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.