Training Dogs to Sniff Out Dope
In one of my favorite moments from Da Ali G Show, an ATF bomb sniffing dog trainer is asked when one of his pups alerts how he knows that the dog isn’t saying “This one definitely ain’t got a bomb in it?”
Well, when it comes to drug-sniffing dogs, how are they trained? The answer is the same as usual… Your Tax Dollars At Work: Drug Dogs From Around the U.S. in Arkansas for Training. Ever wonder how much it costs to send 200 dogs, and goodness knows how many more police and handlers and trainers to “sniffing school” for a week?
The article quotes the Vice President of the National Narcotic Detector Dog Association several times. Apparently not smoking marijuana helps you become spokesperson for such an organization, enabling you to unleash these perfectly clear explanations on the public:
Vice President of NNDDA Keith Wilkes said, "These dogs, especially the narcotic dogs every day there's no doubt there's a big war on drugs and this is a vital tool that we must use to locate these drugs."
and
Wilkes said, "We're able to go in and get the drugs out, in which case, obviously saves kids. Can't tell you how many kids and so forth from the narcotics before they hit the street."
Yes, these do appear to be exact quotes. Verbatim.
