A former military dog has had viewers in stitches after retaliating following a ‘swing attack’ at his local park.
Guge, an eight-year-old Belgian malinois, had been relaxing on the swing when he’d decided he’d had enough and wanted off.
But as the ex-Australian military special forces dog hopped down from the playground equipment, the ‘sneaky swing’ banged into the dog - and Guge was having none of it.
The dog spun around and chomped down on the edge of the swing with his extra strong titanium teeth.
The special ops K9 gave his 28.2k Instagram followers a good laugh at his reaction to being sneaked up on, with one writing: “That swing won’t sneak up on Guge again #lessonlearnt.”
Another added: “He really took offence to it bumping into him didn’t he.”
“Guge 1 - Swing 0,” commented a third.
Guge was formerly a trained attack dog, but retired in 2018 on medical advice following a torn gracilis muscle.
The pup was born in Croatia in May 2013 before being imported to the Netherlands, and bought by the Australian Defence Force’s 2nd Commando Regiment.
His owner, Steve, who shared Guge’s story on Instagram, said: “He began training to become a Special Ops attack-dog with his first handler. Unfortunately, Guge was injured shortly after, in Jan 2015, rupturing his rear right ACL (a severe meniscus tear), and undergoing TPLO surgery with a lengthy rehab process.
”Guge bounced back, continuing his training and began to earn his fearsome reputation. Guge’s first handler was forced into a management role within the dog cell, which is when I came in, after returning from a deployment to Iraq.”
Guge and Steve became a qualified team in 2016, working with the Tactical Assault Group - Australia’s domestic counter terrorism unit.
When he wasn’t fighting crime, Guge was fathering puppies, siring a litter of 11 pups in 2016. He’s even produced working dogs for the army and air force via artificial insemination since.
But after being forced to retire, Guge had to undertake some training to ensure he could continue living out his days with Steve as a pet, and has been ‘much loved and pampered ever since’.
Belgian malinois are an intelligent and athletic breed, often used in the police force and army as working dogs for search and general purpose.
TeamDogs spoke to the trainer of one malinois, called Shinga, who was being trained to protect rhinos in Africa.
Part of Dogs 4 Wild, in South Wales, Shinga was getting ready for a deployment to Zimbabwe where she would be tracking humans across nature reserves, as well as act as a deterrent to poachers looking to hunt antelope, giraffes and warthogs.
