Henny the Arson Dog

RantWoman presents yet more evidence of her nerd credentials. RantWoman is poking around the Fire Department website on a Friday night because of one of those late afternoon Friday emails full of interesting facts and provocative points. Okay, RantWoman is not a total nerd. Instead of poking around on topic, RantWoman got sidetracked reading about Henny the arson dog:

http://www.seattle.gov/fire/FMO/Henny/default.htm

RantWoman does not have a Seeing Eye Dog. RantWoman does not want one and anyway RantWoman thinks other people need one more than she does. Ordinarily, RantWoman would let people who have seeing eye dogs be ambassadors about the topic, but RantWoman is really enjoying Henny the arson dog: Henny the arson dog is a black lab who was in training to be a seeing eye dog, until....


Not every dog of a given breed is cut out to be a Seeing Eye Dog. One very big doggy no-no that will wash a dog out of a Seeing Eye Dog program is excessive sniffing. RantWoman has a friend whose first seeing eye dog during graduate school, a big sweetie of a yellow lab was ALMOST too into sniffing. She also would really have liked to chase squirrels much more than she was allowed to, though this dog held it together for a solid career as a seeing eye dog and even a good spell of retirement.

Because RantWoman already knew about sniffing and Seeing Eye Dogs, she really enjoys hearing and reading about Henny, Seattle's arson dog. Henny's handler was on the radio awhile back and RantWoman almost posted then so perhaps it's providence now. RantWoman herself would have absolutely no interest in a career ferreting out and distinguishing different hydrocarbon scents with her nose; she finds herself very glad Henny is on the job. RantWoman is also lazy and definitely recommends you poke through the link and read about Henny yourself. Plus, if you get tired of reading about Henny, you might even run into the other topics RantWoman was fixing to post about. Take a look. Guess.