History The Dog Support Unit was established at the Special school of the former Gendarmerie in 1968. It was responsible for the training of the dogs and handlers that were engaged in the Gendarmerie. In the late sixties, the dog training moved to the mobile legion in Brussels, after which it ended up in Sint-Joris-Weert in the seventies. The unit changed location twice in the following years (military domain of Leopoldsburg, Leuven), and finally ended up on the military domain of Neerhespen in 2004. As a result of the police reform in 2001, the Dog Support Unit was placed under the General directorate of operational support. Since 1 March 2007, the unit is part of the detachments and services of the General directorate of administrative police of the federal police.