VMD 513: Pet animal Breeding, Management, Nutrition and Health Care (1+1)

DETECTION DOG OR SNIFFER DOG [web link ...]

• A detection dog or sniffer dog is a dog that is trained to and works at using its sense (almost always the sense of smell) detect substances such as explosives, illegal drugs, or blood.
• Hunting dogs that search for game and search dogs that search for missing humans are generally not considered detection dogs.
• There is some overlap, as in the case of human remains detection dogs (sometimes called cadaver dogs), trained to detect human remains.
• They are also used for drug raids to find where the drugs are.
• Detection dogs have been trained to search for many substances, including:
  • Plants, animals, produce and other agricultural items (used by customs services to detect possible invasive species.
  • Crime evidence
  • Currency
  • Drugs
  • Explosives