Land Mine Detection Dog

"Granite"
Granite

NAME: Granite
AGE: 2 years old
BREED: German Shepherd, Bred in Slovakia
HANDLER:Nermin Hadzimugjagic and his staff at the Mine Detection Dog Center (MDDC) in Konjic, Bosnia are hard at work training Granite
SPONSORS: CHAMPS Students from Kingston and Pelham, New Hampshire
WORKING IN: Granite will finish his training at the MDDC some time in February 2007, and will be working in Bosnia Herzegovina “sniffing mines” and saving lives soon after!
FUN FACTS :Granite is training with 2 of his brothers at the MDDC.  South Hadley and  Arizona, both CHAMPS Dogs, are littermates!!  All three dogs will work in Bosnia Herzegovina throughout their working lives.

GRANITE SEARCHES FOR LANDMINES DEC 2006
GRANITE SEARCHES FOR LANDMINES DEC 2006
Granite posing in 2007Granite posing in 2007
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