Defence Animal Training Regiment

The Defence Animal Training Regiment (DATR) is a training establishment, based in Melton Mowbray, east Leicestershire. It trains animals, of which the most numerous are dogs, for all three armed forces. Its headquarters are also the principal base of the Royal Army Veterinary Corps.

The site at Melton Mowbray succeeded the former Army School of Equitation at Weedon in Northamptonshire. The Army first occupied the Melton Mowbray site in 1946, and it became known as the Defence Animal Centre, a title which remained current until 2018. RAF Police dogs began to be trained at the centre from 1994, after merging RAF and Army dog training in April 1991. An indoor riding school was opened by Princess Anne on 28 February 2008.^[1]

The Defence Animal Training Regiment consists of three training squadrons and one training school, which are all based at Remount Barracks in Melton Mowbray.^[2]

• Canine Training Squadron – the squadron trains 200 military working dogs per year for the British armed forces, and about 100 others for civilian border and security services, and foreign armed forces; it provides basic training for dog handlers; it also operates a canine veterinary hospital.
• Veterinary Training Squadron – the squadron provides specialist military training for personnel who are already qualified as civilian vets, usually for the first twelve months of their military service; the squadron also provides the primary health care for animals at the Melton Mowbray site.
• Equine Training Squadron – with stabling for 140 horses and grazing for 260 horses, the squadron provides training for all horses destined for the Household Cavalry (Life Guards and Blues and Royals) and for the King's Troop, Royal Horse Artillery; it also provides initial training for military horse riders and riding instructors.
• School of Farriery – the school is a centre of excellence in military farriery, and trains all of the British Army's farriers; it is officially recognised by the Worshipful Company of Farriers and the Farriers Registered Council.

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