>Isn't that the cunning plan that had the minor operational drawback
>that the dogs were trained to run at their own side's tanks instead of
>the German ones? Oops...

It is indeed. Also they trained in relatively calm training fields, which bear little resemblance to the roaring and booming of a pitched tank battle. So if the dogs didn't freak out over the loud noises, they did when their masters tried to shoot at them for running towards their own tanks, leading to the poor creatures seeking out the nearest safe harbor...which tended to be the underside of a T-34.