Transcript: Thunder, from the Penn Vet Working Dog Center

School starts with basics like agility. (Dog climbing on planks of wood on car tires.)

Puppy runaways teach that finding people is fun! (Puppy finds person hiding behind a bus.)

A vigorous bark alerts search to a hidden person. (Dog barks at large tube with person opening the end cap.)

Searching everywhere! Rubble and buildings are all part of the training. (Dog runs up rock pile, around wooden crates and large cans outside. Then dog runs through indoor hallway and barks at closed door with tail wagging.)

The climbing ladder builds strength and confidence to prepare Thunder to be an urban search and rescue canine! (The dog trainer leads the dog as it climbs carefully up an inclined, 10-rung ladder resting against tall stack of cages.)

And save lives! (Dog runs on top of rubble pile to search for person climbing out of a tall tube.)

Thunder is now a FEMA certified USAR K9 responding to disasters like Hurricane Matthew and a recent Trenton building collapse as a member of New Jersey Task Force One.

Thunder (Portrait of chocolate labrador retriever.)