Treo was a British Army arms-and-explosives search dog credited with finding IEDs in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, and receiving the Dickin Medal in 2010.

Helmand Province, Afghanistan

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Treo located IEDs in Helmand Province and was awarded the Dickin Medal in 2010.

His archive entry records both training history and the physical risk of explosive-detection work.

Treo is archived because explosives-search dogs stand close to danger before humans can see it.

Sources

• Wikipedia: Treo (dog)
• BBC: Sniffer dog Treo is honoured with PDSA Dickin Medal
• Dickin Medal list / PDSA context