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                                               Superpower dogs update
               “@WorldAnimalsMag               Our Superpower Dogs search-and-rescue pup is coming on leaps and bounds in her training.
                  Such an inspiring            Here’s how incredible working dogs like Halo are taught to find survivors in disaster zones

                   magazine. I just            Stage 1:                                                   Hide-and-seek
                 had to draw these             Play drive                                                 Very early puppy training
                                               and hide-
                                                                                                          starts with fun, easy hide-and-
                  mother and baby              and-seek                                                   seek games in the backyard.
               harp seals #wildlifeart         Working up a                                               Tug-toy reward
                    #babyanimal”               high ‘play drive’                                          Halo needed to prove that

                                               is the first step
                                               to ensuring                                                she has the drive to work for
                                                                                                          her tug toy before she can
                        @ChloeClik             that dogs are                                              move on. Luckily, she loves
                                               keen to work.                                              the reward of a tug-of-war.
               Top 10 Most Endangered!         Stage 2:       Bark barrels                                Rubble pile
                                               Rubble pile                                                This is where agility is key. Halo
               Meet some                       Halo needs to   These are large                            needs to be sure-footed and very
                                                              ‘barrels’ for

               of the most                     be comfortable   trainers to hide in                       confident on the rubble and debris.
               threatened                      with working in   safely in the rubble                     Searching for victims
               animals on the                  a disaster zone   pile. At this stage,                     Halo begins searching for people.
                                                              the ‘lids’ aren’t on,
               planet in our                   environment,   so Halo can easily                          To begin with, she watches one
               latest digital                  so training    see who’s inside.                           person go and hide, to show her
                                                                                                          exactly what she needs to do.
               edition. From                   moves to the
               the endangered                  rubble pile.
               Siberian tiger                  Stage 3:
               to the critically               Multiple                                                   Multiple concealed victims
                                                                                                          Many ‘victims’ are now hidden in
               endangered                      victims                                                    the rubble with the bark-barrel lids
               Sumatran                                                                                   in place. Halo needs to find one,

               orangutan, we take a look at ten of the   This is the next                                 send her alert and then move on.
               most beloved animals on Earth that we   step in the
               don’t want to see go extinct.   process for                           Ground scenting      Distractions
                                                                                                          Halo needs to be focused.
                                                                                     By now, Halo should be using

                 Download our latest digital edition at   Halo – finding              her nose to locate ‘victims’   Throughout her training,
               www.greatdgitalmags.com         numerous                              by scent alone, and not   distractions are added in to make
                                               ‘victims’ in                          searching for any visual clues.  sure she learns to resist them.
                                               the rubble.
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