[John Lenin]

This thread is overboard. We are talking a dog here, it's not like the dog says to himself, I don't like this guy, I think I will start barking so my buddy can search his car. LOL

[KarlInOhio]

We are talking a dog here, it's not like the dog says to himself, I don't like this guy, I think I will start barking so my buddy can search his car.

But with the proper tug on the leash he will.

I would put far more trust in an electronic sensor which gives a number or sounds a buzzer than a dog with a cop on the other end of the leash.

[the gillman@blacklagoon.com]

It is far easier to teach a dog to "alert" on command than to train it to "alert" upon discovery of any particular substance or odor.

I have no faith in the majority of police dog training programs.