nickimcbee,
I am sorry you lost your dog, I know the feeling.
I had a chestnut brown German Wachtelhund for 5 yrs "Arrak", but he became more and more aggressive towards me, despite all hard dicipline training..showing teeth and growling when I commanded him. He was a definite alpha-male!
He was great in tracking game but his bad temper at home left me with the only solution, to put him away which I am still hurting from that moment.
Found a clip of a Wachtel looking very much like Arrak:
Only difference is that mine would never lay that still!
Well, no more sentimental stuff here, we go for Steel Beasts instead!
"Jokes told by flight engineers are ignored;copilot jokes draw smiles;captain jokes send copilots and engineers into hysterics, none of which proves who tells the funniest jokes"
(Len Morgan)
I guess it is the same in the Sub-Navy