more on labradors and spaniels. paul hammond, whose company i-canine is working with auburn to train and deploy vapor wake dogs explains why. we need a dog that fits into the public profile, the public will walk past and ignore as if it s a domestic pet. reporter: the dogs are being used in airports, on amtrak trains and by police departments, too. what is it about a dog s nose as compared to ours that they are able to pick up something like that? well, the dogs olfactory system is 220 million scent cells compared to a human s five million scent cells. that gives you a real comparison. where we might be able to smell a woman s perfume walking by, the dog will not only smell the perfume but the clothes, the material she s wearing, the shower gel she washed with that
these puppies which are just about three weeks old. at this time, they re held a lot and socialized and then by the time their formal training starts when they re about a year old, they re used to people and loud noises and they don t get spooked so easily. auburn has its own breeding program for bomb-sniffing dogs. they rarely use shepherds and traditional breeds, but lean more on labradors and spaniels. paul hammond, whose company i-canine is working with auburn to train and deploy vapor wake dogs explains why. we need a dog that fits into the public profile, the public will walk past and ignore as if it s a domestic pet. reporter: the dogs are being used in airports, on amtrak trains and by police departments, too. what is it about a dog s nose as compared to ours that they are able to pick up something like that? well, the dogs olfactory system is 220 million scent cells compared to a human s five million scent cells. that gives you a real
traditional breeds, b ln more on labradors and spaniels. paul hammond, whose company i-canine is working with auburn to train and deploy vapor wake dogs explains why. we need a dog that fights into the public profile, the public will walk past and ignore as if it s a domestic pet. reporter: the dogs are being used in airports, on amtrak trains and by police departments, too. what is it about a dog s nose as compared to ours that they are able to pick up something like that? well, the dogs olfactory system is 220 million scent cells compared to a human s five million scent cells. that gives you a real comparison. where we might be able to smell a woman s perfume walking by, the dog will not only smell the perfume but the clothes, the material she s wearing, the shower gel she washed with that morning. reporter: in addition to vapor wake training, these dogs are also able to detect explosives in the traditional