new delhi mudhol hound the indian dog breed being eyed by central paramilitary forces for their canine squads has not been found to be an ideal police working dog breed in trials ordered by the home ministry as per conclusions of field trials of the breed conducted by itbp and ssb on the directions of mhas police k9 cell mudhol hound though loyal agile and healthy is essentially a sighthound breed with a nervous temperament that tends to get easily distracted by the presence of any moving object preferring to chase it rather than concentrating on following scent a key requirement for any police dog this breed doesnt fulfil the requirement of a police dog due to its temperament and poor trainability was the conclusion drawn by itbp and ssb experts and submitted to the mha police k9 cell which is said to have shared it further with the pmo meanwhile the field trials of three other indian dog breeds are still underway while crpf is doing the trials for combai and bsf for rampur hound different versions of the himachali hound or mountain dog breed gaddi bakarwal hound and tibettan mastiff are being assessed by itbp ssb and bsf some interesting findings from mudhol hound trials recorded by assistant commandant vet pankaj kumar teotia from ssbs dog training and breeding centre alwar and commandant vet pankaj kumar from itbp headquarters in an article published in national police k9 journal released in january 2021 that the breed has the tendency to forget past training and tends to run away if kept offleash during trainingpractice itbp and ssb had inducted 8 mudhol hound pups in 2018 and after giving them basic obedience and training in detection of explosives and narcotics deployed them in the antinaxal grid in chhattisgarh and on the indonepal border after studying the behaviour performance and utility of the breed in the field it was found that the mudhol hound is hard to be trained has less grasping power is temperamental and always in a hunting mood and essentially a oneman dog who does not take well to strangers which makes the breed unreliable for police duties also due to its long and narrow head it can easily remove the neck collar and escape from the handlers controlthe breed has its positive traits too it is loyal to the master easy to groom low maintenance resistant to most diseases welladapted to hot climatic conditions particularly in south india and can run long distances without any difficulty mudhol hound also known as caravan hound is a common pet among villagers in karnataka who use it for hunting and guarding the breed is said to have been revived and brought recognition by shrimant rajesaheb malojirao ghorpade of the erstwhile princely state of mudhol 18841937