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Yolo County's first agriculture detector dog sniffs out trouble that could decimate crops
WOODLAND -- A 2-year-old Labrador Retriever is doing a job only a handful of dogs can do in the state of California. Berty is the first detector dog for the Yolo County department of agriculture, making the county only the 11th in the state to have one of these working dogs. "I'm always trying not to be outsmarted by Bert. She is super smart," said her handler, Chris Tyler. Berty's job is to sniff out packages shipped into the area; not looking for treats, but instead for pesky problems to protect our local agriculture. Her nose knows how to hunt down the seemingly ordinary."She's...
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