[btrtevino]

I don't have much to add, except that my father was one of the first class of officers to train dogs for Customs. While some dogs were more stable than others, they all lived with my brothers and sisters in the family house (he retired from customs before I was born) and had to learn to adapt to family life as well as work life. Although maybe slightly differnet than police dogs, because they were used for tracking and detection as well as protection and for lack of a better word, "taking the bad guy down" I am sure the training is quite similar. It worked out well, and some of the best dogs my family ever had came from this time period. I would like to know if law enforcement dogs are still trained in this manner. If anybody knows, please post, My dad's training all took place in nthe 70's I believe.