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I would describe Diesel as a miniature version of me.
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He is small, he is loud, and he is sassy.
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He thinks that he's the center of my attention all the time.
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But I am very strict with him because he is not a pet.
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My role here at the airport is to make people feel safe.
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We want people to know that there's a security presence here and that if there's something here, we're going to find it.
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We're looking for explosives or anything suspicious.
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We do everything from checking cars, bags, garbage cans, passengers lining up...
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We go to the restricted side, we can do planes.
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So, we're very universal here.
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We are working a lot with the police and we respond to a lot of serious calls.
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And then, a lot of it is also us training, to make sure that Diesel stays on his toes and he knows that he's not just strolling around the airport for fun.
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Yes! Good boy!
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The reason why we train so much is because, in an environment like this, it's very unique.
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There's people everywhere.
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People who don't speak English, people who are scared of dogs, which is something that I deal with a lot.
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When Diesel finds something, you can tell a switch goes off in his brain.
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Like he becomes very serious and very focused.
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He doesn't care about food, he doesn't care about toys, until he finds what he's looking for.
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Yes! Good boy!
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Good job! Good boy!
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I have always been pretty determined about what I wanted to do.
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I knew that I wanted to work with animals. I just didn't know how to get into that.
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So, I decided to go into law enforcement studies.
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And Securiguard actually came to my school and did a presentation about their canine program.
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As soon as I saw that this was a possibility, I was like, right in.
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It didn't feel like work when I was training, and it didn't feel like work when I was working.
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So, I was like, "This is great. They're paying me to do stuff that I'd be doing anyways."
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Yes, this is the best job ever, but it's also a lifestyle.
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People think that the dog is in a room at the airport when we go home at night, which is not true.
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I mean, Diesel is with me all the time.
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You need to take care of this animal 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
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But, if it's your passion, it doesn't feel like work.
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And I don't see a better thing that I could be doing.
