What are vent dogs?

Dogs are one of the best friends of the human being, and the only ones with the energy and the right size to be able to be really useful in extreme situations, such as a hurricane or an earthquake.

But there are some who have even more developed skills to help victims: they are the vent dogs. If you want to know what they are, what they specialize in and how they work, then I'll tell you everything.

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Venting dogs, also known as search dogs, they are animals that help find victims of avalanches, landslides, landslides, earthquakes, crimes, ... and in general of any natural or human disaster.

Unlike the tracking ones, have been trained to look for the human scent in the surroundingsSo they are often the only hope of those who have been buried anywhere. To find them, they sniff the air for any scent that people emit.

How do they work?

The first thing the guides do is divide the terrain into grids. In each square there will be a vent dog with his guide and sometimes an assistant as well. From then on, if they are first timers they will work with the wind against (otherwise they could not detect the smell of the possible victims), but if they have more experience or if the terrain conditions do not allow it, they will work perpendicular to the wind.

Once they detect the presence of the odor, they will look for the source, with the guide following them. If there has been luck, the victim is rescued; otherwise, that is, if the dog has detected a human odor but it is not from any victim, the search is continued.

What are your specialties?

Venting dogs are classified depending on their specialty, which can be any of these:

• Urban disaster dogs: are those used to detect the presence of living people who have been victims of building collapses. For example, after a strong earthquake they are the first furry to get down to work to find those who have suffered it.
• Evidence dogs: are those used to detect human evidence at crime scenes. They therefore accompany the military who arrive at the scene of the events.
• Avalanche dogs: they are the dogs that are used to locate living people who have been buried by avalanches.
• Corpse dogs: they are the dogs that are used to detect human remains. They are trained to find dead people, whether in accidents or natural disasters.
• Aquatic search dogs: they have the same mission as corpse dogs, but unlike these they do it in the water, from a boat.

How do they have to be?

Not all dogs can be venting. For this, it is necessary that they be resistant and agileotherwise they will not be able to meet the demands of their job. In addition, they must have a special motivation for the search, even if the conditions are not good. And of course they have to be well socialized both with humans and with other animals, since this way working with them will be much easier.

For all these reasons, large-sized dogs are often preferred, such as the German shepherd or Newfoundland, which are of sufficient size and energy to be able to locate the victims.

As we have seen, vent dogs are one of the most fabulous four-legged heroes that we can count on as human beings. 🙂