Vermont's 'Salty Residents': Former Merchant Mariner Shares His Sea Stories

Last month," she wrote. "salty residents, "it's an career with periods from home, intensity. " And Kim should know — her was a Merchant Mariner 45 years. After retirement, Vermont with Vermont's 'Salty Residents': their and horse. We'll from Captain Dull about sea stories from his career, the immense amount training that Merchant Mariners Nov. 25.

For more than eight months we have been showing you what it takes to turn a puppy into a police dog. So far the six dogs in the Vermont and New Hampshire class we have been following have learned a lot. They started with training on sniffing out drugs, obedience, how to turn off work aggression and become a pet at home when the day is done, and how to react to the loud sound of gunshots. Today’s lesson is difficult: bite training. It turns the dog into a weapon. But before that, the K-9’s had some fun dog training vermont in the agility course. “Up!” A handler calls out and the dog easily jumps through a wooden structure that looks like a window. The dogs go through drainage pipes, up and over a balance beam, up to the top of a tall triangle shaped wood formation and then back down. They jump over high structures and learn to walk on top of the drainage pipes, too. The agility course is set up to resemble a lot of the things the dogs will have to do through their careers. It also strengthens the bonds the handler and his dog.

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