Talk:Conan (military dog)

Sex change ?

 * He is a Belgian Malinois and was named after Conan O'Brien due to his shaggy hair.[1] Conan took part in the Barisha raid in Syria, which resulted ....
 * She chased Baghdadi down into a tunnel where the terror leader detonated his suicide vest.[1]
 * Poor thing. 85.171.174.54 (talk) 09:25, 27 November 2019 (UTC)
 * I pointed this out in noting a need for an update, but someone reverted that notification, and no one caught that misdeed.MaynardClark (talk) 17:39, 27 November 2019 (UTC)
 * I'm just curious. Is it plausible (as in: has it happened before) that the military surgically removes dangling body parts for important missions so they can't get stuck on barbed wire or something? Because that would explain a lot.. - Alexis Jazz 09:13, 28 November 2019 (UTC)
 * NL-Times: Dog trainer Marco van Hoof: "I recognized him immediately". [...] "It is a male of five years old. He is a very good dog". Vysotsky (talk) 11:19, 28 November 2019 (UTC)


 * The article currently says in the info box that the sex is "fluid." That is humor. There is no evidence that the dog squats to pee  one day and then lifts a leg to pee the next while humping your leg. It is likely one or the other every day. "Disputed" would be a better entry for the infobox, with an appropriate amount of discussion in the article. The military currently says male. The image may be misleading.  Edison (talk) 16:55, 29 November 2019 (UTC)
 * It looks like initial confusion in reporting that has echoed on in some subsequent reports. News organizations can be lazy and copy earlier erroneous reporting on trivial details. It would be amusing if Conan were non-binary or gender fluid, but sources are clear now on sex. Eostrix (talk) 07:05, 12 December 2019 (UTC)

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 * Declassified image of Conan, the dog who chased al-Baghdadi.jpg
 * The photo speaks for itself with respect to the dog's genitalia, and is a useful part of the article. Res ipsa loquitor. Edison (talk) 16:27, 29 November 2019 (UTC)