Service Dog: Mouse Detector

A very happy Archie and his handler

 
Archie, a three-year-old springer spaniel is Britain’s first mouse detection dog a job description usually reserved for our feline friends.He is not just trained to find the mice but figure out how they are getting into that location.

Louise Wilson, head of training for Wagtail, said it took more than 12 months for Archie to complete his specialist training. She said: “Mice are not that hard to find, but the trick is to find out how and where they are getting into a building, whether it’s an office, a warehouse, a supermarket or a cinema.

“What we’re trying to pinpoint is the places where mice are most active, where they are getting into a building or area and where they are nesting, then we can concentrate our efforts in those places.”

This is not traditionally something cats do. They will catch mice and might even find the location they are congregating but they generally will not tell their owners how and where the mice are getting inside.

http://www.independent.ie/and-finally/spaniel-archie-taught-mousehunting-2556738.html

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