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Former pound puppy, now master drug sniffer

Posted by (Melissa Drake) on Thu 10 Jan 2002 - 16:53
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As an example of the intellegence and trainability of pound dogs,
Tucker, a puppy abandoned at the Toronto Humaine Society last year has risen through the ranks of Canada's detector dog program exceptionally fast, with an "impressive" learning curve. He's now working at an Alberta prison as a drug sniffing dog.

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MelSkunk — Thu 10 Jan 2002 - 23:39
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Okay, I just realized how "Master drug sniffer" sounds totally wrong. Arrrg!

Melissa "MelSkunk" Drake

Wolf_Sister — Fri 11 Jan 2002 - 08:23
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Actually, a fair number of drug snifing dogs, as well as handicapped assistant dogs and even dog actors come from shelters.

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