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Center trains dogs for search and rescue
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- Date Oct 14, 2012
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-- -- will search and rescue dogs become the -- became the unsung heroes of 9/11 and now a senator is opening new doors for more puppies to learn how to save lives and -- joins us with more on this story Anna good morning to you guys this video is sure to make your hearts -- this morning.
Which out of the Philadelphia to see how a new center is changing the way detection dogs are trained and -- On the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks researchers dedicated the first class the puppies at the ten -- working -- center in Philadelphia.
To the day of the tragedy this seven include Labrador Golden Retriever and a Dutch shepherd all named after search and rescue dogs used at ground zero.
The -- networking -- seminary is the culmination of ten years of vision and dreaming.
For working dogs canines are used in the military involved force that for therapy very patrols and detect bombs Orson without IED's.
And that's new center is on the cutting edge they focus on researching and training the dogs at about eight weeks salt before fears or bad habits -- We have that ability to make everything -- make everything motivating and so we can overcome many of those issues the American Kennel Club is helping the the cause funding a research DNA bank for detection dogs.
What we -- to know is -- the genetics.
Behind that that makes certain breeds and not only the green but crime group in that freed or cross creek.
Really good at this kind of job this -- had no shortage of people wanting to get involved over 300 people -- volunteered.
At only seven of the seventy households -- Foster families get the honor.
Their main job just to love -- The best part of that is every morning when I wake up -- -- -- like this today was the first time I had about a month.
And there's for -- I got this year in action doing searches and and it's like your little girl going off to school.
I'm being so -- the families keep the tough nights and weekends the good -- a year from now will be bittersweet it's.
If some day she can find somebody in the rubble after an earthquake or after hurricane and -- some these life.
It will be so worth it.
See how he's holding your sympathy if not great pictures that and -- say each dog is at least a 20000 dollar investment from training to -- -- in meeting their -- -- usually adopt one and yeah that's -- -- that's not play when I came home my yellow -- that I have personally with so Dallas -- all the smells from honest I'm not happy she non government aren't -- great story thank.