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Charges into the rubble, bouncing around a fallen roof. he's focused on one thing, finding a living, breathing human amid the sprawling wreckage of the tsunami. it might seem an unfair request of a german shepard, but aticus and another dozen dogs here are more than equal to it. how important are these dogs to these operation snz. >> very. there's a lot of technical gear, the listening devices,ed cameras. all that stuff to locate people. but at the end of the day, you can't beat a dog for hitting the scent of a human being. >> reporter: like most canine specialists, rob furnace has a tight bon...

Being. >> reporter: rob has a tight bond with his border collie byron. the dogs are so highly trained, they're able to block out the scent of a deceased person and pick up only on someone who's alive. their success rate is impressive. these teams pulled more than a dozen survivors safely from the rubble in haiti in no small part due to teammates like this german help shep herds named racker. keeping this em sharp involves creativity. >> the team just had to do a drill with racker because they haven't found nina live in a few days. they a team member hideout of sight out of any sensory percepti...