5:30 a.m. Josh Young, my co-owner and husband, and I load up our leak detection K9s in our transport vehicle and drive out to an area where the dogs can stretch their legs and burn off a little steam. Our detection dogs are no fools and always know when it…
Michaela (Mich) Hager is the president and head trainer for K9 Pipe Inspections, a company using highly trained dogs to detect leaks along buried pipelines.
She is a former behavioral therapist with a B.A. in Psychology from the University of Montana with upper-level studies in animal cognition. She has worked with several top military and police K9 trainers across the country which led to the development of K9 Pipe Inspections’ leak detection dog program.
K9 Pipe Inspections dogs have worked across the United States, completing contracts in Texas,
New Mexico and California.
For more information, go to www.k9pipeinspections.com.
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