Boarder crossing insanity - CBP gone crazy...
We've been taking a TT across the US/Canada border for years. We have Nexus and are "pre-cleared" for higher security. We always use the Pacific Highway crossing in south Surrey, BC. because it's th...
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Once, when I had arrived at the Ottawa airport, a sniffer beagle was working the customs area. Before I had left home hours earlier, my cat had been laying on my knee. The beagle came up to me and sniffed my bag and me, then started walking away. Suddenly, she turned around and came back and took an extra sniff at my knee exactly where my cat's butt had been placed.
I made the comment to the beagle "I know, that's where my cat's butt was. Smells good, eh?"
The handler was not amused at all and very directly pointed out that the beagle was trained and would not sniff unless it was potentially drugs. Of course as she had already walked away again, she and I knew that cat butt was too good not to sniff twice. :). I wasn't offended by the handler's attitude - I get it, it's a serious duty and shouldn't be trivialized (even if true).
I made the comment to the beagle "I know, that's where my cat's butt was. Smells good, eh?"
The handler was not amused at all and very directly pointed out that the beagle was trained and would not sniff unless it was potentially drugs. Of course as she had already walked away again, she and I knew that cat butt was too good not to sniff twice. :). I wasn't offended by the handler's attitude - I get it, it's a serious duty and shouldn't be trivialized (even if true).
