Charlie The Cancer Detecting Dog

She is a six week-old German Shepherd from champion lines (from Nadulhaus German Shepherds) and will be one of the first dogs in the world trained on upper thoracic (head, neck and throat) cancer, using saliva samples. After 12 to 18 months of training with In Situ Foundation, she will be owned and loved by Dr. Peter Belafsky (University of California, Davis) and will work with him to sniff samples in clinical trails, which will help advance protocols to detect cancer at its earliest stages through olfaction. - See more at: http://dogsdetectcancer.org/our-dogs/#sthash.Wq9LyaMo.dpuf

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Jany The Air Force Dog

An anti-terrorist air force unit near Bogota, Colombia is using dogs in a brand new way -- skydiving troops jump out of planes with dogs attached to them. These skydiving pooches are trained to detect explosives. Did I mention the dogs skydive? They skydive. The dogs skydive.

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Smiley The Avalanche Rescue Dog

Dogs like Smiley are put through intense training to learn how to use their sense of smell to locate people who've been buried in the snow. They can be invaluable in very dangerous situations. I don't know about you, but if I was trapped under several feet of snow, I'd be mighty glad to see a face like Smiley's come to the rescue.

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Meet Bill The Police Dog

German shepherds like Bill have been used to help police apprehend suspects since the 1960s. These pets go through intense trained to protect law enforcement, and help with tasks such as detecting criminal evidence, finding missing persons, and sniffing out explosives.

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