Comments on: Conservation dogs

By: Rita

Rita — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 15:38:42 +0000

I am considering getting a dog in the very near future. My neighbor has an Irish Terrier and he’s so cute. I hope I can afford to get one.

By: deborahbyrd

deborahbyrd — Thu, 10 May 2007 02:02:34 +0000

That’s a reasonable explanation about the rock, Shannon! If the dogs Eleanor described in this post can smell whale scat under water, ZuZu can probably catch your scent underwater, too.

By: Shannon

Shannon — Thu, 10 May 2007 01:49:32 +0000

Dogs are amazing animals with a boundless spirit. It doesn’t surprise me that they can smell through water. My black lab, ZuZu, chases rocks I throw into a creek and comes back with the same rock every time. My only explanation is that she smells my scent on the rock even while it rests 2-3 feet under water. It continues to amaze me.

Thanks to this group for saving these dogs.

By: deborahbyrd

deborahbyrd — Sat, 28 Apr 2007 00:32:45 +0000

It’s interesting to me that dogs have probably always helped people … from the earliest days of dog domestication. And as our lives on Earth have changed, the way dogs help has changed, too.

Yay dogs!

One of the detection dogs - Mocha - looks like my dog, Snoop.