How are drug dogs trained?

As training progresses, different drugs are placed in the towel, until the dog is able to sniff out a host of illegal substances. The same method is used for bomb-detection dogs, except various chemicals used to manufacture explosives are placed in the towel instead of drugs. read more

When training drug dogs we never allow them physical contact with the drugs; the dogs are trained only to detect the scent of the drugs. We build each dog’s confidence with positive reward-based training. read more

A detection dog or sniffer dog is a dog that is trained to use its senses to detect substances such as explosives, illegal drugs, wildlife scat, currency, blood, and contraband electronics such as illicit mobile phones. The sense most used by detection dogs is smell. read more