A working K-9 question
We will soon be retiring a working narcotic K-9 and hitting the road. To those of you who travel with a retired narcotic detection dog, have you encountered any issues with the K-9 “sniffing” the air...
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All this reminds me of something that happened at a campground in the Ozarks last month. At the very beginning of our 9 day stay there was a couple pulled in a couple sites down from us with a beautiful German Shepherd with them. This dog never bothered anyone we chatted several times during the week and the dog just wanted his share of love but was never a bother. We had our 2 small dogs with us and when other dogs bark they will totally ignore them.
Anyway about half way through our vacation another couple pulled in right between us. Well one day when the couple with the GS was walking him, they went buy this trailer and the dog started barking insistantly. I at this time had no idea what was going on and didn't think alot about it other than the GS just didn't like them.
The next morning the couple was out for a walk and came up to us at our site and apologized for there dog's behavior. He explains that he was a LEO and the GS was his retired K9 partner and sometimes forgets he's retired. Seems the barking was his way of alerting that there was drugs in the trailer. After talking a bit he said he was now going next door and explain his dogs behavior, :B and see what kind of reaction he gets from them since he was very suspicious of them to begin with.
About 5:00a.m. the next morning i heard something outside, it seems the couple was packing up and leaving several days before they were scheduled to depart. :h Guess they didn't like there neighbors.
Anyway about half way through our vacation another couple pulled in right between us. Well one day when the couple with the GS was walking him, they went buy this trailer and the dog started barking insistantly. I at this time had no idea what was going on and didn't think alot about it other than the GS just didn't like them.
The next morning the couple was out for a walk and came up to us at our site and apologized for there dog's behavior. He explains that he was a LEO and the GS was his retired K9 partner and sometimes forgets he's retired. Seems the barking was his way of alerting that there was drugs in the trailer. After talking a bit he said he was now going next door and explain his dogs behavior, :B and see what kind of reaction he gets from them since he was very suspicious of them to begin with.
About 5:00a.m. the next morning i heard something outside, it seems the couple was packing up and leaving several days before they were scheduled to depart. :h Guess they didn't like there neighbors.
