH7NWcd0


28 posted on 05/31/2022 11:10:56 AM PDT by UMCRevMom@aol.com (et, so p)
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To: UMCRevMom@aol.com

The cute little doggie was probably the personal pet of one of the 4000 dead Russian Generals incinerated by the Russian mobile incinerator units. It’s a miracle he survived the non-stop Russian Nerve Gas attacks, crushing defeats at the hands of Ukrainian defenders, and starving Russian soldiers to defect to the Ukrainian side!


29 posted on 05/31/2022 11:12:40 AM PDT by Jan_Sobieski (Sanctification)
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To: DannyTN

Reminds me of

Prosecutor: “You are accused of murdering 5 family people in their house and kicking their dog.”

Home Invasion Defendant: “That’s a lie. I didn’t kick no dog.”

Putards version:

World: “Russia is accused of murdering thousands of Ukrainian civilians and abandoning a dog.”

Putards: “That’s a lie. They didn’t abandon no dog.”


30 posted on 05/31/2022 11:46:50 AM PDT by BiglyCommentary
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To: UMCRevMom@aol.com

yea but can the dog throw cucumbers into Russian fighter jet engines like Ukrainian grandmothers can?


31 posted on 05/31/2022 12:15:46 PM PDT by CarolinaReaganFan
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To: UMCRevMom@aol.com

At a press conference Max announced “I have abandoned Putin”. 😏


32 posted on 05/31/2022 12:23:04 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: Georgia Girl 2

I think at press conference Max announced “Putin is dead”.


33 posted on 05/31/2022 6:56:53 PM PDT by UMCRevMom@aol.com (et, so p)
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