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(Video) Watch Marion Trained Rescue Dog Find Man, Pull Him Out of Hole

In a test performed by the Marion rescue-dog training company, Disaster Dogs of Iowa, one a trained dogs hunts down the scent of a man in a crowded, garbage-laden landscape.

The above video is a test performed by Disaster Dogs of Iowa, a local organization that trains rescue dogs used in emergency situations.

It depicts a dog hunting down the scent of a trainer who hid in an enclosed space in some sort of rubble. The dog finds the man in less than a minute and actually pulls him out of the hole.

According to the company's website, Disaster Dogs of Iowa specializes in rescue from "terrorist incidents, earthquakes, tornados, floods, grain elevator explosions, aircraft accidents  and other natural or man-made disasters."

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