Beagle Patrol: Skilled Detector Dogs at Airports
Training beagles to detect illegal imports at airports without disturbing passengers. Meet Stockton, a skilled detector dog partnered with Demeter.
00:00:09 Beagle Patrol: Training adorable detector dogs to find illegal imports without bothering passengers at international airports.
🐶 Beagles at the national detector dog training center in Orlando are trained to become detector dogs.
🍎 Detector dogs work at international airports to sniff out illegal imports and meat products that may carry diseases.
✈️ The dogs perform their duties without bothering passengers who are traveling.
00:01:13 Watch as dogs at the National Detector Dog Training Center are trained to detect different odors in luggage and help keep airports safe.
🐶 The National Detector Dog Training Center uses target boxes with mixed odors to train dogs to detect various scents.
👜 The dogs are trained to search the seams of suitcases as odors tend to come out from there.
❌ Not all tests go smoothly for Stockton, as he lies down instead of sitting.
00:02:15 A dog training center teaches beagles how to become detector dogs for airports, emphasizing the importance of their good food drive and social skills.
🐶 Being a detector dog requires being great with people and children.
🍔 Detector dogs have a strong food drive and are trained with food rewards.
🏠 Dogs that don't work out as detector dogs are placed in homes after training.
00:03:20 Meet Stockton, a detector dog, who loves his work. Partnered with Demeter, they make a great team. It's a game to him, and he excels at it.
Stockton has a high chance of becoming a detector dog and enjoys his work.
Demeter is described as meek and loves working as a game.
Stockton and Demeter work well together and both enjoy their work.
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