When golfers and fans flock to Pebble Beach, Calif. for the US Open (June 14-20), they may notice some friendly, furry faces on the courses. About a dozen Labrador retrievers are going to be nosing and wagging around to help ensure safety at the nation’s largest golf event.
Half of the dogs are highly trained members of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF). They can sniff out bombs, guns, or any number of explosive devices — detecting a mind-boggling 19,000 combinations of explosives. The other half are from other agencies, and are equally dedicated to sniffing out explosives.
“They’re better than any machine out there,” Lauren Marakas, an ATF special agent canine handler and explosives specialist, told the Monterey Herald. “We smell spaghetti sauce, they smell everything that’s in the sauce.”
And who better to include in a spaghetti reference than Labrador retrievers? It just so happens that the ATF uses a food-reward training method, which is highly appealing to Labs’ robust sense of appetite.
By Maria Goodavage
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