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Take a behind the scenes look at the most adorable avalanche rescue unit you've ever seen. The Telluride Avalanche Rescue Dogs play a vital role in mountain's rescue and safety education efforts in the San Juan mountain community. The dogs are trained to perform under pressure in rescue situations and provide an extremely fast and effective way of locating buried avalanche victims. The dogs also use their natural prey drive as and their intuitive sense of smell to find humans even buried under the thickest snow.
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The dogs are often faster and more effective than their human counterparts, and if you do have the misfortune of being buried you'll be greeted by a furry animal licking at your face.Watch as Lady Bee, Sadie, Mona, Doris, Wiley and Bajuko go through their everyday winter job with their human patrol counterparts.
