omar villafranca took a spin. >> reporter: with six wheels and a distinctive alien design, tourists ato idea what to make of this extra terrestrial machine. this is a new mars rover concept vehicle stand 1g 1 feet tall 24rks feet long and 13 feet wide -- >> what takes longer, your design or your putting it together? >> the giant rover is the brainchild of two brothers, shannon and mark. the two made their names in hollywood designing and building movie props, most notably the futuristic motorcycles in the movie "tron." mark and his team did the dirty work constructing the whole thing in less than five months. >> there is almost nothing on this vehicle that was not built in this shot. nothing was ordered out of a catal catalog. we bit the chasee, the frame, the interior, glass, everything on this vehicle had to be built completely from scratch. >> some of this was just for design, you know, just for it to look cool. other things i thought, you know, this is kind of important to have. >> u i'm being very delicate with it, the speed you would end up going on mars. >> the inside of the rov

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and our own omar villafranca is there with the team. >> reporter: with the distinctive wheels at thelien design, tourists at the complex have no idea who to make of this ext extraterrestrial. this is the rover concept vehicle, standing 13 feet wide. what takes longer? your design or you putting it together? >> reporter: the giant rover is the brain child of the parker brothers, shannon and mark. the two made their names in hollywood, designing and building movie props, most notab notab notable, the futuristic movie tron. shannon designed the rover, mark and his team did the dirty work, putting it together in at least five months. >> there was nothing in this that was not done in our shop, nothing was ordered out of a catalogue, we built the body, the chassis, the wheels, suspension, frame, interior, seats, glass, everythin hadg o completely from sctcas just for design you know, just f other things i thought you know this is kind of important t have. >> i'm being very delicate with would end up going on mars. rover seats four and drives like also a mock lab in possibly conduct experim

omar villafranca reports. >> reporter: here at the deland animal hospital, they've seen a few of thoseeing extra vigilant. stephanie is proud of her french mastiffs. they've won numerous top awards at last weekend's show. but several dogs apparently took home something else, the dog flu. stephanie's dogs seemed healthy, but the vet decided to vaccinate them anyway. you took a precaution today. >> yes, we did. we gave her her vaccine today. and her next show in a couple weeks she'll be well protected. >> reporter: over a thousand cases were reported in the chicago area. at least phife dawgs died. the strain has since appeared in 30 states. the illness is rarely fatal but causes sneezing, coughing and nasal discharge. >> it's highly contagious. >> reporter: melissa lowe'ssen vet tech. which pet owners need to worry? >> bringing them to dog parks, shows. if they have an active lifestyle they should. >> there's an imminent threat for dogs to be exposed to this virus. >> reporter: on thursday, scientists at the university of florida urged dog owners to consider getting their pets vaccinated

omar villafranca is in san antonio, texas. change the stereotype and give pitbulls a worthy new career. omar, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. these six dogs standing in attention next the their shelters, but next week they'll head to sheriff's departments, correctional facilitiefacilitie police departments all across the country. shhehas r yeah on the ball, and that's exactly where it needs to be. the 1.5-year-old shelter dog was rescued from death row before giving birth to her own litter of puppies. >> the first task seeing if she's okay with confined places. >> reporter: it's a san antonio program trained to work with law enforcement. he's running drills with cara to see if she has the chops to become a police dog recruit. >> see how she searches for it. >> reporter: as a pitbull mix, she's an unexpected candidate. pure breeds like german shepherds, belgian or labradors are traditionally trained as canine officers because of their drive to work. but kroft is taking abandoned unadoptable pit bulldogs and teaching the