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Posted on 06/10/2005 4:55:57 PM PDT by bayourod
Washington, D.C. — U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Commissioner Robert C. Bonner is pleased to announce that nine Labrador retriever puppies were born on Monday, May 23, at the CBP Canine Enforcement Training Center...[snip]...If you are interested in being a foster parent for these or future puppies consult the web site for additional information at www.cbp.gov....[snip]...
"These nine Labrador retriever puppies are CBP’s next generation of detector dogs. The CBP breeding program enables us to augment our detector dog force and we expect another litter of puppies to be born in the coming weeks. Currently, the breeding program has produced 130 puppies in 20 litters," said Assistant Commissioner for the Office of Field Operations Jayson Ahern.
In September 1998, the United States Customs Service received 12 Australian Customs detector dogs with the working bloodlines necessary for starting a breeding program. These dogs became the nucleus of Customs breeding program. To keep the program going, CBP’s Canine Enforcement Training Center veterinary staff selects top field trial dogs (champion Labrador retrievers in the United States), outside the current gene pool as the sire. All dogs that are candidates for the breeding program are researched for pedigree and background and are either Amateur Field Champions or National Field Champions. These puppies have the genetic make-up and the behavioral traits necessary for high quality detector dogs.
“These new Lab pups will be raised and trained in narcotic and concealed human detection looking for potential terrorists as part of the CBP anti-terrorism mission in protecting our nation’s borders,” said Lee T. Titus, Director of the Canine Enforcement Program. “It is incredible watching these pups grow up to become well-trained detector dogs. This is “Nikki’s” first litter and not only is she a superb detector dog, she was born here at the Canine Center in the puppy program.”
Recruiting dogs capable of being trained for detection work is extremely difficult. Typically only one in every 70 canines recruited is deemed suitable for training. A detector dog needs to possess confidence in unfamiliar environments and have a strong retrieval drive
At the age of 10 - 12 weeks, these puppies will be fostered out to various families. If you are interested in being a foster parent for these or future puppies consult the web site for additional information at www.cbp.gov.
Anyone wanting to be a foster parent of a seven year old cat please freep mail me.
"at the CBP Canine Enforcement Training Center"
Obviously a party school.
Now I suppose they're U.S. citizens.
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Whew, I was afraid they were illegal aliens.
No, they have papers. Newspapers.
I like cats but "Natalie" don't. Good article!
Anchor puppies. Strange that their parents from Labrador came here circuitously from Australia.
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bayourod: "Anyone wanting to be a foster parent of a seven year old cat please freep mail me."
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What a great oppertunity for teens to have the responsibility of doing this-like a 4-H project.
I've sure seen lots of guide dog puppies fostered with kids as a 4H project!
What was interesting with those pups is while they want the pups to learn most basic obedience, they really don't want them to teach the guide dog puppies to 'heel'. It's vital in a guide dog that he feels he's leading, not following. Course that wouldn't apply here :~D
***Now you too can be the most popular person in your trailor park with your very own drug sniffing dog.***
Hmmmm...what an opportunity for the parents of teenagers.
Mom: Yes, you DO!
Teenager: Honest, Mom, I don't. Why are you so mean and suspicious?
Mom: Yes, you DO. Spot says so.
To bad more dogs were not trained as aids to the disabled.
The quality of humans for this type of assistance is really pitiful.
Don't have to worry about dogs stealing valuables maybe just hoarding a bone or two.
: )
I can't understand why "foster parents" are needed for theses puppies. Is this just for a few months or will they always live with thre foster family and just be chauffered to work each morning by border guards?
They don't begin real work training until they are over a year old. So they are fostered out so that they can be trained in the basics and socialized in a family home, and there is much encouragement to both show and teach the pup about the world. They get much more attention and end up much more well adjusted than they would get in a kennel setting.
I'm going to guess once they are assigned to a border guard as a trained dog, they live with the guard as a first choice, unless they are kennelled at work... Most K-9s live with the cop.
I know people who "foster parent" puppies for a seeing-eye dog organization. They get a puppy for a few months and teach it basic obedience, then they have to give it back to the organization, where it gets the real seeing-eye training. If the dog passes that training, the organization gives the dog to a blind person. If the dog "flunks out" of seeing eye training (about 1 in 4 do), the foster parents get it back to keep.
I assume the same thing applies here.
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