Apropos to the Corgi post, and linked by a commenter therein, we bring you this important news flash…
Airport K-9s can’t seem to locate drugs, but find plenty of cheese, sausages
Authorities in England are a bit irritated with half a dozen dogs used to sniff out drugs at the Manchester Airport, because after six months of working, the dogs consistently discover cheese and sausages, but no class A drugs.
The highly trained dogs, which cost the British government £1.25 million, or around $1.7 million, were tasked with finding class A drugs, such as heroin or cocaine. These are considered “very high priority” among airport inspectors, but so far, no such discoveries have been made.
To which I can only (snort) sayhehehehehe…
They clearly failed to properly train those dogs. If only they had used the techniques pioneered by American “Law Enforcement”, who train their dogs to “mark” cars and people and luggage whenever their handler gives the signal.
Um…did somebody forget they were like dogs or something?
Dogs 1…Handlers 0
Wonder what flavor of cheese and sausage the dogs found most enticing?
Okay, I’m still chuckling.
Okay, I went and read the article. Take a good look at the dog they have photographed. What do you see? I see a cocker spaniel, of all things. But look at the dog’s demeanor. The dog is scared. Why is the dog scared? Too many people? Doesn’t know what the handler wants? Obvious that dog has no business where it’s at. Why would you take a dog breed that has had all the work bred out of it, turned into a nervous, yappy lap-dog and put it in that environment? No wonder the dogs are a ‘failure’. Now I’m disgusted.
“Wonder what flavor of cheese … the dogs found most enticing?”
Back in the ’70s to mid ’80s I worked for a British company and went to England yearly. I “smuggled” back a lot of cheese over those years. Wensleydale, Double Gloucester and Derby. I don’t know if those would be the preferred flavors for the dogs, but nom nom nom were they tasty.
Ghost the Very Picky will eat anything cheeselike without putting on his usual reluctant act. But he’s especially fond of Colby Jack and mild Cheddar. 🙂