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I am Saar and Daniel Varte , the canine

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trainer for Hill Air Force Base . So

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the mission here for the K nine S is to

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protect the community as a whole away

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from anybody that wants to do arm to

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Hill , whether that be at the search

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pit , looking for explosives , whether

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that be biting bad guys that are

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running away , making sure patrolling

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around the base and making sure there's

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nobody that wants to come on that

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shouldn't be coming on . It's

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protecting the people and the assets

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that we have at Hill . So as a trainer ,

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the day to day as I come in check

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emails , make sure there's anything uh

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that I need to attend to immediately ,

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but it's gonna be setting up training

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for my handlers , going out , setting

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up explosive detection problems ,

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setting up uh scenarios where they

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might need to find a bad guy and bite

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them . These are all things that day to

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day . I need to set up and hone in the

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skills of my handlers and make sure

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that them and their canine are assets

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to the community from a handler day to

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day standpoint . I like to come in play

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with the dog immediately . I bring him

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out to the yard . Make sure he's uh ,

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everything's good with him . Make sure

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that uh I do health point checks on him ,

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make sure there's nothing wrong with

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him . We have fun , give him some

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exercise in the morning and then we'll

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go straight into training . So I'll , I

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will either do obedience with him in

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the morning . Uh It will usually be an

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explosive detection problem for me to

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attend to later on where we can build

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on our explosive skills and then pipe

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trolling later on in the day making

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sure that he can bite bad guys . A lot

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of these dogs see a lot of introductory

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skills at Lackland and just kind of

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like your basic building blocks . And

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then when we get them here at the

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assignment , we kind of give him the

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ability to apply those skills in a

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realistic scenario . My name is Britney

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Fulcher . I'm a staff sergeant here at

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Hill Air Force Base and I'm a canine

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handler . My dog's name is Soto . He's

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a puppy program dog . He is almost

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three . And today we did some detection

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together and we hit the kit problem

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which is finding our explosive aids

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together . So and I really click well

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together . We kind of just vibe off of

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each other and we have a good

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relationship . He's pretty silly . The

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bond between a handler and his dog is

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very indescribable . It's very hard to

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describe to somebody feeling you have

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when you're with somebody , you guys

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know your guys' capabilities and your ,

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your dog is more than just a dog . He

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is a partner to you . You guys know

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each other in and out . He knows what

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you're about to do . You know what he's

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about to do . Honestly , when your

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personalities mesh , it's probably the

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best feeling in the world when you're

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out there fighting crime .