[the-gooroo]

I'm sure this question has been asked in the past but I missed the answer and testimony. Did the detectives ever have the sniffer dogs go into the Van Dam residence to find DW's scent? You'd think that would be shouted from the rooftops if the dogs made a "hit."

[small_l_libertarian]

They had a super-special FBI dog do it.

[John Jamieson]

Every dog they could find.....including the FBI's finest blood hound, "The Nose".

[KnutCase]

They took the dogs to several homes in the immediate vicinity, but as I recall they had used Danielle's undies and were looking for a trail on Danielle. I do not know if they used the dogs to sniff out DW's scent in the VD home. If they did not, they are damn poor investigators. However, it was stated by the prosecution that no DNA or "other evidence" pointed to DW being in the VD home. Does that help answer your question???

[domestice]

That is a GREAT question!!!!!! Why didn't they I wonder?

[small_l_libertarian]

Just 'cuz I like you and stuff ...

From TheSanDiegoChannel.com

Also Tuesday, authorities took a highly trained tracking dog through the van Dam home in hopes of turning up clues that will clear up the mystery of her disappearance.

Officers led the bloodhound, on loan from the Riverside County Sheriff's Department, from room to room in the van Dams' northern San Diego house and through their yard late in the afternoon.

"We're going to try to pick up a scent," Duncan said. "This dog is different than the dogs we used the other day, and it's supposed to be maybe a little bit better-trained."

Investigators said they were unsatisfied with a canine search of the two-story Sabre Springs home they conducted within the first few days of the 7-year-old's presumed kidnapping.

"The FBI has utilized this particular dog in the past, and they felt very confident in its abilities," Duncan said of the hound.

Officials would not say if the brown-and-black, floppy-eared dog seemed to have detected anything of value.

[Rheo]

I am way behind so you probably have your answer but if not.....they used a shoe of DW's to scent the dogs thru the VD home....no hit!