China News Service, Nanning, February 5th: Title: "Trainee" police dog "Snow"'s first Spring Festival travel: Resist the temptation of delicious food to "pass"
Author Yang Chen Liu Minghui
During the Spring Festival travel rush, a cute yet majestic figure appeared at the bustling security checkpoint of Nanning East Railway Station, carefully sniffing through the large and small bags of passengers. His name is "Snow" and he is a Labrador explosive detection dog from the police dog team of the Nanning Public Security Division of the Nanning Railway Public Security Bureau.
Police dog "Snow" is on duty. Photo by Qiang Zhijian
"Snow", who is now one year and one month old, has been selected from the police dog base by trainer He Shaojing since he was three months old. After ten months of systematic and standardized training, he is now fully capable of performing tasks such as station explosion prevention and inspections. Ability, but lack of corresponding experience. This is the first Spring Festival transportation for "trainee" police dog "Snow", and it is also the last test for "Snow".
Early in the morning, the handler put on a police dog uniform for "Snow". Each police dog team member has his own tailor-made exclusive work clothes. "Snow" looked particularly happy in his uniform.
"At a Spring Festival travel station, dense crowds are in the same place, and there are noisy voices and broadcasts everywhere. The police dog's hearing is relatively sensitive, and the first skill it needs to learn is to overcome the interference of these external sounds." Trainer He Shaojing said.
Police dog "Snow" patrols the waiting room of Nanning East Railway Station. Photo by Qiang Zhijian
Although it was the first Spring Festival travel period, "Snow" seemed particularly calm. The trainer took it to the entrance to stand guard. "Snow" looked at the crowd and sat calmly, neither barking nor running around, waiting for orders to be issued.
After standing guard for an hour, the trainer took it to the station to patrol. The security checkpoint, waiting room, ticket gate, platform and other areas are the key areas they want to patrol.
"Snow, trash can, search!" Every time he goes to a place and hears the command, "Snow" will sniff and search carefully, not sparing any corner. The green plants on the edge of the trash can and the station are hidden corners. It will put its nose up and try to distinguish whether there is any smell of prohibited items in the mixed smell.
"The station is densely populated and the smells are mixed. It is still very difficult to distinguish the smell of dangerous goods among so many smells. This is also our special training project. We will regularly smell it no less than three times every week. Discriminate training to prepare for actual combat at any time." The trainer introduced.
Police dog "Snow" conducts explosive search at the security checkpoint. Photo by Qiang Zhijian
After the patrol, "Snow" returned to the security checkpoint. "Snow" was particularly excited to see all kinds of luggage, large and small. This was something he had practiced thousands of times at the training base. "Snow, check your luggage!" the instructor commanded, and "Snow" immediately started working, sniffing every luggage that passed the security check. During the Spring Festival travel period, it sniffed thousands of luggage items on average every day.
It’s the New Year, and many passengers have brought home New Year’s goods. Many of them have also brought roast chicken, bacon, sausages and other food for the car or souvenirs. This is a huge temptation for dogs.
"Snow almost found food on passengers' food a few times, but his professionalism allowed him to return to his original position and continue working. This is also an important part of our daily work. We do it carefully in daily training The food management is so good that as long as there are no suspicious items at work, it will not bark no matter how delicious the food is. Once contraband is found, it will signal the trainer with a sitting posture." Trainer He Shaojing said proudly.
Trainer He Shaojing is training "Snow". Photo by Qiang Zhijian
For each police dog with different characteristics, in addition to public programs, the police dog training team will work with the handler to develop a personalized training program. In order to make up for the shortcomings of the Labrador's jumping ability which is not as good as that of the Malinois, He Shaojing specially trained "Snow"'s leg strength. In life, in order to cultivate a friendly relationship and conduct better training, He Shaojing took "Snow" home after training. They ate, drank, lived and traveled together, treating it as her own family, bringing it into contact with society and interacting with it. "Snow" plays.
From a three-month-old "little cute ball" to a nine-month-old "trainee" who was afraid of going down the escalator, and now the majestic "trainee police dog" during the Spring Festival, "Snow"'s rapid progress is inseparable from his training. Task forces and trainers. They are both close comrades-in-arms and family members who have been together for a long time. They will continue to fight side by side to protect the safety of Spring Festival one after another. (over)