I agree with everything but "beginning to resemble".
Well said.
Yep, it's a blanket presumption of guilt and being penalized without their right to a trial.
Defense counsel: Could the dog testify?
Prosecutor: Dogs do not talk English, so no.
Defense: Hmm, but you said that the dog "felt strongly". How do you know?
Cops: We know the dog. We interpret for him.
Defense: Is there a standard translation for dog-speak to English?
Cops: We have 18 years of experience with dogs. They always say what we want them to say.
Defense: OK. How long does the average dog live? How many years are the peak between puppyhood, training, and retirement? How does a dog's reporting depend on when it was last fed?
Cops: These questions are irrelevant. My dog is always my friend and companion, he loves me, we love him....{ tears to flow}.
Defense: Let's go back to smells and pheronomes. Dogs smell a lot to see when other dogs are in heat. Are drug smells related to sex in dogs?
Cops: Our dogs are not gay. When a dog smells hashish, parchment paper, mint tootpaste, or odor of a cat, he will bark.
Defense: So you agree that traces of sex hormones or cats or other chemicals might affect the dog's speech?
Cops: Nonsense. Dogs always report what we want them to say. And it's neat, because you can't cross-examine them. So there.