Working Dogs
- By Lexi Krock
- Posted 02.03.04
- NOVA
Dogs sniff out drugs, bugs, and land mines. They aid search-and-rescue missions, assist hunters, and help herd livestock. In this slide show, see 10 different dogs at work, some in jobs less than a century old, and some in jobs that may have been performed by the first domesticated dogs some 12,000 years ago.
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Working dogs use their canine instincts and powerful sense of smell to perform a wide variety of jobs.
This feature originally appeared on the site for the NOVA program Dogs and More Dogs.
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