Thursday, May 15th, 2008

TSA Puppy to the Resuce!

First off, if you are a cat person, then don’t even bother reading my post! “I’m just kidding.” I really truly love puppies. I think they are the most adorable creatures on this planet; with an exception to Ryan Seacrest. But anyways, today I am going to tell you about the new TSA Puppy program that just started only about a month ago.

The use of dogs for sniffing out bomb threats at airports is not too unfamiliar nowadays. However, looks may be deceiving; because behind those cute innocent little puppy eyes is a trained bomb searching assassin. These puppies are trained by experts to get rid of their annoying habits such as barking, begging, biting, jumping, digging, etc. Believe it or not, these puppies have grown up to be true defenders of our country.

These little puppies have been doing so well that the United States government currently owns 500 canine bomb scouting teams. Rumor has it that within two years time, another 400 teams will arise. You can become a foster parent for these puppies.

Foster parents help to socialize the puppies with humans. However the TSA Puppy Program needs volunteers to adopt these puppies into their families. Currently, many puppies are sent over to prisons like the Travis County Jail in Austin. The nice thing is that the puppies are only rewarded to the inmates that have been good.