Off Topic: Great Dog Story

"Lee Michaels" <[email hidden]> wrote

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I read a story about some police dogs in Victoria, Australia. It seems
they were trained to sniff out cocaine by using seized cocaine from the
police evidence room. During training, the dogs did great. But when in the
field, the dogs ignored cocaine and would alert to baby powder.

The investigation that followed discovered that all the cocaine in the
evidence room had been replaced with talcum powder. So these great police
dog trainers were teaching their drug dogs with a placebo!!

Now they are trying to find out who ripped off the evidence room.

And all the dogs are sitting at home.

How is that for a screwup?

I can't help but wonder how much did all this cost. It costs big bucks to
train these dogs.

And another thing. Is there some kinda remedial training for drug dogs
who alert to baby powder?

Of course. You simply train the dog to alert on real cocaine, with the
presence of talcum powder as a distraction. Reward detecting cocaine, do not
reward detecting talcum, problem quickly solved.

Dogs are a lot smarter than most give them credit for.

David

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Dogs are a lot smarter than most give them credit for.>

I'm pretty sure they were the ones who ripped off the coke.

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"Lee Michaels" <[email hidden]> wrote

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I read a story about some police dogs in Victoria, Australia. It seems
they were trained to sniff out cocaine by using seized cocaine from the
police evidence room. During training, the dogs did great. But when in the
field, the dogs ignored cocaine and would alert to baby powder.

The investigation that followed discovered that all the cocaine in the
evidence room had been replaced with talcum powder. So these great police
dog trainers were teaching their drug dogs with a placebo!!

Now they are trying to find out who ripped off the evidence room.

And all the dogs are sitting at home.

How is that for a screwup?

I can't help but wonder how much did all this cost. It costs big bucks to
train these dogs.

And another thing. Is there some kinda remedial training for drug dogs
who alert to baby powder?

Of course. You simply train the dog to alert on real cocaine, with the
presence of talcum powder as a distraction. Reward detecting cocaine, do not
reward detecting talcum, problem quickly solved.

Dogs are a lot smarter than most give them credit for.

David

smarter than W, that's for sure.

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"Lee Michaels" <[email hidden]> wrote

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I read a story about some police dogs in Victoria, Australia. It seems
they were trained to sniff out cocaine by using seized cocaine from the
police evidence room. During training, the dogs did great. But when in
the field, the dogs ignored cocaine and would alert to baby powder.

The investigation that followed discovered that all the cocaine in the
evidence room had been replaced with talcum powder. So these great
police dog trainers were teaching their drug dogs with a placebo!!

Now they are trying to find out who ripped off the evidence room.

And all the dogs are sitting at home.

How is that for a screwup?

I can't help but wonder how much did all this cost. It costs big bucks
to train these dogs.

And another thing. Is there some kinda remedial training for drug dogs
who alert to baby powder?

Of course. You simply train the dog to alert on real cocaine, with the
presence of talcum powder as a distraction. Reward detecting cocaine, do
not reward detecting talcum, problem quickly solved.

Dogs are a lot smarter than most give them credit for.

Certainly smarter than the local police department. They may have
difficulty locating some authentic cocaine to use for training purposes.

Lee Michaels said:

And another thing. Is there some kinda remedial training for drug dogs who
alert to baby powder?

Sure. Train them to sniff out cocaine.

--Blair
"They're dogs, not punch-cards."

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Dogs are a lot smarter than most give them credit for.

Certainly smarter than the local police department. They may have
difficulty locating some authentic cocaine to use for training purposes.

Not a problem in Farmington!

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"Lee Michaels" <[email hidden]> wrote

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"David Cohen" <[email hidden]> wrote in message

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Dogs are a lot smarter than most give them credit for.

Certainly smarter than the local police department. They may have
difficulty locating some authentic cocaine to use for training purposes.

Not a problem in Farmington!

Yeah, but they shoot dogs there and then claim the dog was going for a gun!
[censored]!!

David
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"We are alone, absolutely alone on this chance planet; and amid all
the forms of life that surround us, not one, excepting the dog, has
made an alliance with us."---Maurice Maeterlinck

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"Lee Michaels" <[email hidden]> wrote

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"David Cohen" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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> Dogs are a lot smarter than most give them credit for.
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Certainly smarter than the local police department. They may have
difficulty locating some authentic cocaine to use for training purposes.

Not a problem in Farmington!

Yeah, but they shoot dogs there and then claim the dog was going for a
gun! [censored]!!

David
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That was right up there with the Russian C4 incident- what a great season.
Glenn Close was a rat for not tipping off the strike team on her way
out......