 Hi, my name's Koolahan. I'm an explosive detector dog and a patrol certified dog. I'm a Belgian Malmois, born and raised at Lackland Air Force Base. My patrol duty, we train it like it's fun and in my mind everything I do is fun. We first start off with the obstacle course. It helps me practice everyday scenario that I might run into like running upstairs or jumping through a window. Next I search a car by sniffing anywhere I think a bad guy might hide explosive. I'm suited for this job because my nose has roughly 300 million receptors and it compared to humans who have only 6 million receptors. I'm also patrol certified meaning that if I have to I can protect my handler and other personnel by biting an individual or finding an individual in a building or open field. I need to be able to not bite an individual when they come into my handler because not everybody's bad. This is what we call the field interview. Next we did the standoff. If an individual is running away from me but decides to give up and be compliant I'm able to stop and not bite that person. Next we did the search. My handler makes sure that the individual has no type of weaponry on them that's going to hurt myself or my handler. I have to provide overwatch to make sure the individual doesn't hurt my handler or try running away. In my free time I like to lay on the bed and enjoy it while I can. I also like to chase after the cats on base if I ever see them. There's this one that I don't like too much. He gets in my face if I get too close to him and he doesn't move. A lot of people don't understand that I'm just like any other dog. I love attention. I love play and I like to have a good time. I might be scary and mean on the outside but on the inside all I want is some love.