Search and Rescue Dogs

This week was exciting.  We had a visit from Mr Kent Olson from Northwest Disaster Search Dogs.  Mr Olson brought his 3-year-old golden retriever, Guinness. Guinness is a special dog.  Mr. Olson went all the way to Wisconsin to find him as a puppy.  He trained him to work in cities that have experienced disasters.  Guinness' job is to search the rubble for people that are trapped.  He can crawl over and under obstacles to find people and he barks to let the rescue workers know there is someone there who needs help.  His sense of smell is 70,000 times more sensitive than a human's.  Amazing.  When Guinness isn't working, he loves to play--especially with his chew toy and with kids.  We had a lot of fun playing with Guinness.  Thanks to Mr Olson for sharing with us.

Guiness is very strong.

Mr Kent Olson and Guiness

For more info on Northwest Search and Rescue Dogs, go here.