A black Labrador has been awarded the animal equivalent of a Victoria Cross or his work sniffing out roadside bombs in Afghanistan.Nine-year-old Treo has been awarded the Dickin Medal after a saving the lives of British soldiers by detecting improvised explosive devices in Helmand province.
His handler Sergeant Dave Heyhoe said the dog proved a particularly effective counter-insurgency weapon, reports the Daily Telegraph.
"I'm very proud indeed, not only for myself and Treo, but it's for every dog and handler that's working out in Afghanistan or Iraq," he said.

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