grover. our final witness is dr. cynthia otto. dr.otto is the founder, executive director or the vet working center at the university of pennsylvania. her research focuses on canine health and behavior. dr. otto has been involved with search and rescue dogs, pennsylvania urban search and rescue task force including deployments to hurricane katrina and during 9/11. dr. otto? >> thank you, good morning, chairman johnson and ranking member carper. it is a pleasure to be here. i'd like to introduce one of the dogs to the program. 10 1/2-week-old german shepherd born in texas. he's donated to our program. his name is jerry. like all the dogs donated to our programs he's named after one of the dogs that worked at 9/11. he's been handled by a veterinary student from penn vet, meagan ramos. you'll be able to meet him after the hearing and learn more about his future career. we're a not for profit research and development center for detection dogs. our program was developed based on our experience with a wide variety of organizations including

grover. our final witness is dr. cynthia otto. dr. otto is the founder, executive director or the vet working center at the university of pennsylvania. her research focuses on canine health and behavior. dr. otto has been involved with search and rescue dogs, disaster sponz as response as member of the pennsylvania urban search and rescue task force including deployments to hurricane katrina and during 9/11. dr. otto? >> thank you, good morning, chairman johnson and ranking member carper. it is a pleasure to be here. i'd like to introduce one of the dogs to the program. 10 1/2-week-old german shepherd born in texas. he's donated to our program. his name is jerry. like all the dogs donated to our programs he's named after one of the dogs that worked at 9/11. he's been handled by a veterinary student from penn vet, meagan ramos. you'll be able to meet him after the hearing and learn more about his future career. we're a not for profit research and development center for detection dogs. our program was developed based on our experience w