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Man: CANINE SEARCH AND RESCUE.
CALL OUT IF YOU CAN HEAR ME.

Narrator: AROUND THE WORLD,
DOGS ARE COMING TO THE RESCUE...

SEARCHING FOR SURVIVORS
WHEN DISASTER STRIKES...

Woman: WAY TO GO, ROCKET!

Narrator: SNIFFING OUT
WILDLIFE TRAFFICKERS...

Narrator: HELPING US
IN TIMES OF TROUBLE...

Girl: GOOD BOY.

Narrator:
...ON LAND AND IN THE WATER.

Man: GRANDE CANE!

Woman: GOOD GIRL.

Narrator: DOGS ARE SMART, LOYAL

AND EQUIPPED TO DO THINGS
WE SIMPLY CAN'T.

THEIR POWERFUL SENSE OF SMELL...

THEIR STRENGTH AND STAMINA...

AND THEIR UNLIMITED DESIRE
TO PLAY...

Woman: GOOD BOY!

Narrator: ...HAS ENABLED US TO
HARNESS THEIR NATURAL ABILITIES,

RESULTING IN AN IMPRESSIVE
ARRAY OF DOGS...

WITH EXTRAORDINARY JOBS.

PLEASANT LAKE,
NEW HAMPSHIRE, USA.

Bella: COME ON, G!

- Narrator: 13-
- YEAR-OLD BELLA BURTON IS COOLING OFF,

AS MANY KIDS HER AGE
MIGHT LIKE TO DO.

BUT THIS SIMPLE
CHILDHOOD PLEASURE

WAS AN IMPOSSIBLE DREAM
FOR BELLA JUST THREE YEARS AGO.

SHE COULD HARDLY WALK,
LET ALONE SWIM.

THE LIFE-CHANGING TRANSFORMATION

IS ALL DOWN TO THIS
EXTRAORDINARY DOG.

FOUR-YEAR-OLD GREAT DANE GEORGE.

Bella: HE'’S MY BEST FRIEND.
WE'RE INSEPARABLE.

Narrator: BELLA WAS BORN
WITH MORQUIO SYNDROME,

A RARE AND PROGRESSIVE
MUSCLE-WASTING CONDITION

WHICH SEVERELY LIMITS
HER MOBILITY.

AT 10 YEARS OLD SHE WAS ALREADY
FINDING IT DIFFICULT TO WALK.

Rachel: THE PAIN IN HER LEGS
AND HER HIPS

WAS GETTING PRETTY SEVERE.

SO WE FIGURED THAT BY THE TIME
SHE WAS 12 OR 13,

SHE WOULDN'T REALLY BE
WALKING MUCH AT ALL

AND SHE WOULD BE CONFINED
TO A WHEELCHAIR.

Narrator: BUT SINCE MEETING
GEORGE THREE YEARS AGO,

BELLA'’S LIFE HAS CHANGED DRAMATICALLY.

THE PAIR WERE MATCHED
AT THE SERVICE DOG PROJECT

IN IPSWICH, MASSACHUSETTS.

Trainer: WAIT.

Narrator: THE CENTER SPECIALIZES

IN BREEDING AND TEACHING
GREAT DANES

TO HELP PEOPLE LIVING
WITH DISABILITIES.

Megan: JAEGER, COME ON, JAGGY!

HI! JAGGER JEGS!

COME ON, UP, UP, UP!

GREAT DANES ARE WONDERFUL.

A LOT OF PEOPLE SEE THEIR SIZE
AND THEY GET AFRAID OF THEM

AND THEY THINK,
"OH, BIG DOG, SCARY,"

BUT THESE GUYS ARE MORE AFRAID
OF THEIR SHADOW, SO...

NO, THEY'RE DEFINITELY
GENTLE GIANTS.

Narrator: GREAT DANES ARE ONE OF
THE TALLEST BREEDS IN THE WORLD,

STANDING UP TO 44 INCHES.

NEXT TO BELLA,
THEY SEEMED ENORMOUS.

Bella: I WAS JUST, LIKE, WHOA,
THESE ARE REALLY BIG DOGS.

I DIDN'T REALLY, LIKE, KNOW
WHAT TO THINK OF THEM

BECAUSE THEY'RE JUST BIG,

BUT THEY ALSO LOOKED REALLY,
LIKE, NICE AND, LIKE, GENTLE.

SO, I'’M LIKE, OH,
THEY'’RE REALLY SWEET.

STAY.

Narrator: BELLA BEGAN TO WORK
AT THE CENTER,

HOPING SHE MIGHT FIND
HER PERFECT COMPANION

TO HELP HER WALK AGAIN.

Bella: WHEN I STARTED
TO VOLUNTEER UP AT SERVICE DOG,

IT WAS JUST FUN BECAUSE
I GOT TO SPEND TIME

WITH ALL MY, LIKE, MY FAVORITE
ANIMALS ALL THE TIME.

AND IT DIDN'T SEEM LIKE WORK,

IT JUST KIND OF SEEMED JUST LIKE
HANGING OUT WITH ALL MY FRIENDS

AND LIKE THE ANIMALS
AND EVERYTHING.

GOOD BOY.

I'’M AN ANIMAL PERSON, SO I
KIND OF LIKED ALL OF THE DOGS.

BUT NONE OF THEM
REALLY LIKED ME.

STAY.

Megan: IT TOOK US A WHILE TO
FIND A DOG THAT TOOK TO BELLA.

SHE CAME HERE AND VOLUNTEERED

AND NONE OF THE DOGS
REALLY ENJOYED HER COMPANY,

WHICH WAS REALLY SAD.

Bella: NO, STAY.

IT'’S 'CAUSE OF MY VOICE.

IT'’S LIKE HIGH-PITCHED.

SO, TO THEM IT'’S LIKE
REALLY HIGH-PITCHED.

Rachel: WHEN SHE WOULD WALK
INTO THEIR KENNEL,

THE DOGS WOULD RUN OUTSIDE AND
WANTED NOTHING TO DO WITH HER.

AND THEN EVENTUALLY
GEORGE WAS THE ONLY ONE

THAT STAYED IN HIS KENNEL.

Narrator: THE WAY BELLA
WALKS AND TALKS

MAY HAVE SEEMED VERY DIFFERENT

FROM HOW THESE DOGS
WERE USED TO SEEING PEOPLE.

BUT DOMESTIC DOGS
ARE HIGHLY ADAPTABLE,

WHICH ENABLES THEM TO EXPLORE

AND ADJUST TO NEW THINGS
VERY QUICKLY.

Bella: AT FIRST HE STARTED
TO, LIKE, RUN OFF,

AND THEN, LIKE, SLOWLY,
AFTER A WHILE,

HE JUST LIKE KIND OF JUST STAYED

AND THEN I WAS JUST
KIND OF, LIKE, BRUSHING HIM OUT,

AND THEN HE WOULDN'’T
LET ME LEAVE.

LIKE, HE'D EITHER BLOCK THE DOOR

OR, LIKE, TRY TO SIT ON MY LAP
SO I COULDN'’T LEAVE.

Rachel: GEORGE TOOK HIS BIG PAW,
LAID IT RIGHT ACROSS HER LEGS,

AND WAS LIKE, NOPE,
YOU'’RE NOT GOING ANYWHERE.

AND ONCE THE TRAINER SAW THAT,

THEY WERE LIKE,
OH, GEORGE IS HER DOG.

Bella: SO THEN WE STARTED
TO TAKE HIM HOME

FOR, LIKE, WEEKENDS AND STUFF,

SO WE COULD JUST
LIKE HANG OUT AND PLAY

AND GET USED TO THE FAMILY
FOR HIM.

AND THEN AFTER A WHILE, HE JUST
KIND OF, LIKE, BECAME MINE.

Rachel: SO, AS A MOM
I WAS NERVOUS.

I WAS LIKE, HE'S HUGE!

HOW IS BELLA EVER GONNA CONTROL
A DOG THAT SIZE?

BECAUSE AT THE TIME BELLA WAS
MAYBE 40 POUNDS, AND HE WAS 130.

THEN I WAS LIKE, WELL,
IF IT WAS SOMETHING

THAT WAS GOING TO MAKE BELLA
ABLE TO WALK AGAIN,

WE WERE ALL FOR IT.

Narrator: DOGS HAVE BEEN TRAINED
TO HELP PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES

FOR 90 YEARS,

EVER SINCE THE FIRST
GUIDE DOG FOR THE BLIND

STARTED WORK IN 1928.

NOW THERE ARE TENS OF THOUSANDS
OF SERVICE DOGS

PROVIDING VITAL SUPPORT
TO PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES

ALL OVER THE WORLD.

Megan: WE HAVE VETERANS
WITH PTSD,

WE HAVE PARKINSON'’S, MS,
VETERANS WITH TBIs.

BASICALLY INSTEAD OF A CANE
OR A WALKER,

THEY HOLD ON TO THE DOG
FOR BALANCE.

BASICALLY WE ARE TRAINING A DOG

TO BE A LIVING, BREATHING CRUTCH
FOR THESE PEOPLE.

Narrator: BEFORE GEORGE, BELLA'S
LEG MUSCLES WERE WASTING AWAY,

BUT AFTER SIX MONTHS WITH HIM,

HER LEGS WERE STRONG ENOUGH
TO HOLD HER WEIGHT.

Bella: I WAS EITHER
IN A WHEELCHAIR

OR I WAS ON CRUTCHES,

SO MY LEG MUSCLES
GOT REALLY WEAK,

SO IT WAS JUST HARDER
TO WALK AFTER THAT.

BUT THEN ONCE I GOT GEORGE,

HE KIND OF, LIKE,
FORCED ME TO WALK.

Rachel: GEORGE KNEW
RIGHT WHAT BELLA NEEDED

RIGHT WHEN SHE NEEDED IT.

AND IF SHE HAD TO WALK SLOWER,
GEORGE WOULD SLOW DOWN

SO THAT THEY COULD WALK TOGETHER
SIDE BY SIDE.

AND IF BELLA WAS HAVING
A GOOD DAY AT WALKING FASTER,

HE WOULD WALK FASTER.

HE KNEW WHAT SHE NEEDED
RIGHT WHEN SHE NEEDED IT.

Megan: HER DOCTORS WERE SHOCKED

AT THE MUSCLE DEFINITION
THAT SHE GOT AND HER POSTURE

AND JUST ALL THESE LITTLE THINGS

AND JUST HER OUTLOOK ON LIFE
AND HOW SHE CHANGED MENTALLY

BECAUSE NOW SHE HAS
A BEST FRIEND

THAT GETS TO GO EVERYWHERE
WITH HER.

Bella: THEN HE'’LL JUST
GO BACK TO SLEEP.

COME ON, GEORGE.

Narrator: GEORGE AND BELLA
HAVE CREATED A STRONG BOND

BASED ON MUTUAL TRUST.

Bella: GEORGIE, COME.
LAY DOWN.

Narrator:
HE UNDERSTANDS HER NEEDS,

AND SHE RELIES ON HIM
FOR SUPPORT.

IT'’S A BEAUTIFUL, MUTUALLY
BENEFICIAL RELATIONSHIP.

Bella: SO WHEN HE'S WORKING,
HE'S ALWAYS FOCUSED ON HIS JOB,

BUT THEN AS SOON AS YOU
TAKE OFF HIS VEST,

HE, LIKE, RUNS AROUND
AND HE PLAYS A LOT,

BUT THEN AFTER, LIKE, AN HOUR,

HE'’LL JUST KIND OF LIKE GO
AND LAY DOWN AND JUST SLEEP.

EVERYBODY THINKS
THAT GREAT DANES

ARE, LIKE, BIG AND ENERGETIC
JUST BECAUSE THEY'RE BIG,

BUT HONESTLY,
THEY'’RE COUCH POTATOES.

THEY, LIKE, RUN AROUND
FOR, LIKE, 10 MINUTES,

AND THEN THEY JUST WANT
TO GO BACK TO BED.

Bella: GEORGE, HEY.

Narrator: BELLA HASN'’T USED
HER CRUTCHES FOR THREE YEARS.

GEORGE HAS RESCUED HER
FROM A LIFE OF IMMOBILITY

AND GIVEN HER MORE CONFIDENCE
THAN SHE'’S EVER HAD.

Bella: I'M POSITIVE
THAT PEOPLE WON'T BUMP INTO ME

WHEN I HAVE GEORGE,

BECAUSE IF THEY BUMPED INTO ME,
I COULD FALL,

AND THEN I WOULD GET HURT,
AND THAT'’S NOT FUN.

HE'’S VERY PROTECTIVE.

LIKE, EVEN IF WE'RE PLAYING,

HE'LL STILL, LIKE,
ALWAYS WATCH ME

BECAUSE HE DOESN'’T WANT
ANYTHING TO HAPPEN.

I JUST KIND OF KNEW THAT, LIKE,
I WAS SAFE NO MATTER WHAT.

Narrator: GEORGE GIVES BELLA
THE STRENGTH TO DO ACTIVITIES

ONCE CONSIDERED IMPOSSIBLE
FOR A CHILD OF HER AGE

WITH MORQUIO SYNDROME.

Rachel: A LOT OF KIDS BY 13
WITH MORQUIO

ARE CONFINED
TO WHEELCHAIRS ALREADY.

BELLA WAS TOLD

SHE'LL NEVER RIDE A BIKE,

AND SHE WAS DETERMINED TO GET ON
A TWO-WHEELER AND RIDE A BIKE.

GEORGE LIKES TO STAY
RIGHT NEARBY.

HE, UH, CHASES HER,
RUNS ALONGSIDE,

TRIES TO DEFINITELY KEEP UP
WITH HER, WHEREVER SHE IS.

WE WERE TOLD SHE'LL
NEVER BE ABLE TO SWIM,

NOW WATCHING HER OUT THERE
KICKING, DIVING, DOING FLIPS,

IT'’S AMAZING.

I MEAN, JUST THE STRENGTH
THAT SHE HAS WITH GEORGE NOW

AND HER ABILITY TO JUST BE A KID
IS AWESOME.

SHE LIKES TO PROVE
EVERYONE WRONG

AND DO THINGS SHE'’S TOLD
SHE'’LL NEVER DO.

Bella: GOOD BOY.

Rachel: HE HAS GIVEN HER INDEPENDENCE.

SHE'’S ABLE TO NOW WALK AROUND
THE HOUSE WITHOUT GEORGE.

Bella: GO, GEORGE.

Rachel: SHE CAN WALK
UP AND DOWN OUR STAIRS

WITHOUT A LOT OF HELP,

WHEREAS THREE YEARS AGO A LOT OF
THESE THINGS SHE COULD NOT DO.

Narrator: GEORGE HAS GIVEN BELLA
A COMPLETELY NEW LEASE OF LIFE.

Bella: COME HERE.

Narrator: AND HE'S SAVED HER
FROM MUCH OF THE PAIN

HER CONDITION
COULD HAVE CAUSED HER.

Bella: GOOD BOY.

GEORGE RETRAINED ME TO WALK.

I WASN'T GONNA GIVE UP,
AND HE KNEW THAT,

SO HE HELPED ME MAKE SURE
I WASN'’T GOING TO.

Narrator: THANKS TO HIS WORK
WITH BELLA,

GEORGE WON THE AMERICAN
KENNEL CLUB'S AWARD

FOR CANINE EXCELLENCE.

HIS STRENGTH, STATURE
AND LOVING NATURE

HAVE MADE A HUGE DIFFERENCE
TO BELLA'’S LIFE.

BUT YOU DON'’T HAVE TO BE
BIG AND STRONG TO BE A HERO.

Man: SEARCH!

Narrator: THIS DOG IS USING
SCENT RATHER THAN STRENGTH

TO RESCUE HUMANS
FROM MAJOR DISASTERS.

Narrator: CALIFORNIA IS HOME
TO ALMOST 40 MILLION PEOPLE

AND SITS ON
THE SAN ANDREAS FAULT,

AN INFAMOUS HOTSPOT
FOR EARTHQUAKES.

10,000 TREMORS
HIT THE STATE A YEAR.

THIS ONE IN NAPA VALLEY IN 2014

KILLED ONE PERSON
AND INJURED 120.

THE NEXT "BIG ONE" IS OVERDUE.

BUT WHEN IT HITS,
ROCKET WILL HELP TO SAVE LIVES.

THIS SIX-YEAR-OLD
BORDER COLLIE CROSS

IS A VITAL MEMBER
OF THE CALIFORNIA TASK FORCE.

Mike: ROCKET NEEDS TO BE
ON HIS A-GAME ALL THE TIME

BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, AT ANY MOMENT

WE CAN HAVE
A MAJOR DISASTER HIT.

Narrator: WHEN DISASTER STRIKES,
FINDING SURVIVORS FAST

IS THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH.

IT CAN TAKE PEOPLE WEEKS
TO SEARCH THE SITES

OF EARTHQUAKES, HURRICANES
OR MUDSLIDES,

BUT DOGS LIKE ROCKET
CAN DO IT IN MINUTES,

THANKS TO THEIR AMAZING
SENSE OF SMELL.

HE AND HIS HANDLER
MIKE STORNETTA

ARE AT THE NATIONAL DISASTER
SEARCH DOG FOUNDATION

AT SANTA PAULA
IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.

THE CENTER HAS A SERIES
OF REPLICA PRACTICE SITES,

EACH MIMICKING A DIFFERENT KIND
OF DISASTER.

THE MOST COMPLEX IS
- A 10,000-
- SQUARE-FOOT PILE

OF DANGEROUS RUBBLE.

Mike: THIS IS A PERFECT
REPRESENTATION OF AN EARTHQUAKE,

OF A COLLAPSE,
A BUILDING COLLAPSE.

IT COULD HAPPEN AT ANY MOMENT
IN CALIFORNIA,

SO IT'’S IMPORTANT WE'RE ALWAYS
OUT HERE TRAINING FOR IT.

Narrator: THIS MORNING,
ROCKET'S JOB

IS TO FIND A VOLUNTEER VICTIM

HIDING WITHIN
THE REPLICA DISASTER ZONE.

EARTHQUAKE VICTIMS ARE
TYPICALLY BURIED OUT OF SIGHT,

SO HE MUST USE ANOTHER SENSE SMELL.

Mike: ONCE I PUT HIM INTO DRIVE,

HE KNOWS IT'S TIME
TO GO TO WORK,

THERE'S NO MESSING AROUND,
HE WANTS TO GO

AND HE WANTS TO FIND
THE VICTIM IMMEDIATELY.

SEARCH!

Narrator: ROCKET MUST FIRST FIND
THE SCENT TRAIL

BY GETTING DOWNWIND,

AND THEN TRACK THE ODOR

THE VICTIM.

Mike: ROCKET, AS YOU CAN SEE,
IS GOING BACK AND FORTH

TO HONE IN ON EXACTLY WHERE
THAT HUMAN SCENT IS.

Narrator: IT SOUNDS
SIMPLE ENOUGH,

BUT IN A DISASTER,
A SEARCH DOG MUST OPERATE

IN NOISY AND UNSTABLE SITUATIONS
WITH CONFLICTING SCENTS

FROM THE ENVIRONMENT,
CASUALTIES AND RESCUERS.

WITH UP TO A BILLION
SCENT RECEPTOR CELLS

INSIDE A DOG'S NOSE,

ROCKET IS ABLE TO RAPIDLY DETECT

EVEN THE FAINTEST TRACE
OF HUMAN SCENT.

Mike: HE'’S SO QUICK
AND HE'’S SO FAST.

ROCKET'S ACTUALLY ABLE
TO PLACE HIS PADS

IN AREAS WHERE HE'’S NOT
GONNA GET INJURED.

Woman: GOOD BOY!
GOOD BOY! WOO-HOO!

Narrator: ONCE ROCKET
LOCATES HIS TARGET,

HUMAN RESCUERS CAN MOVE IN.

Mike: CANINE SEARCH AND RESCUE.
CALL OUT IF YOU CAN HEAR ME.

Narrator:
LIKE MOST WORKING DOGS,

ROCKET IS DRIVEN
BY HIS DESIRE TO PLAY.

Mike: GOOD BOY, BUDDY!

GOOD JOB, HUH?

WE WANT DOGS THAT ARE GONNA
DO ANYTHING FOR THEIR TOY,

AND AS SOON AS WE KNOW THEY HAVE
THAT DRIVE AND THAT ENERGY,

THEY HAVE GOOD POTENTIAL
TO BE A SEARCH DOG.

ROCKET HAS EVERY PIECE OF THAT.

Narrator: ROCKET IS NOW A MEMBER

OF AN ELITE FORCE
OF LIFE-SAVING DOGS,

BUT SIX YEARS AGO,
IT WAS A DIFFERENT STORY.

ROCKET WAS ON DEATH ROW,

HAVING BEEN FOUND WANDERING
THE STREETS AS A STRAY.

EVERY YEAR,
AN ESTIMATED 3.3 MILLION DOGS

END UP IN ANIMAL SHELTERS
IN THE U.S.

THE HOPE IS TO RE-HOME THEM,

BUT IF A SUITABLE PLACE
CAN'T BE FOUND,

THE GRIM REALITY IS

THAT THESE UNWANTED DOGS
MAY BE EUTHANIZED.

THAT IS, UNLESS SOMEONE
COMES TO THEIR RESCUE.

Andrea: HEY, ROCKET BOOSTER!

OOH, YOU'RE A GOOD BOY.

Narrator: ANDREA BERGQUIST
IS A CANINE RECRUITER

FOR THE SEARCH DOG FOUNDATION.

HER HUSBAND, CHRIS,
IS A HANDLER, LIKE MIKE.

Andrea: HI!

SO I GOT AN EMAIL
FROM THE SACRAMENTO SPCA

SAYING "WE HAVE A DOG,
HE'S NOT ADOPTABLE,

BUT HE'’S VERY BALL-DRIVEN AND I
THINK YOU SHOULD COME SEE HIM.

AND I THINK YOU SHOULD
COME SEE HIM REALLY SOON

BECAUSE HE DOESN'T HAVE
A LOT OF TIME."

HOW YOU BEEN, HUH?

THEY BROUGHT ROCKET OUT TO ME,
AND HE WAS SO CRAZY.

HE WAS RUNNING AROUND,
HE WAS PULLING ON THE LEASH,

HE WAS BARKING AT EVERYTHING.

I THREW THE TENNIS BALL
A COUPLE TIMES,

AND HE JUST CHASED AFTER IT,
LASER FOCUS.

I THOUGHT THIS IS GOING GREAT,

HE'’S GONNA BE
A GREAT SEARCH DOG.

SO, WE TOOK HIM OUT
TO A BIG FIELD

AND I PUT A LONG LEAD ON HIM

AND I THREW THE TOY INTO
SOME TALL GRASS...

OKAY!

...AND HE BOMBED.

HE JUST DIDN'’T KNOW WHAT TO DO.
HE JUST STARTED SNIFFING AROUND.

Narrator: ROCKET'’S RESCUE CAREER
WAS OVER BEFORE IT BEGAN.

HE WOULD HAVE TO GO
BACK TO THE SHELTER.

Andrea: I THOUGHT, UH, I CAN'T
LEAVE HIM HERE, I CAN'T--

HE'’S SO AMAZING,
I CAN'’T LEAVE HIM HERE.

Chris: I GET A PHONE CALL,
"HEY, BABE, UM,

I WANT TO ADOPT THIS DOG."

OKAY, DID IT PASS THE TESTS?

"NOPE, BUT IT'S GONNA BE
A GREAT DOG."

Andrea: HEY!

Narrator: ANDREA'’S DETERMINATION
SAVED ROCKET'’S LIFE.

Andrea: YOU'RE LIVING
THE GOOD LIFE NOW!

Narrator: THE COUPLE TOOK HIM IN

AND AFTER SEVERAL MONTHS
OF BASIC HOME SCHOOLING,

ROCKET WON A PLACE AT
THE NATIONAL TRAINING CENTER.

Andrea: CHRIS AND I
DROVE THROUGH THE GATES

TO LEAVE HIM HERE, AND I WAS
ACTUALLY KIND OF CRYING.

IT WAS SO EMOTIONAL BECAUSE THIS
DOG WASN'’T SUPPOSED TO BE ALIVE.

AND HE GOT NOT ONLY
A SECOND CHANCE AT LIFE

BUT HE HAS THIS NEW CAREER
AND HE MIGHT EVEN SAVE A LIFE.

GOOD BOY, ROCKET.
GOOD BOY.

Narrator: ROCKET AND MIKE
BECAME PARTNERS

DURING BASIC TRAINING IN 2014.

ON GRADUATION, ROCKET BECAME

PART OF MIKE'’S FIRE DISTRICT
CREW IN WINDSOR.

THEIR FIRST EMERGENCY CALL-OUT
WAS IN 2016

WHEN A LIGHT AIRCRAFT CRASHED
IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA.

DURING THE INITIAL SEARCH,
TWO PEOPLE WERE FOUND DEAD,

BUT THE FIRST RESPONDERS FEARED

THERE MAY HAVE ALSO BEEN
TWO CHILDREN ON BOARD.

ROCKET WAS CALLED IN TO HELP.

Mike: WE RESPONDED,
AND ROCKET CLEARED AN AREA

OF ABOUT 10 ACRES
IN ABOUT 10 MINUTES.

AT THE END WE WERE ABLE
TO TELL EVERYONE THERE

THAT, HEY, THERE'S
NO ONE LEFT HERE,

THERE ARE NO SURVIVORS
THAT ARE LEFT HERE.

Narrator: FORTUNATELY,
ROCKET'S SEARCH CONFIRMED

THE CHILDREN
HAD NOT BEEN ON BOARD.

Mike: WE WERE ALL ABLE
TO REST AT EASE

KNOWING THAT WE WEREN'’T
LEAVING ANYONE THERE.

Narrator: SINCE THEN,
ROCKET AND MIKE HAVE DEPLOYED

ON BACK-TO-BACK RESCUE MISSIONS.

IN 2017 THEY SEARCHED
FOR FLOOD VICTIMS

WHEN HURRICANE HARVEY HIT TEXAS
AND IRMA HIT FLORIDA.

AND IN 2018 THEY WORKED

DURING THE DEVASTATING MUDSLIDE
NORTH OF LOS ANGELES.

ONE OF THE MOST COMMON DISASTERS
THE TEAM FACES

IS THE COLLAPSE OF BUILDINGS
AND INFRASTRUCTURE

DURING EARTHQUAKES.

TO PREPARE FOR THESE TYPES
OF CATASTROPHES,

TODAY THE TEAM WILL RUN
TWO VERY DIFFERENT DRILLS

TO SHARPEN
ROCKET'’S SEARCH SKILLS.

THE FIRST CHALLENGE IS WORKING

IN A MUCH MORE COMPLEX
- 3-
- D ENVIRONMENT

WHERE THE SCENT HE'’S SEARCHING
FOR WON'’T BE AT GROUND LEVEL.

THIS TIME THE VICTIM IS HIDING
IN THE BOAT ABOVE HIM.

Mike: SEARCH!

I TOTALLY TRUST
THAT WHAT ROCKET'S DOING

IS A TACTIC TO FIND THE VICTIM,

AND I'’M NOT GONNA
INTERFERE WITH THAT.

I'M MERELY THE HAND
THAT LET GO OF THE COLLAR

AND SENT HIM ON A SEARCH.

HE'’S METHODICALLY FAST
IS HOW I WOULD DESCRIBE ROCKET.

Narrator: ROCKET HAS BEEN
TRAINED TO SIGNAL

WHEN HE FINDS A SURVIVOR.

BUT HE MUST BE 100% CERTAIN
OF THE VICTIM'S PRECISE LOCATION

BEFORE HE ALERTS MIKE.

ANY ERRORS COULD COST THE TEAM
PRECIOUS TIME.

MOST DETECTION DOGS ARE TAUGHT

TO PASSIVELY INDICATE
A TARGET...

BUT IN CHAOTIC
DISASTER SITUATIONS,

SEARCH DOGS NEED TO BARK.

Woman: GOOD BOY!

Mike: GOOD JOB!

Woman: YEAH, HI. ALRIGHT!
CAN I LET GO NOW?

Mike: HE DID A GREAT JOB.

HE GOT DOWNWIND OF THE SCENT.

FIGURED OUT THAT IT WAS
AN ELEVATED SCENT.

HE FIGURED OUT THE WAY,

HIS ROUTE OF TRAVEL
TO GET UP TO THE VICTIM,

AND THEN HE PINPOINTED
WHERE THE VICTIM WAS,

SO IT WAS TEXTBOOK.
HE DID A GREAT JOB.

Narrator: ROCKET'S TRAINING
AND HIS STREET SMARTS

MAKES HIM A RELIABLE SEARCH DOG
IN OUTDOOR DISASTERS.

BUT HE MUST BE PREPARED
FOR ALL KINDS OF CATASTROPHES.

LIKE WHEN THIS PASSENGER TRAIN
DERAILED IN PENNSYLVANIA

KILLING EIGHT PEOPLE
AND INJURING 200.

FINDING CASUALTIES TRAPPED

INSIDE CONFINED SPACES
LIKE THESE

IS A TOUGHER TASK
FOR RESCUE DOGS

BECAUSE THE SCENT TRAILS
ARE LESS DISTINCT.

THIS IS ROCKET'’S
FINAL CHALLENGE.

Mike: READY TO GO TO WORK? HUH?
READY TO GO TO WORK?

YOU ARE, HUH?

READY?

SEARCH!

INTERIOR SEARCHES,
THEY'RE ACTUALLY

A LITTLE BIT MORE COMPLEX
THAN EXTERIOR SEARCHES.

Narrator: REDUCED AIRFLOW
INSIDE THE TRAIN CARRIAGE

MEANS THAT SCENT SPREADS OUT

AND SEEMS TO COME
FROM EVERYWHERE AT ONCE.

AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEMS
CAN CONFUSE THE DOG FURTHER.

Mike: THAT SCENT WILL TRAVEL

THROUGH THOSE
VENTILATION SYSTEMS.

THE DOG WILL BE
ALERTING AT A VENT.

THE DOG'S NOT WRONG,

HOWEVER, IT'S A MIND GAME
FOR THE HANDLERS

TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT
WHERE THAT VICTIM IS.

WORK IT OUT.

CANINE SEARCH AND RESCUE.
CALL OUT IF YOU CAN HEAR ME.

Woman WOO-HOO! WOO!

Mike: VERY NICE.

Woman: ALRIGHT! WOO!

Narrator: ROCKET'’S NOSE
NEVER LETS HIM DOWN.

Mike: THERE IS NOTHING
THAT IS AS FAST AS THESE DOGS

AT FINDING THE LIVE HUMANS.

THESE GUYS ARE PIVOTAL

IN FINDING THESE VICTIMS
IN A TIMELY FASHION.

Narrator: ROCKET'S EXTRAORDINARY
SENSE OF SMELL

IS HELPING TO SAVE LIVES
DURING NATURAL DISASTERS...

BUT A POWERFUL NOSE CAN ALSO BE
AN EFFECTIVE TOOL

IN THE FIGHT AGAINST CRIME.

IN AFRICA, DOGS ARE USING
THEIR SUPER CANINE SENSE

TO SNIFF OUT TRAFFICKERS

AND RESCUE ANIMALS
FACING EXTINCTION.

SOUTH LUANGWA NATIONAL PARK
IN ZAMBIA.

HOME TO SOME OF AFRICA'’S
MOST ICONIC ANIMALS.

BUT THIS WILDERNESS
IS NOW A BATTLEGROUND

IN A VIOLENT WAR
AGAINST WILDLIFE.

HERE, ELEPHANTS ARE BEING KILLED
FOR THEIR TUSKS.

IF THE CURRENT RATE
OF IVORY POACHING CONTINUES,

THERE COULD BE NO WILD ELEPHANTS
LEFT BY 2040.

BUT FIGHTING ON THE FRONTLINES
TO STOP THE TRADE

IS A TOP TEAM OF DETECTION DOGS.

AND THIS IS THEIR SECRET WEAPON.

RUGER IS A SIX-YEAR-OLD
LABRADOR-GERMAN SHEPHERD MIX

AND THE LEADER OF THIS UNIT
OF ANTI-POACHING DOGS.

RUGER AND HIS CANINE COLLEAGUES

HAVE A REMARKABLE ABILITY
TO DETECT ELEPHANT IVORY,

WHICH THEY CAN SNIFF OUT,

THANKS TO THEIR EXTRAORDINARY
SENSE OF SMELL.

AND IT'S JUST AS WELL,

BECAUSE WHAT MAKES RUGER
REALLY EXTRAORDINARY

IS THAT HE'’S ALMOST
COMPLETELY BLIND.

Narrator: TODAY THE CANINE UNIT
FROM CONSERVATION SOUTH LUANGWA

IS HEADING OUT ON DUTY.

THEY'’RE SETTING UP A ROADBLOCK
TO SEARCH PASSING VEHICLES.

THIS IS A NOTORIOUS ROUTE
FOR TRAFFICKERS

TRYING TO SMUGGLE IVORY
AND OTHER WILDLIFE CONTRABAND

OUT OF ZAMBIA.

THIS ILLEGAL TRADE IS
A MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR INDUSTRY

THAT'S DECIMATING WILDLIFE
ACROSS AFRICA.

FOR RUGER AND HIS HANDLERS,
THERE'’S A REAL RISK INVOLVED.

Narrator:
RUGER'’S NOSE GETS TO WORK.

BUT IN A SITUATION WHERE
TRAFFICKERS COULD BE ARMED,

HE MUST BE CAREFUL
NOT TO TRIGGER A REACTION.

SO IF HE DETECTS IVORY,
WHICH HAS A VERY DISTINCT SCENT,

HE'LL SIT TO QUIETLY SIGNAL
THE FIND TO HIS HANDLER.

RUGER'S SKILLS LEAD TO ARRESTS,

AS THE UNIT'’S FOUNDER
RACHEL McROBB REPORTS.

Rachel: RUGER HAS GOT MANY,
MANY ARRESTS UNDER HIS BELT.

HE HAS PROBABLY BEEN RESPONSIBLE
FOR AT LEAST 20 ARRESTS.

SOME OF THAT'S IVORY, SOME OF
THAT'S FIREARMS AND AMMUNITION,

AND SOME OF THAT'’S BUSH MEAT.

ON EACH CASE,
IF RUGER WASN'T AROUND,

THOSE PEOPLE WOULD NOT
HAVE BEEN ARRESTED.

HE WORKS EXTREMELY METHODICALLY
WHEN HE'S DETECTING

BECAUSE HE DOESN'T
GET DISTRACTED

BY EVERYTHING ELSE
THAT'’S GOING ON.

SO THAT'’S WHAT REALLY
MAKES HIM SPECIAL.

THE FACT THAT HE'S BLIND

DOESN'’T REALLY SEEM
TO BOTHER HIM AT ALL.

HE'’S A VERY HAPPY DOG
AND LOVES HIS JOB.

Narrator: RUGER'’S DETECTION WORK
IS VITALLY IMPORTANT.

GLOBAL SEIZURES OF ILLEGAL IVORY
HIT RECORD LEVELS IN 2016.

Rachel: AFRICA IS
UNDER HUGE THREAT

LIKE IT'’S NEVER SEEN BEFORE.

WE'VE SEEN A STEADY INCREASE

IN ELEPHANT POACHING
AND WILDLIFE TRAFFICKING

OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS.

Narrator: EVERY DAY,
AROUND 55 AFRICAN ELEPHANTS

ARE KILLED BY POACHERS.

THAT'S MORE THAN ARE BEING BORN.

MOST IVORY IS DESTINED FOR CHINA
AND SOUTHEAST ASIA,

WHERE THE DEMAND
FOR ILLEGAL WILDLIFE

IS AMONG THE HIGHEST
IN THE WORLD.

CATCHING THE TRAFFICKERS IS
CRITICAL TO STOPPING THE TRADE.

AIRPORTS AROUND THE WORLD

USE SNIFFER DOGS
TO DETECT CONTRABAND.

BUT FINDING IVORY
BEFORE IT LEAVES ZAMBIA

PUTS RUGER'S DETECTION TEAM

CLOSER TO STOPPING THE POACHERS
AND SAVING ELEPHANTS.

ON THIS MORNING'’S PATROL, RUGER
FINDS NOTHING SUSPICIOUS.

THAT'’S GOOD FOR WILDLIFE, BUT IT
CAN BE FRUSTRATING FOR THE DOG.

Narrator: THE NEXT VEHICLE
HAS IVORY PLANTED INSIDE IT.

THE DRIVER IS PART OF
THE SET-UP.

BUT WILL RUGER FIND
THE HIDDEN HAUL?

HE SITS.

HE'’S FOUND THE SECRET STASH.

Narrator: THE REWARD FOR HIS
HARD WORK IS HIS FAVORITE TOY.

Man: GOOD BOY.

Narrator: BUT WHAT MAKES
A DOG LIKE RUGER

SUCH AN EXTRAORDINARY DETECTION
AGENT IN THE FIRST PLACE?

PART OF THE ANSWER LIES IN HOW
HIS BRAIN DIFFERS FROM OURS.

ALL DOGS LIVE IN A WORLD

DOMINATED BY THEIR SENSE
OF SMELL.

RELATIVELY SPEAKING, THE AREA
OF THEIR BRAIN DEVOTED TO SCENT

IS ABOUT 40 TIMES BIGGER
THAN OURS.

BUT NATURAL ABILITY
IS ONLY HALF THE STORY.

ANTI-POACHING DOGS UNDERGO
EXTENSIVE TRAINING,

AND DAILY SNIFFING PRACTICE
HELPS TO HONE THEIR SKILLS.

RUGER'S CANINE COLLEAGUE
IS TYGEE,

ONE OF SEVERAL DOGS
ON THE CONSERVATION TEAM.

AS A UNIT THEY'RE TRAINED
TO DETECT 11 DIFFERENT ITEMS--

SUCH AS LEOPARD SKINS, IVORY
AND AMMUNITION--

EACH WITH ITS OWN
SIGNATURE SMELL.

IN THE FIGHT
AGAINST ORGANIZED CRIME,

THE TEAM CONDUCTS HOUSE SEARCHES

TO CRACK DOWN
ON ILLEGAL POACHING.

Godfrey: OH, GOOD BOY!

Narrator: IN A SITUATION
LIKE THIS,

THE DOGS WORK EXTREMELY FAST
AND EFFICIENTLY.

IT TAKES TYGEE LESS THAN THREE
MINUTES TO CLEAR THE HOUSE.

Godfrey: GOOD BOY!

Narrator: DESPITE BEING BLIND,

RUGER IS THE MOST SKILLFUL DOG
IN THE ANTI-POACHING UNIT.

MOST OF THE DOGS CAN DETECT
SEVERAL DIFFERENT ITEMS,

BUT RUGER IS THE ONLY ONE
WHO CAN RECOGNIZE ALL 11.

BEFORE HE CAME TO ZAMBIA
FOUR YEARS AGO,

HE WORKED AS A NARCOTICS
DETECTION DOG IN THE U.S.

RUGER'S REWARD
FOR DETECTING THE IVORY

IS A GAME OF TUG-OF-WAR.

Narrator:
THE ANTICIPATION OF PLAY

INCREASES THE PRODUCTION
OF DOPAMINE,

A NEUROTRANSMITTER
THAT CONTRIBUTES

TO FEELINGS OF PLEASURE
AND CONTENTMENT.

IN JUST FOUR YEARS,

THE CANINE UNIT HAS ARRESTED
80 WILDLIFE CRIMINALS.

THE DOGS ARE A VALUABLE TOOL

IN THE FIGHT TO SAVE ELEPHANTS
FROM EXTINCTION,

SO THEIR HEALTH AND WELL-BEING
IS OF UTMOST IMPORTANCE.

Rachel: HI, GUYS.

THE MOST AMAZING THING
IS THE BOND

THAT THE HANDLERS
HAVE FORMED WITH THE DOGS.

THERE'’S NOTHING
THEY WOULDN'’T DO FOR THEM.

Narrator: CLOCKING OFF
AT THE END OF THE DAY

MEANS RUGER GETS TO COOL DOWN
IN HIS VERY OWN PLUNGE POOL.

FOR DOGS AS IMPORTANT AS THESE,
NO LUXURY IS SPARED.

Rachel: FOR A DOG'S LIFE,
FOR A WORKING DOG'S LIFE,

HE'’S KIND OF LIVING THE DREAM.

HE'’S A VERY HAPPY DOG.

HE SWIMS, HE WORKS, HE PLAYS.

HE'’S JUST AN AWESOME DOG,
AND WE ALL LOVE HIM.

HE DOES VERY IMPORTANT
AND VERY SERIOUS WORK,

AND HE DOESN'’T REALLY KNOW
HOW IMPORTANT HE IS.

Narrator: WHILE RUGER'S NOSE

IS HELPING TO SAVE ANIMALS
FROM EXTINCTION.

IN ITALY, DOGS ARE COMING
TO THE RESCUE

IN A VERY DIFFERENT WAY.

HERE, THEY'RE USING
THEIR STRENGTH AND STAMINA

TO PULL PEOPLE OUT OF
LIFE-THREATENING SITUATIONS.

LAKE GARDA IN NORTHERN ITALY.

THOUSANDS OF TOURISTS
COME HERE EVERY YEAR,

DRAWN TO ITS COOL, DEEP WATER.

BUT WATER CAN BE DANGEROUS.

A CHANGE IN WEATHER

CAN SUDDENLY MAKE
EVEN A CALM LAKE TREACHEROUS.

AROUND 360,000 PEOPLE AROUND
THE WORLD DROWN EVERY YEAR.

IT'S THE THIRD LEADING CAUSE
OF ACCIDENTAL DEATH.

HERE IN LAKE GARDA,
A TEAM IS TRAINING

THE NEXT GENERATION OF
LIFE-SAVING WATER RESCUE DOGS.

REEF IS A NEWFOUNDLAND,

A BREED THAT'’S PARTICULARLY
WELL-ADAPTED TO WATER.

HIS THICK COAT HAS TWO LAYERS--

ONE THAT'S WATER-RESISTANT

AND ANOTHER TO INSULATE
AGAINST THE COLD.

HIS PAWS ARE WEBBED,
MAKING IT EASIER TO SWIM.

BUT WHAT MAKES REEF
EXTRA SPECIAL

IS THAT HE'S SO EXPERIENCED,

HE NOW TEACHES OTHER DOGS
HOW TO SAVE LIVES.

THE ITALIAN SCHOOL
FOR RESCUE DOGS

HAS TRAINED 300 FOR ACTIVE DUTY.

MOST ARE DEPLOYED
TO BEACHES AND LAKES

DURING THE BUSY TOURIST SEASON.

THE SCHOOL TEACHES MOSTLY
NEWFOUNDLANDS AND LABRADORS,

BUT GERMAN SHEPHERDS LIKE DIESEL

CAN ALSO MAKE
EXCELLENT WATER RESCUE DOGS.

DIESEL IS NINE MONTHS OLD
AND EAGER TO GET HER FEET WET.

Man: DIESEL! DIESEL!

Narrator: EMERGENCY CALL-OUTS

ARE OFTEN FROM BOATS
ON OPEN WATER,

SO AN APPRENTICE LIKE DIESEL
MUST ALSO HAVE GOOD SEA LEGS.

REEF SITS CALMLY ALONGSIDE

AS THE TEAM HEADS OUT
TO DEEPER WATER,

WHERE DIESEL WILL LEARN HOW
TO RESCUE SOMEONE IN DISTRESS.

AL, THE OTHER NEWFOUNDLAND,
WILL BE TEACHING THIS LESSON.

WATER RESCUE DOGS LEARN TO SWIM
TOWARDS STRESSFUL SITUATIONS,

WHICH GOES AGAINST A DOG'S
NATURAL SURVIVAL INSTINCT.

Narrator: AL TAKES THE PLUNGE.

Narrator: WHILE AL DEMONSTRATES

HOW TO PULL HER HANDLER
AND THE VICTIM TO SAFETY,

DIESEL WATCHES INTENTLY
FROM THE BOAT.

OBSERVING THE BEHAVIOR
OF ANOTHER DOG

IS KNOWN AS SOCIAL LEARNING.

IT HELPS OTHERS UNDERSTAND
WHAT TO DO IN A NEW SITUATION.

IN THIS SCENARIO, AL IS PAIRED
WITH A HUMAN TEAMMATE.

WHEN A VICTIM IS UNCONSCIOUS,

THEY WORK TOGETHER TO PULL
THE PERSON TO SAFETY.

THIS IS WHY AL'’S EXCEPTIONAL
STRENGTH IS SO IMPORTANT.

HER BIG BUILD ALLOWS HER

TO DRAG MULTIPLE PEOPLE
THROUGH THE WATER AT ONCE.

HISTORICALLY, THIS BREED
WAS FIRST USED BY FISHERMEN

FOR HAULING HEAVY NETS ASHORE.

BECAUSE WHEN IT COMES
TO PULLING EXTRA HEAVY LOADS,

THERE'S NO DOG BETTER
THAN A NEWFOUNDLAND.

Man: OK?

Narrator: THERE ARE NINE PEOPLE
AND SEVEN DOGS

ON BOARD THIS RESCUE BOAT.

Man: DIESEL? OK?

Narrator: BUT AL HAS ABSOLUTELY
NO TROUBLE PULLING IT TO SHORE.

Man: GRANDE CANE!

Narrator: HAVING WATCHED
THE OTHER DOGS IN ACTION,

IT'S TIME TO SEE WHETHER DIESEL

HAS THE ENTHUSIASM
AND CONFIDENCE

TO LEARN
FROM THE INSTRUCTOR DOGS.

Narrator: REEF IS THE LAST
TO SHOW DIESEL HOW IT'’S DONE.

DIESEL MUST NOW FOLLOW
HER OWNER, STEFANO,

AND MAKE HER FIRST JUMP...

WITH A LITTLE HELP.

Stefano: GRANDE CANE!

Narrator: DIESEL HAS TAKEN
A MAJOR STEP

TOWARDS BECOMING
A WATER RESCUE DOG.

IF SHE MAKES IT THOUGH
THE REST OF HER TRAINING,

THIS YOUNGSTER COULD SPEND
THE NEXT TEN YEARS

SAVING PEOPLE'’S LIVES.

Narrator: DOGS' NATURAL
ABILITIES CAN HELP US

AND OTHER ANIMALS
IN MANY EXTRAORDINARY WAYS.

Mike: CANINE SEARCH AND RESCUE!
CALL OUT IF YOU CAN HEAR ME.

Narrator: THROUGH
THEIR STRENGTH, STAMINA

AND THEIR REMARKABLE NOSES,

OUR CANINE COMPANIONS
CAN TRANSFORM OUR LIVES

AND COME TO OUR RESCUE
WHEN WE NEED THEM MOST.