asset for the marine corps. their working life right now is 8 to 10 years. joseph is a former dog handler and is the military working dog adoption coordinator at lackland. with dogs rotating in and out of places like iraq and afghanistan and other countries in the middle east it has taken some working time off of their longevity. november of 2000, congress passed robby s law allowing suitable working dogs to be adopt. prior to the year 2 it 000 most were out that niced. in the last two and a half years almost 800 dogs adopted out. currently, more than 90% of america s superdogs are adopted by their former handlers. corporal levy is one of them. he has things in his medical record that say not adoptable because he is an attack dog and used to be really aggressive at the vet. worryd that the military
and handler teams continue to train. dog command. and defend our freedom at home. and overseas. nearly 3,000 dogs currently work for the military. we train the military working dogs to detect explosives and narcotics. building searching scouting. looking for someone in an open field. we are doing explosive training. the dogs of day 25 in training. pretty much a game of hide and seek. the job is to go find it. when they do find it we teach them to sit and give them a toy. they think some of the training that they do s actually a game which is nice because they really try hard. the dogs may look cute and playful but they are fierce intelligent creatures. depending on the breed their noses can detect up to 100 times better than their human partners. we use primarily german shepherd dogs as our working
adults and which just want to be pets. the dogs are going to be exposed to higher levels of stress than your typical house dog. we are coming in. we do want them to have a certain nerves of steel if you will. some of the dogs go to be law enforcement dogs if it they don t make it as military working dogs. this k-9 responded to the newtown connecticut shooting. another dog working in law enforcement is holland. fox files met up with him and his handler, metropolitan transportation authority police officer doug joseph. this k-9 unit is helping to lead the fight against terrorism in the big apple. in the mta, what would he be sniffing for 12346789. here our primary concern is explosives on the transit system in the metro area. tell me how important dogs have become in the last several years to american security? what the dog lets us do is move around any place, any time. they are versatile and we are
on frank sinatra, jr. in 1963, hollywood star his kidnapped son.o savee he was defeated for the first time. also on the battlefield and the home front. they are bred for work and kept for work. how does man s best friend become a superdog. the longer you are with a dog the more he wants to work for you. and see this act. hello, forest. in his most important role. you are the providers of our freedom and we don t take that for granted. gary i sinise helping true american heros. i m allison camerota. i m dana perino. i m claudia cowen and that is all next on fox files. call me irresponsible . in the fall of 1963, sinatra was on top of the world. the lead ever of the glamorous rat pack which featured the likes of dean martin and sammy davis, jr. his latest hit on the charts was call me irresponsible and his movies were still doing big business at the box office. he was in the middle of filming another rat pack movie robin and the 7 hoods whic
asset for the marine corps. their working life right now is 8 to 10 years. joseph is a former dog handler and is the military working dog adoption coordinator at lackland. with dogs rotating in and out of places like iraq and afghanistan and other countries in the middle east it has taken some working time off of their longevity. november of 2000, congress passed robby s law allowing suitable working dogs to be adopt. prior to the year 2 it 000 most were out that niced. in the last two and a half years almost 800 dogs adopted out. currently, more than 90% of america s superdogs are adopted by their former handlers. corporal levy is one of them. he has things in his medical record that say not adoptable because he is an attack dog and used to be really aggressive at the vet. worryd that the military might euthanize rex, she got