Gallery: Estonia's service dogs undergo helicopter training
Thirteen service dogs and their handlers undertook a training session on a British Chinook helicopter on Friday.
The dogs and their handlers were from the Military Police, the Rescue Center's demining department, the prison service, the Police and Border Guard Board's K9-commando unit and the Northern Prefecture.
They practiced searching for banned substances at Ämari Air Base and then took a training flight on one of the UK's helicopters stationed in Estonia.
Senior sergeant Erlich Vahter, a dog handler from the K9 group said: "Such cooperative exercises are important to prepare service dogs for unexpected service tasks, as training in harsh environments helps to improve the performance of service dogs in real-life tasks."
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