A dog’s nose is incredibly sensitive, perfectly designed, and backed up by an amazing system in their brain.
Dogs trained to detect bombs and drugs already help keep us safe, but this week Claire Concannon meets the New Zealand team training dogs to apply this skill to a new area – the medical detection of bowel and prostate cancer.
Pauline Blomfield gives Claire a tour of the K9 Medical Detection Charitable Trust in Invermay and explains what their goals are.
Courtney Moore & Tess Mackenzie at the K9 Medical Detection training centre. Photo: RNZ / Claire Concannon
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