Uh, the Russian AT dogs were a failure because they usually went for
Russian tanks which used gasoline. Since the dogs were taught to crawl
under Russian tanks in training they smelled the gasoline from the
engines. German tanks used diesel so the Pavlov training the Russians
used turned against them. Only a few German tanks were ever destroyed
this way but 22 Russian tanks were lost to their own dogs!'
The Germans used AT dogs as well, but with a special harness that
released the dog once under or on top of the enemy tank. The Germans
loved their animals and none were starved to perform nor blown apart-
the charges being timed. A few German dogs even recieved the Iron
Cross! No lie. You will see particularly many photos during the war
with the SS and their dogs riding with them in the Sdkfz 251s,
Kubelwagens, or in Zundapp/BMW motorcycle sidecars!
Besides pigeons and dogs, the Germans also used Elephants in Hamburg
to plow and move machinery. They used horses and mules to carry
panzerfaust and panzerschrek AT weapons in wooden carts at wars end,
sometimes in a quad arrangement.
BTW, the dolphin stories are true. They were used to protect Trident
boomers as well as recently used in Iraq to locate mines and possible
enemy divers.

Rob

I thought the Russian dogs were a failure as they'd been trained on mainly
russian tanks (the theory being that they'd associate lying under tha tanks
with the reward). Unfortunately for the trainers, they usually ra\n under
their own tanks? Either way, they weren't very successful