September 18, 2013
The 14-week-old bloodhound Sy already demonstrates rapt attention to scents he finds in the ground as he is introduced as one of the newest members of the Fairfax County Police K9 unit.
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“We’ll get them out here and acclimate them to the noises — gunfire, [vehicle] brakes and birds,” said Masood. They’ll also be exposed to airplanes, wind, rain, heat, car horns honking, plus obstacles such as fences. And they’ll learn how it feels on their paws to walk in the woods, through brush, on cement, carpet, tile floors, etc. That way, said Clarke, “When they get out on the street, when they’re almost a year old, they’ll be ready.”
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