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my first experience with a dog was um ,

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seeing a brand new , so we call him a

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green dog , they're like fresh out of

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tech school , so to speak . Um , and

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the handler brought that dog in and he

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had a muzzle on in front of everybody

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and I thought it was the most

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intimidating thing I've ever seen and I

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was like , I think I want to do

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something like that , I've been a

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military working dog handler for about

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five years being out here , you know ,

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you're actually in the midst of it . Um ,

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and really we're just doing a lot of

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detection and a lot of , a lot of

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deterrence . So deterrence is a big

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part of our career as well , so just

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being able to show up with that canine

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capability and having somebody see like ,

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oh wow , there's a dog right there ,

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like they're not gonna like mess around

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when there's a dog involved , just take

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it one day at a time , try to learn

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everything that you can , if you are

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wanting to become a handler , I would

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say go for um , this is a very unique

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opportunity that I don't think a lot of

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people have available , have an

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opportunity to go canine , I think

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really can get you out of your comfort

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zone and expose you to things that you

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were not exposed to before and just

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expand you as a person