One time at school a drug dog came into my class and signaled immediately at my teacher's purse. The cop didn't search it, of course, but after he left, our teacher told us it was her prescription that she got filled recently.

A dog can be trained to search for anything with a smell.

One time at school a drug dog came into my class and signaled immediately at my teacher's purse. The cop didn't search it, of course, but after he left, our teacher told us it was her prescription that she got filled recently.

Lol, she fails at bullshitting

Actually that was part of a new drug education campaign, aimed at decreasing Rx abuse.
Drug dogs are not trained to sniff out prescriptions, trust me.
Unless it is a smokable prescription. ;)

You kids are fucking idiots, when a dog smells for drugs they don't concentrate on the psychoactive chemical. Considering pills are mostly binder, and have a wide difference in the active chemicals, across the board.......you kids are fucking numb nuts.

the K9s can sniff out pills if someone trains them to, in fact ANY kind of pill, whether the ones in your area are trained to or not is a different story...

christ...

How is he an idiot? You're an idiot if you believe the fucking dog smelled those pills. If he knew the distinct scent of pills, he would be sniffing shit out ALL THE TIME because pills smell like whatever they are surrounded by.

You're the one who asked the question, so now why are you so sure they can't sniff pills? I don't care if they can either way, I was just telling you something that happened at school relating to the question YOU asked. Pills may smell like their surroundings, but they would still have their own smell.

And what is the scent? Binder? Not to mention differences in manufacture process ect....

Marijuana sniffing dogs, do NOT look for the fucking smell of thc, you see.
Much like a pill sniffing dog, will not be trained to sniff out the psycho active chemical.

But, suppose that it has, what benefit is there to training a dog to sniff out a single type of substance which people usually have by legal means?

And what is the scent? Binder? Not to mention differences in manufacture process ect....

Marijuana sniffing dogs, do NOT look for the fucking smell of thc, you know.

i never said they do, i wasnt implying they are sniffing out hydrocodone or amphetamine salts

but dogs can be trained to sniff out virtually anything

You're the one who asked the question, so now why are you so sure they can't sniff pills? I don't care if they can either way, I was just telling you something that happened at school relating to the question YOU asked. Pills may smell like their surroundings, but they would still have their own smell.

If you refer to my original post you will realize that I was %99 sure of the question, I just wanted confirmation.

Damn i thought this thread was about giving dogs pills... Oh well, i did have an epic story tho.. ;)

Do share, amigo.

And what is the scent? Binder? Not to mention differences in manufacture process ect....

Marijuana sniffing dogs, do NOT look for the fucking smell of thc, you see.
Much like a pill sniffing dog, will not be trained to sniff out the psycho active chemical.

But, suppose that it has, what benefit is there to training a dog to sniff out a single type of substance which people usually have by legal means?

You're a twat. Are you a fuckin dog trainer? Im not, but Ill tell you what, you can train a dog to sniff out ANYTHING as long as you hook him up with some snausages.

You're a twat.

Hey:(

You should be fine.

If they want to get you bad enough when doing an "open air" sniff they can make the dog give off an false alert thus claiming "probable cause" to search the vehicle.


Cops know how to play the game just as well as we do.


-The_Messiah

well i think if the dog has a nose then he can smell things, so yes

If you had some MDMA in the car and the dog had been specifically trained to detect it, you would probably be in trouble. However, I think pills would be slightly more difficult for a dog to smell. There are binders and other chemicals often thrown in, and a couple of pills is small amount...

EDIT: Dogs that have been trained to detect MDMA are RARE.