I meant to add that people will smell different depending on their diet. I think that dogs pick up to that. Back to the Afghan dogs — the Muslim diet would be quite different from that of the soldiers and the Marines. If dogs can detect diabetes, epilepsy, and cancer with their noses, I have no doubt that they can tell the difference between someone who ets MREs and someone who consumes a traditional Middle Eastern diet.
I know from personal experience that dogs can detect fear and will go after someone who exudes fear. They will leave someone who is comfortable with dogs alone.
Concur with all you say.
“I have no doubt that they can tell the difference between someone who ets MREs and someone who consumes a traditional Middle Eastern diet.”
That sounds plausible, but it may not work. Just last night I saw a program of the “History Detectives” on PBS. They investigated a top secret experiment conducted by our military in 1942 shortly after the attack on Pearl Harbor. They tried to train dogs to locate Japanese soldiers in the jungle by scent alone. The project was canceled after a trial that failed, and modern military dog trainers said the dogs cannot differentiate between races based on scent alone.
I agree. Wholeheartedly....
I’ve now owned two “racist” dogs on smell alone. :)
One would not like Wookie...one detests muslims. Heh.