Comments on: Dogs Given A Second Chance To Sniff Out Danger http://www.itchmo.com/dogs-given-a-second-chance-to-sniff-out-danger-2572 Essential news for cats, dogs and pet owners. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 07:15:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: Pit Bull Lover http://www.itchmo.com/dogs-given-a-second-chance-to-sniff-out-danger-2572#comment-53563 Pit Bull Lover Mon, 03 Sep 2007 04:48:24 +0000 http://www.itchmo.com/dogs-given-a-second-chance-to-sniff-out-danger-2572#comment-53563 Seriously, the name "Ricky Bobby Baby Jesus" cracks me up. It's also somewhat amusing that the dog is at work in mostly-Muslim Morocco. Seriously, the name “Ricky Bobby Baby Jesus” cracks me up. It’s also somewhat amusing that the dog is at work in mostly-Muslim Morocco.

]]> By: Scratch http://www.itchmo.com/dogs-given-a-second-chance-to-sniff-out-danger-2572#comment-53376 Scratch Sun, 02 Sep 2007 01:32:52 +0000 http://www.itchmo.com/dogs-given-a-second-chance-to-sniff-out-danger-2572#comment-53376 If you have never experienced hands on with the drug/bomb dogs before training you don't know what obsessive energy level is. Nora it is not a high energy level, it is off the charts. I once rescued a pointer, which customs took and trained for a state police dog. The dog was jumping through glass windows to get out and run. Another dog I rescued had killed another dog. Not a mean dog, just need a 'toy' to release energy. Both of these dogs became top quality working dogs for the government and lived full lives. Would/could you live with either of them as your pets? Tell me what their options would have been. Live their lives in a cage and break their teeth to get out until they go nuts. Plaid please do not compare the Viet Nam war dogs to the US customs dogs. It is two very different scenarios. You could take that comparison and attach it to any service dog, including seeing eye. If you have never experienced hands on with the drug/bomb dogs before training you don’t know what obsessive energy level is. Nora it is not a high energy level, it is off the charts. I once rescued a pointer, which customs took and trained for a state police dog. The dog was jumping through glass windows to get out and run. Another dog I rescued had killed another dog. Not a mean dog, just need a ‘toy’ to release energy. Both of these dogs became top quality working dogs for the government and lived full lives. Would/could you live with either of them as your pets? Tell me what their options would have been. Live their lives in a cage and break their teeth to get out until they go nuts. Plaid please do not compare the Viet Nam war dogs to the US customs dogs. It is two very different scenarios. You could take that comparison and attach it to any service dog, including seeing eye.

]]> By: plaid http://www.itchmo.com/dogs-given-a-second-chance-to-sniff-out-danger-2572#comment-53297 plaid Sat, 01 Sep 2007 16:22:26 +0000 http://www.itchmo.com/dogs-given-a-second-chance-to-sniff-out-danger-2572#comment-53297 and then when the going gets tough, we'll leave them behind to suffer the same fate as the VietNam war dogs? yeah, I'd want any dog I loved to work for our government!!!! and then when the going gets tough, we’ll leave them behind to suffer the same fate as the VietNam war dogs? yeah, I’d want any dog I loved to work for our government!!!!

]]> By: nora http://www.itchmo.com/dogs-given-a-second-chance-to-sniff-out-danger-2572#comment-53287 nora Sat, 01 Sep 2007 14:34:31 +0000 http://www.itchmo.com/dogs-given-a-second-chance-to-sniff-out-danger-2572#comment-53287 A dog marked for euthanization because his energy level was so high? Absolutely sickening and unacceptable. People who make those (playing God) decisions should have THEIR heads examined. Or possibly they should be the ones put down? A dog marked for euthanization because his energy level was so high? Absolutely sickening and unacceptable. People who make those (playing God) decisions should have THEIR heads examined. Or possibly they should be the ones put down?

]]> By: Scratch http://www.itchmo.com/dogs-given-a-second-chance-to-sniff-out-danger-2572#comment-53186 Scratch Sat, 01 Sep 2007 00:47:06 +0000 http://www.itchmo.com/dogs-given-a-second-chance-to-sniff-out-danger-2572#comment-53186 kaefamily, Sniffing out drugs and explosives is less harmful than the needle. It's not like they have 24 hours with their nose in a drug or chemical bin. They are not rolling around the bombs and snorting the drugs when they find them either. 99% of the time the dogs are just sniffing things to try to locate the drugs or explosives. When they have a hit they can be taught to sit, etc. The best of the drug and bomb dogs have more energy than 6 Border Collies. There is no way you could live with them as a house pet unless they put in a full day of work. We're talking dogs that would retrieve a toy 200 times in a row when the weather is 100, until they drop. They are obsessed with play. They NEED a job. kaefamily,

Sniffing out drugs and explosives is less harmful than the needle. It’s not like they have 24 hours with their nose in a drug or chemical bin. They are not rolling around the bombs and snorting the drugs when they find them either. 99% of the time the dogs are just sniffing things to try to locate the drugs or explosives. When they have a hit they can be taught to sit, etc. The best of the drug and bomb dogs have more energy than 6 Border Collies. There is no way you could live with them as a house pet unless they put in a full day of work. We’re talking dogs that would retrieve a toy 200 times in a row when the weather is 100, until they drop. They are obsessed with play. They NEED a job.

]]> By: Elderta http://www.itchmo.com/dogs-given-a-second-chance-to-sniff-out-danger-2572#comment-53150 Elderta Fri, 31 Aug 2007 21:54:36 +0000 http://www.itchmo.com/dogs-given-a-second-chance-to-sniff-out-danger-2572#comment-53150 Can I just say how much I love the name, "Ricky Bobby Baby Jesus".... Can I just say how much I love the name, “Ricky Bobby Baby Jesus”….

]]> By: kaefamily http://www.itchmo.com/dogs-given-a-second-chance-to-sniff-out-danger-2572#comment-53141 kaefamily Fri, 31 Aug 2007 20:50:57 +0000 http://www.itchmo.com/dogs-given-a-second-chance-to-sniff-out-danger-2572#comment-53141 Sniffing all the drugs and explosives (chemicals) will not harm their health? Sniffing all the drugs and explosives (chemicals) will not harm their health?

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