Dogs are part of the fire team
It used to be that the firehouse dog was a pet, a companion for the firefighters, a nice PR touch for the public. No more. Now dogs are a working part of the fire team. And so on Saturday, Icon and Hattie, fresh from training and testing to Department of Homeland Security and Federal Emergency Management Agency standards, reported for duty as disaster search dogs for the El Cajon Fire Department. (Their handlers got the same training and testing.) The two Labradors are prepared to search th
Dogs trained to warn of an imminent epileptic fit
The labradors and golden retrievers are taught to look after the person when they have a fit, and some are also able to predict an oncoming seizure - warning their owners by barking or licking their hands. When the seizure happens, the dog uses different methods to look after its owner.
Disc-sniffing dogs assist NY Police and the MPAA
Two disc-sniffing dogs assisted Queens County and Motion Picture Association of America authorities to ferret out the alleged culprits, who became the nation’s first to be hunted by black Labrador retrievers trained to sniff out polycarbonate and other chemicals in optical discs, officials said Wednesday.
MPAA Trains Dogs to Sniff Out Pirate DVDs
Two black Labradors are being employed in the fight against piracy in the U.K.
