http://www.gothamist.com/2006/08/30/shelter_dog_tra.php All comments for Shelter Dog Training For K-9 Unit en-us 2007 arts_jen Tue, 05 Jun 2007 17:33:04 -0500 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss jencarlson@gothamist.com jencarlson@gothamist.com 60 http://www.gothamist.com/2006/08/30/shelter_dog_tra.php#comment-328639 http://www.gothamist.com/2006/08/30/shelter_dog_tra.php#comment-328639 Comments Wed, 30 Aug 2006 20:18:56 -0500 <p>"Heartwarming" would be to know the fella is going to go to a caring, loving family that will love him and keep him in the their 500 sq ft backyard ..when not taking him for long walks in the countryside. Instead, poor Duke will live out his next 10 years sticking his nose into possible plastic explosives and lunging at armed suspects in dark alleyways while his handler cowers behind the squadcar. He'll have to walk over rubble, broken glass and discarded syringes. He'll have to crawl into tiny smoldering holes of disaster sites to sniff out dead people. He'll be kept in the tiny confinement of a patrol car in 100 degree weather for hours on end with the window barely cracked open. Heartwarming, I think not.</p> http://www.gothamist.com/2006/08/30/shelter_dog_tra.php#comment-328364 http://www.gothamist.com/2006/08/30/shelter_dog_tra.php#comment-328364 Comments Wed, 30 Aug 2006 15:43:51 -0500 <p>That dog is thinking, "I'm sniffing for bombs. I used to have a carefree life. If the bombs don't get me I'll die of lung disease after sniffing for cadavers in the rubble. Thanks!"</p>