Dog college
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This one is actually about dogs....
The wind is blowing hard, changing direction every few seconds, and whipping hair into my eyes. Despite the cold breeze, Andy is hot on a smell trail. The black lab, at just over a year old and months into his education, deftly navigates the expanse of concrete chunks, bricks, metal grates, and wooden pallets. With sure paws and a keen nose, he finds the person hiding amid the rubble pile in a matter of seconds, barking continually until rewarded with his squishy basketball toy and eager words of praise from his trainers.
Each of the four dogs tested on the rubble field homed in on the mock-victim, but Andy did it the fastest–clear evidence that he’s close to graduating and nearly ready to enter the workforce. Staff at the Penn Vet Working Dog Center (PVWDC) agree, which is why Ken, a member of Canada Task Force 2, has recently arrived to spend two weeks getting to know Andy. If all goes well, he and the dog will leave Philadelphia for Alberta together as a united search and rescue team.
https://www.popsci.com/environment/dog-college/?user_id=66c4c06e5d78644b3aab4472
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What I like best about watching dogs do things like this is how happy them to be when they’re working.
