A Vineyard Manager's Best Friend?

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Issue: June 30, 2007

Many winery owners keep dogs around as pets. But soon, dogs may be put to serious work: helping fight a troublesome pest. For the past year, the Santa Rosa, Calif.-based Assistance Dog Institute has been training a specially bred litter of golden retrievers to detect the pheromones of the female vine mealybug, a destructive insect that feeds on vines.

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