https://twitter.com/FluffSocie...s/910896407418228736

I have always believed dogs were gifts from God...this just reinforces that belief

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Originally posted by Bisleyblackhawk:
I have always believed dogs were gifts from God...this just reinforces that belief

Agreed!

A friend has Freya, an underweight female Maligator who flunked bomb dog school (a wise move if you ask me; EOD are crazies - go up to a bomb and fuck with it ).

They are looking for another school for Freya, but having failed out once, few want to invest the time in training her.

I wonder if I could train her to find people?

It's nice to see some effort made to protect the dogs while they work. If only there's a way to keep the dust and other nasty particles from entering their lungs.

That dog has a serious "I have a serious job to do" face.

Thank you, God, for giving humans such compassionate friends.

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Originally posted by craigcpa:
That dog has a serious "I have a serious job to do" face.

Thank you, God, for giving humans such compassionate friends.

I don't speak Spanish, but I'm guessing Marina is not a place people keep their boats. That dog is a Marine. They all have that look.

cool googles and booties

more on Frida

http://www.latimes.com/world/m...-20170921-story.html

7 year old lab

sounds like not all of the 52 detections were of live people

Frida is the star of the Mexican navy’s Canine Unit. Throughout her career, the 7-year-old Labrador has detected 52 people — 12 alive — in various natural disasters.

Fifteen dogs have been deployed to search for people in Mexico City, but none have as many Twitter admirers as Frida. The navy tweeted a collage of photos of Frida last week, announcing her 52 rescues to the social media world. It got more than 4,000 retweets and nearly 7,000 likes. People called her a symbol of hope, a hero and offered to send her more boots to keep her paws safe. (She and the other rescue dogs have enough.)

On Thursday afternoon, she napped in a break room with two Belgian Malinois colleagues, Evil and Echo. Frida’s handler, Israel Arauz Salinas, said she had suffered from exhaustion after searching the school Wednesday. But he said she was back in good spirits Thursday after drinking water with electrolytes and getting some rest.

Salinas said that because of Frida’s age, Evil and Echo, who are a year and a half old, usually go into collapsed buildings first. If they detect a person, Frida follows up to confirm. She usually spends no more than 20 minutes inside.

Salinas said they bark if they detect signs of life. If they find a corpse, they stop suddenly, then carefully proceed.

"They act afraid," he said. "That indicates to us that there is a cadaver."

He said the spaces that Frida and the other dogs have had to search are less than 20 inches high. In some places, the dogs had to crawl, getting much deeper into the rubble than rescuers could.

Salinas said the dogs are selected for service at 2 months old. They receive training that determines whether they will go into detection of narcotics, explosives or people.

For detection of people, the training starts by throwing toys such as balls. Once the dog gets used to fetching, the trainer begins running with the toy in hand.

"They start associating the smell of the person with the reward of the ball," he said, adding that they train for about 3 hours a day for a year before being sent out to disaster sites.

Frida’s skills are applied not only in Mexico. Salinas said she was in Ecuador during the earthquake of April 2016.

10/10. Would pet.

Someone better be getting some extra treats or play time

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Originally posted by Rightwire:
Someone better be getting some extra treats orand play time

Absolu-freaking-lutely. Good girl Frida!

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Originally posted by KevinCW:
10/10. Would pet.

I LOL'd!

How much aid relief did Mexico provide to the United States in the wake of Harvey and Irma?

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Originally posted by parabellum:
How much aid relief did Mexico provide to the United States in the wake of Harvey and Irma?

I think they did, in fact offer and was accepted by Gov Abbott

https://www.dallasnews.com/new...ricane-harvey-relief

But the nations DACA's, not so much...