Among the civil servants, Wolfgang Fischer from Neuss is the pioneer. The police chief inspector has experienced a lot since then. And yet the search for missing persons or criminals is far from always successful.
The interaction between humans and animals is complex and surprises the experienced dog handler time and time again. A person's scent is as unique as their fingerprint or DNA. Thousands of skin flakes are shed every minute. The particles swirl around, decompose bacterially and leave an individual trail. A well-trained dog's nose can follow them, even if a plethora of other scents waft around the four-legged friend.
Before the animal sets off, it sniffs an odor carrier that can be assigned to the person it is looking for, such as underwear. But we decided to go for the smaller welding dogs. They are easier to handle," says the year-old Rhinelander. The families of the dog handlers have to share the passion for their work.
The job requires full commitment. Sometimes a day with a hour deployment. Working closely with the animals at home. You have to want all that, says Wolfgang Fischer. For him and many of his colleagues, the whole thing has lost none of its fascination over the years. If time is of the essence, a helicopter is sometimes on standby for the teams. Fischer begins to train complicated positions with his Miss Ellie. The eleven-year-old Black Forest sweat bitch amazes with her great scent.
She'd rather tell me something else," he praises. Of course, the dog is no longer the youngest. The strain is limited. She's healthy and still wants to. I benefit from her seventh sense. When Miss Ellie gets tired, eight-year-old Wilma takes over. When she's two or two and a half, she'll be mature enough to start walking.
