Keen K-9s: A look at the life of a search dog

LORY STATE PARK, COLORADO — Thunder, a sleek 5-year-old German shepherd, whines from her kennel in the back of Estelle Purvis’ vehicle. But it’s not food or attention the dog is begging for.

Thunder jumps down from the back of the vehicle impatiently waiting for Purvis to put the search and rescue dog vest complete with bells on her back so she can do what she’s been trained to do since six weeks old — find the lost hiker, or in this case the mock lost hiker.

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