Dogs Achieving Astonishing Things With Their Sniffers

STORY AT-A-GLANCE

• The Austin Firefighters Association has partnered with CancerDogs to get firefighters regular cancer screenings
• Dogs specially trained to sniff out cancer from breath samples can detect cancer with more than 60% accuracy
• Dogs can also be trained as medical alert assistance dogs, which work with people with diabetes, severe allergies, Addison’s disease and other life-threatening health conditions
• Dogs can even be trained to sniff out gluten, which can be a game changer for people with the autoimmune disorder celiac disease
• Dogs were able to detect 70% of children infected with malaria and 90% of uninfected children, just by smelling their socks; dogs may represent a noninvasive and rapid way to detect malaria