Alabama Strongwood Log Homes

The second thing we did at the 39th Scout Dogs that I felt was innovative, was how we used our excess dogs.  Since we weren’t loosing either men or dogs (I only lost one dog in the 13 months) we had more dogs than we had handlers.   Hmmmm … The dogs were getting fat and lazy.  We didn’t have enough trained handlers so what would you do.   Yep… we went to the S3 and put a call out to the battalions.  We offered any company commander that wanted to a scout dog permanently assigned to their unit, to provide me with a man.  I would provide the man with a week of solid training.  Then I would send the dog and handler back to the company where they would become a permanent asset to the unit.  In return, all I asked was that the company commander send the dog and handler back for one week out of every four for training and an opportunity to check on the health of the dog.    This was a win-win situation for everyone.  The infantry company had a permanent member of its unit with a nose hundreds of times more sensitive than a man’s.  Both of these innovations we used, working dogs off leash and training handlers and assigning them directly to companies, were probably used by other units.  The one thing I can say is these were things that we developed independently to meet problems we had.  As for how this effects my getting into the log home business, it should show that I problem solve.  I think things through and in the end, I come up with good decisions.  I did my homework when choosing a log home company but I will tell you more about that in future blogs. 

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