IBFICU

The IBFICU K-9 unit has already aided the I.D.F. in preventing 4 separate terrorist attacks and have responded to more than 10 terror attacks in Israel.

The IBFICU maintains a service kennel in Kfar Tapuach Israel, housing 20 dogs locally. An additional wing is under construction. 30 sentry guard dogs, patrol dogs and home protection dogs have already been placed in needy border towns.
Our state-of-the-art kennel also includes training grounds for our courses.
Gedud. K-9 handlers with their service dogs are on the front line in Israel to detect terrorists and save lives.

Training of Dogs

Bomb sniffers - many terrorist bombings could be avoided if bombs were detected early by specially trained bomb sniffing dogs. One such attack occurred on June 11th 2003, when 16 Jews were killed and 73 were injured by an Arab suicide bomber who entered a bus. One of our K-9's and handlers standing at the bus stop could have smelled the explosives and prevented the terrorist from entering the bus.

The cost to buy and train a bomb sniffing dog and a handler is approximately $10,000. The procedure takes approximately 4 months. The IBFICU hopes to allocate bomb sniffing dogs and handlers to patrol busy central bus stations in major Israeli cities. Click (Donate) to help sponsor a Bomb Sniffer.

Tracking dogs - on Friday night, March 7th 2003, Rabbi Eli and Dina Horrowitz were brutally murdered while sitting at home enjoying Shabbat dinner. Good tracking dogs could have prevented this tragedy. The terrorist, cut through an electronic fence that signaled to the town security that they had penetrated Kiryat Arba. The terrorist, realizing that they would be discovered replaced the cut out section of the fence and hid. The Kiryat Arba Guard searched the area, and finding nothing, returned to his patrol. The terrorist waited about a half an hour and then crawled back through the hole, hidden by bushes and tress and then walked right into the town.... A good tracking dog would have led its handler straight to the hiding terrorist.

The tracking dog is trained to follow foot prints, sniff people or to follow the scent of an article which may have been left on scene. The tracking dog can be a tremendous enhancement to sophisticated censors and electronic fences. Because once the terrorist trips through or sets off any kind of signal in a specific zone the dog can then be brought to that zone to track the terrorist's present whereabouts. The expensive technology can only indicate where the penetration began. A tracking dog can lead you from the point of entry to the present hiding position of the terrorist. Naturally, most Yeshuvim lack the sophisticated censors and electronic fences. Tracking dogs would be brought in anytime a new hole in the fence is spotted, or when people report suspicious sounds or movement.

The tracking dog is the most expensive dog we maintain on our team. The cost of purchasing and training a good tracking dog and its handler can easily exceed $10,000. the training takes at least 4 months. We are currently looking for sponsors to acquire 2 new tracking dogs.
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Patrol dogs - Arab terrorists who lay in ambush to attack soldiers or to enter Jewish towns could be detected with the use of good patrol dogs to sniff them out. Trained service dogs have the ability to sniff, see and hear terrorists better than the most sophisticated surveillance and night vision equipment. On October '03, 3 soldiers from the elite Duchifat unit were ambushed, murdered and then had their weapons stolen by three terrorists near the village of Ein Yabrud, near Ofra. There was a fourth soldier who was also injured. The three terrorists hid behind a pile of rocks, in darkness, as the four I.D.F. soldiers passed them by. After the soldiers passed, the three terrorists shot them in their backs. A good patrol dog would have alerted to the terrorists hiding only a few yards away and would have lessened the element of surprise on the soldiers. An aggressive patrol dog with good bite skills could also have attacked the source of fire. The three terrorists would then have had to deal with four soldiers and an attack dog responding earlier to their surprise attack. The purchase and training of a patrol dog and its handler costs approximately $6,000 and takes approximately 2 months.
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Hostage rescue dogs - one of the goals of the IBFICU is to train and station one hostage rescue dog and handler on every emergency response team in small towns throughout Israel. The emergency response teams are the first responders to Arab terrorist situations such as terrorists barricaded in a house with hostages. Modern day Arab terrorists seek to execute their hostages as quickly as they can find them. For this reason the emergency response teams try and break into the homes and initiate contact with the terrorists before they can complete their bloody massacre. In most cases the courageous chief of the response team or the first I.D.F. soldiers to penetrate the home are killed by the initial burst of gunfire from the Arab terrorists, waiting in the home. Why should soldiers or response team heroes be the first to enter into the barricaded house? Trained pairs of hostage rescue dogs can divert the first wave of terrorist fire and enable the response team or soldiers to immediately follow behind them and together subdue the terrorists. The dog can run as fast as 35 kilometers an hour, running low and close to the ground, and attack the source of fire very effectively. The purchase and training of a hostage rescue dog and its handler costs approximately $7,000 and takes approximately 3 months to train.
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On vehicle response dog - the on vehicle response dog rides with its handler on the back of an open patrol vehicle or jeep. The dog is trained to jump off the vehicle and respond to the source of attack. Within seconds the trained vehicle response dog will be neutralizing the terrorist sniper. The purchase and training of the dog and handler costs $5,000 and takes approximately 45 days.
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Sentry guard dogs - On October 24th 2003, three soldiers were killed in Netzarim. In darkness and through thick fog 2 armed terrorists cut through an electronic fence, yards away from I.D.F. guards, guard tower, tank and the most advanced I.D.F. surveillance equipment. . A sentry guard dog, stationed by that vulnerable area of the fence easily could have detected those terrorists before they carried out their carnage. Sentry guard dogs are used to stand guard with their handler at a stationary guard booth or position. These dogs are trained to give early warning of terrorists approaching the position. The dogs superior ability to see, sniff and hear eliminate the surprise edge that the terrorist might have had. A basic sentry guard dog can be acquired and trained together with its handler for $4,000, within 45 days.
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Home protection dog - The IBFICU also maintains a special project to place guard dogs with families who live near the borders of vulnerable Israeli towns. These dogs can offer the needed alert to their newly adoptive families before the terrorists get too close. These dogs are friendly with their new family and every family is given a short course on how to properly maintain and care for the pet/guards. These dogs will bark and awaken the family when strangers approach. And if necessary they can attack those who threaten their new family. These dogs are more affordable, we often rescue these dogs from animal shelters, before these homeless dogs are put to death. The cost of adoption, transportation, basic training and installation in their new home costs approximately $1,500.
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The training procedure of the handlers

All IBFICU handlers undergo the appropriate course for the type of specialized work they will be expected to implement. A tracking or a bomb-sniffing dog handler will undergo a rigorous 3-4 month course.
A sentry guard handler will undergo a 30 - 60 day course.
A patrol dog handler will undergo a 2 - 4 month course, etc.., which includes theoretical and practical training. (Such a course would cost a minimum of 2500 dollars per month, at the going rate in the international market.) Handlers are also taught how to take proper vet care of dogs as well as how to control and command dogs. Dogs and handlers specialize in different tasks ranging from bomb sniffing and tracking to hostage rescue, patrolling and protection work.
We attempt to place our graduate handlers in commercial security guard positions where they can earn a fair salary and continue their volunteer work to defend "settlements", during their spare time. This option is offered after a year of service, to volunteers who commit to doing at least 2 shifts of volunteer guard duty, per week. A volunteer handler could make a career in the canine security industry and at the same time volunteer part time to help the IBFICU secure vulnerable towns, which otherwise could not have afforded the additional security we could offer.
The cost of the course is 1500 dollars per month, any volunteer who signs on for at least 2 years can receive free training. Volunteers can only apply for the course after a one week, full day, trial period.
Those who can't become handlers can volunteer to be handler or K-9 training assistants or join the kennel maintenance team.

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Breeding of Dogs

The IBFICU has commenced a breeding program; the first of its kind for security service dogs in Israel. Zara, one of our Mallanois is pregnant. We have also started acquiring pups from Alaska and Holland. A well - rounded program requires adult, young and breeding dogs. Adult mature service dogs are ready for action and can be used immediately. Pups and younger dogs undergoing training can soon enter into the K-9 service force more adaptable to our unique needs. And the breeding of our own service dogs can help cut down costs. Those dogs that will be deemed unfit for service can still be sold to help sustain IBFICU costs or be placed as family protection dogs in border towns. The breeding program offers to produce the next line of Israeli K-9 defenders, of the future.