Feb 06 2007
Awesome Dog
LOS ANGELES, Calif. (Jan. 16, 2007)–Coast Guard Petty Officer Fred Leland and his black Labrador retriever, Asia, are lowered from a helicopter for the mock overtaking of a Catalina Express ferry near the Port of L.A. January 17, 2007. Asia was trained at Auburn University to sniff out explosives. She is one of two Coast Guard explosives detecting dogs dedicated to homeland security in the L.A. area. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Prentice Danner.
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Great post! Visiting from the carnival.
Cool! I’m from the Carnival too
Amazing story, isn’t it? Labs are the best, but of course I’m a bit prejudiced.
Labs have such a great loving personality. Brilliant dogs.
One of my former bosses had labs that were rescue dogs. He was at the Pennsylvania 9/11 site with them. He’s been all over the world, in fact, doing rescue after earthquakes and other disasters. Labs are amazing dogs.
I miss having a working dog for a prtner, but I make up for it by having two scamps underfoot whenever I’m not working, lol!
Great post for the carnival!
Great post for the carnival! I’m always impressed by working dogs.
That is so sweet. We thought I dog would be a great working dog, but she is really scared of everything.
I have always had a soft spot for those dogs that are so courageous!