Suddenly, Shark's ears perk up.
The formidable nose of this shepherd dog is magnetized by a hole in the improvised concrete block wall, ignoring all other cavities.
His guardian angel Ricardo, 43, then presses his thumb on a “clicker”, a small box releasing a validation sound which means that the beast is all right.
The 2 and a half year old Malinois, “very diligent and concentrated”, brilliantly sniffed out the only hiding place where the explosive material was hidden.
“His goal is to always satisfy his master, dad has to be happy!”
» deciphers the armed police officer.
As a reward, the animal can sharpen its fangs on a fabric sausage, the canine comforter that is earned.
In a little more than five months, this athletic male will patrol, alongside his faithful bipedal driver, Olympic sites or fan zones, using his snout in the service of public safety.
It is here, at the National Training Center for Dog Technical Units (CNFUC), in Cannes-Écluse (Seine-et-Marne), that the future police explosive-sniffing dogs are trained.
Like next summer's stadium gods, they're training like champions.
“They are high-level athletes,” praises Fabrice Decmann, deputy head of the center.
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