ROMULUS, Mich. (AP) — Five puppies learning to be assistance dogs had a howling good time Tuesday during a training exercise at Detroit Metropolitan Airport.
During the training, the quintet of pooches and their trainers walked through a Transportation Security Administration checkpoint, rode an elevated tram and boarded an airplane.
It was all part of an effort to acclimate the dogs to one of the many settings they may experience later in life.
The training was led by Paws With A Cause — a Wayland, Michigan-based nonprofit that oversees the custom training of puppies that become assistance dogs for people with disabilities.
The group pairs puppies with volunteers who raise and socialize the dogs for the first year of their lives.
Persons:
ROMULUS, they’re, Liz Hood, Hood, ” Hood
Organizations:
Detroit Metropolitan Airport, Transportation Security Administration
Locations:
Mich, Wayland , Michigan