Lee and Dr. Schultz talk with Sargent Mike Cantrell with MSU DPS and Captain Sean Mills from the LPD Canine Team

Have you been to an MSU Football game lately? Why do you think that the 70,000 people in the stadium and the 50,000 tailgating outside the stadium are safe? One reason is the Canine patrols from the MSU DPS Canine Team. Listen Saturday at 9AM as Doctor Will Schultz, DVM (retired) and Lee Cohen learn all about the MSU Dog Patrol from Sargent Mike Cantrell with MSU DPS. Rick Preuss from Preuss Pets was hurt early this week in an auto collision and is out but is expected to return to the show as soon as he is able. Meantime, learn how police dogs are selected and what are the dominant traits that they must exhibit to be chosen for training and assignment. Learn about the way that some breeds being utilized have risen and fallen in popularity in the decades of deployment of dogs for police work. Then Captain Sean Mills from the Lansing Police Department Canine Team joins us to talk about the different dogs working for the LPD and what kinds of assignments they are trained for. Learn how they are trained to not react to loud sounds like gunshots which may inevitably be heard during police work. Captain Mills also talks about the time spent training and teaching the animals to respond the way they want when a scent is detected. It is a fascinating conversation about the past and present of police dogs. We even discuss the future jobs for the canine officers.