Dogs Who Serve In Combat Units Are Suffering From Canine PTSD

Dereck Stevens bonds with his military working dog before a practice drill at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio. Bryce Harper for The New York Times

Army Dogs Treated For Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder After Serving In Afghanistan -- Daily Mail

Dogs serving with the American army are developing canine post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), an animal behavioural specialist has discovered.

More than five per cent of the 650 currently deployed by U.S. combat forces have PTSD, and of those about half are likely to be retired from service.

Dr. Walter F. Burghardt Jr, chief of behavioural medicine at the Daniel E. Holland Military Working Dog Hospital at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas is among the first to recognise the condition in the dogs.

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