It is a realistic portrayl of a War Dog Team - Handler and Dog at the initial moment of the dog's alert. Around the sloped granite base (whose angles and materials will echo the design of the nearby Vietnam Veterans Wall), are placed three narrative plaques which will tell the history of the modern War Dog Team, the Great Seals of our Armed Forces, and three 24" bronze relief portraits of the most commonly utilized modern War Dogs; the German Shepherd, the Doberman Pinscher, and the Labrador Retriever. An alternate copyrighted version of the base elements utilizes laser and acid etching directly on the Granite for the narrative text, the 3 dog portraits and the Great Seals.

The accompanying photos are snapshots of the scale model by Anthony Quickle. This design maquette was previewed before the membership of the VDHA in October 2002. Quickle's winning design was selected in a year long competition from an original field of 300+ sculptors. It is the only "War Dog" Monument design formulated with the active input of Vietnam Veteran Dog-Handlers and overwhelmingly approved by a vote of the entire Vietnam Dog Handlers Association Membership. This is the official design selected by these Military Veteran Dog Hndlers, and the monument will be erected by through private funding upon approval of the authorizing legislation currently before Congress.