Walt

Ha. It's been tried exactly once, just to see if it was something worth throwing in the tool bag. Getting a guy with a dog attached through a window sucks. You have to assume that there will be broken glass, sharp edges, etc. It's hard enough to get just yourself through all that without getting chewed up. It's much easier to send in a couple of guys to breach, lock down the room and then have your buddy on the roof lower the dog. The handler can more or less guide the dog through the window. I've heard some guys have used this sort of tactic successfully, though Ive never seen it done, nor have I had any success with it (or any reason to do it beyond finding out what would happen).

This has a place in straight S&R - just straight repelling from a high point to a low point - but any scenario that requires speed tends to mash up the dogs pretty good.

Also, all of our dogs were less than thrilled about the whole thing.

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