![]() So instead of just running, we started to mix in training. “Piper and I spend a lot of time outside anyway, but even more so during this time while I was training for racing and tough mudder events. He’s now the only Wildlife Control K-9 on staff at an airport in Michigan, the airport claims, and one of only a handful in the United States.Įdwards read about the use of border collies at airports a long time ago and decided to see if he could train Piper up to the task. Federal regulations require all airports to have a plan to fend away wildlife, mostly using methods like pyrotechnics, traps, and sirens. He quickly became a top hit.Traverse City’s Cherry Capital Airport brought Piper aboard as its new K-9 unit, designated to seek out and chase away the birds that sometimes congregate at the airport. Images of Piper on the job, wearing his airport vest, ear muffs and goggles, made their way onto online social forum Reddit. Piper was a wildlife-control canine at Cherry Capital Airport - the nemesis of geese, ducks and even snowy owls.Įdwards says there's "no book on how to be an airport canine." He says it took "hard work." Piper's owner, Brian Edwards, choked up at times as he talked about the dog while photos were displayed on a large screen. ![]() More: Michigan has some good doggos: Here are a few from this week More: Famous Traverse City airport dog, Piper, dies of cancer People lined up to get inside City Opera House in Traverse City for a memorial service for Piper. Hundreds of people have turned out to salute a speedy border collie that became an internet sensation for keeping a northern Michigan airport free of wildlife. Watch Video: This airport K-9 is as tough as TSA ![]()
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