Project Dogs

[kato13]

ArmySGTs post with his wakeup cycle mentions a K9 chamber.

At what levels and frequency would you see dogs in your project?

I was thinking that in addition to specialty dogs (security, IED detection, etc) that first contact teams (covert) could probably use a dog. (Memories of the Road warrior might be pushing me in this direction)

If the project had expectations of teams functioning without much project support, I can see dogs being very useful as well. In my project there is an expectation that any team may wake early so they are designed to tough it out a bit more than the canon project. This could mean more teams have dogs as standard equipment.

Dogs also have a psychologically soothing potential which I could see being helpful for teams as well.

My first thoughts for breeds are
German Shepherds
Australian Cattle Dog (Again Mad Max's dog)
Belgian Shepherd Malinois
Labrador Retriever

What are your thoughts on this?