Comments on: Samurai Dog Armor

By: katelady

katelady — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 08:14:25 +0000

Not good dogs. Some people on horsematch.com argued this before.

By: .swinedriver.

.swinedriver. — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 19:51:19 +0000

Ah, and let us not forget Giger’s contribution:

http://www.hrgiger.com/missing/WorkNo075b.jpg

By: Sam

Sam — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 18:05:44 +0000

Akita dogs were common on the battle fields of the Fuedal period in Japan.

They did not actually enter the battle unless the enemy lost face by retreating. The Akita dog has twice the bite pressure of a German Shephard, three times that of a Doberman.

One prominent Damiyo kept a kennel of 1200 war dogs, each with its own handler.

But the armor shown above would have probably been cerimonial, the helmet would have made biting impossible and the backpiece would have slowed them down.

By: Alex

Alex — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 08:20:17 +0000

So that’s where Jeff de Boer got his inspiration from!

By: marieissah

marieissah — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 07:48:13 +0000

Poor dogs

By: gail

gail — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 23:47:32 +0000

The body armor looks very much like the kevlar suits modern war dogs use, though.

By: gail

gail — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 23:46:46 +0000

I think he probably means it seems a little impractical for actual use in battle (especially the helmet)

By: Tim

Tim — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 22:04:41 +0000

Not sure if the author was implying that the sog owner was eccentric because he was protecting his dog, but dogs have been used in combat for thousands of years, and nowadays bomb sniffing dogs wear body armor just like their law enforcement handlers. I have heard that one dog was knighted in Britain for his bravery, but I haven’t bothered to verify that…