(AU/HK/JP) Tearaway dogs wanted for border security

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Tearaway dogs wanted for border security

au.news.

Wednesday October 10

 

Got a badly-behaved labrador or beagle that rips up

your backyard or chews your house?

 

Don't despair - a company that trains dogs for border

security work may take it off your hands.

 

Sydney-based detector dog trainer Hanrob is conducting

a national recruitment drive for beagles and labradors

that are so destructive their families can no longer

cope with their behaviour.

 

Hanrob managing director Andrew Biggs says families

with overactive, high-energy pets often end up putting

them in the pound, but they could be put to work for

their country instead.

 

" We're looking for dogs between 10 months to three

years old that demonstrate attributes of destructive

behaviour, " he said.

 

" So that's ripping up backyards, jumping fences and

being highly food-driven.

 

" These are the ingredients we're looking for. "

 

Mr Biggs said the chosen dogs would undergo an

intensive three month training course, learning to

detect contraband through sniffing exercises backed by

positive reinforcement.

 

Five of the new recruits would head to new jobs in

Hong Kong, two to Japan and the remainder would stay

to work in Australia.

 

Mr Biggs said the dogs in Japan and Hong Kong would be

used to search for the illegal importation of raw meat

and live animals, in a bid to prevent the spread of

bird flu and rabies.

 

" It's absolutely vital that we stop diseases such as

this from entering places like Hong Kong, " he said.

 

" If the avian influenza did manage to infiltrate this

border the economic consequences would be dire. "

 

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