Houston airport on way back from Costa Rica.
I was idly watching a sniffer dog at the luggage carousel when I suddenly realised I forgot to give away/dump a large bag of weed and a film cannister full of 'sniff'.
The dog must have had a cold as it walked within 2 metres without noticing.
(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Wed 13 Oct 2010, 9:29, 2 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

do they have dogs trained to sniff out different things?
I'd heard that such might be the case, but have no idea myself
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 13 Oct 2010, 9:36, Reply)

At an airport it could have been sniffing for explosives rather than drugs.

(lkjshaglkasjdhglkhjz lkcvl; g;aodh;owih, Wed 13 Oct 2010, 9:37, Reply)

that was my thought
no idea if that is how it works though.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 13 Oct 2010, 9:38, Reply)

Oh man if only we were hooked up to some kind of thing that had like answers to all our questions. Like the infonet or something
A detection dog can be trained to detect anything with a signature scent. The options are endless.

Dogs in airports can be trained for many things, although they are primarily trained to detect drugs, explosives or food. It is illegal to import certain kinds of food. At our airport, there is a beagle that detects 15 types of food, and a Griffin that detects explosives.

Dogs are NOT cross trained for drugs and explosives, it is one or the other. Items can retain the scen to drugs for a long time. If the explosive items or the package it is in had an odor of drugs, the dog could incorrectly signal as drugs. Not really a great idea.
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Wed 13 Oct 2010, 9:39, Reply)

thanks :-)

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 13 Oct 2010, 9:41, Reply)

That told you, didn't it?

(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Wed 13 Oct 2010, 10:15, Reply)

I thought Griffin's didn't exist?

(PsychoChomp, Wed 13 Oct 2010, 9:42, Reply)

Griffin's what?

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 13 Oct 2010, 9:44, Reply)

haha

( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Wed 13 Oct 2010, 9:51, Reply)

UR my mother AICMFP

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 13 Oct 2010, 10:32, Reply)

I "gave birth" to something that looked and smelt a lot like you in the lavatory just now

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 13 Oct 2010, 10:41, Reply)

Fucking hell
Griffins that detect explosives?

I want a centaur that can find truffles, and a unicorn that knits beanies.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 13 Oct 2010, 10:24, Reply)

Would the unicorn use it's horn as a needle?
Surely you'd need two working in harmony to knit something like a beanie.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Wed 13 Oct 2010, 10:31, Reply)

....on the bedpost overnight?

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 13 Oct 2010, 10:32, Reply)

Is this comment a subtle witticism...
...or are you trolleyed?
(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Wed 13 Oct 2010, 10:35, Reply)

I read that as 'troll-eyed'
And now I'm picturing him sat under a bridge harassing the locals.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Wed 13 Oct 2010, 10:37, Reply)

and eating goats

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 13 Oct 2010, 10:40, Reply)

It's a shit Lonnie Donegan joke.
Roota would get it.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 13 Oct 2010, 10:40, Reply)

it doesn't scan though

( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Wed 13 Oct 2010, 10:56, Reply)

I had a similar thing at Crufts a few years ago - a coin bag full of green and I went to look at the sniffer dog stand. I thankfully realised when I was about 20 foot away

(lkjshaglkasjdhglkhjz lkcvl; g;aodh;owih, Wed 13 Oct 2010, 9:36, Reply)

Hahaha!
That would be the best arrest ever.
(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Wed 13 Oct 2010, 10:10, Reply)