 Military working dogs are not pets. My name is P.F.C. Gavid. I'm a military working dog handler, and my partner's name is Cody. When I arrived at Ford Made, I got told I was going to get MWD Cody. We started building rapport by spending mainly time with him in the first two weeks so he understands that I'm part of his family now, I'm his mom, and then as soon as I gained his trust and his respect, that's when we started focusing on obedience and I've told him what to do and we started working on issues that we had but also on making our strengths better. Cody's ability to smell is like most other dogs, because he can intake different odors at the same time. So he's able to directly go to the source or tell me where it is, respond to it and then we can find it together. Military working dogs benefit the Army by being a psychological deterrent. They are able to detect odors that we as humans cannot and they have proven to be better than most machines and have had less failure rates. Being a military working dog handler, it can be stressful at times and very physical demanding but the camaraderie you have with the other handlers and the relationship to your dog feeds all of it.