Students at Lakeville Elementary were introduced to man’s best lifesaver on Monday, when two search and rescue dogs from Save A Life Michigan visited the school.
Ben and Melissa White brought their dogs Calleigh and Isabell, both German shepherds, to teach the students the role of a search and rescue dog.
The pair of dogs typically are used to help locate those lost in the woods by tracking their scent either through the air or on the ground.
‘Search and rescue is nothing but a giant game they want to play,? Ben said.
Students learned that a dog’s sense of smell is 44 times that of a human’s and that Calleigh and Isabell can detect somone’s scent days, even weeks after they’ve been in a specific area.
Any dog can become a search and rescue dog, but the owner has to be 18-years-old and prepared for a lifetime of training.