I have had first hand experience of these remarkable dogs. I was on a plane to America when a man sat down in the aisle seat and put his black Labrador retriever between us.
I asked why the dog was allowed on the plane. The handler explained that he was a DEA agent and that the dog was a sniffing dog. "I'll show you once we get airborne when I put him to work."
The plane took off, and once we had leveled out, the agent said, "Watch this." He told the dog to "search."
It jumped down, walked along the aisle, and finally sat next to a woman for several seconds. Sniffer then returned to his seat and put one paw on the agent's arm. The agent said, "Good boy." He turned to me and said, "That woman is in possession of marijuana, so I'm making a note of her seat number. The authorities will apprehend her when we land."
Once again, the agent sent the to search the aisles. The Lab sniffed about, sat down beside a man for a few seconds, returned to his seat and placed two paws on the agent's arm. The agent said, "That man is carrying cocaine, so again, I'm making a note of his seat number for the police."
The agent then told the dog to search again. It walked up and down the aisles for a little while, sat down for a moment, and then came racing back to the agent. He jumped into the middle seat and proceeded to shit all over the place. I was quite disgusted and asked "What's going on?"
The agent nervously replied, "He just found a bomb!"<br /><br />-- Tue Mar 30, 2010 11:03 am --<br /><br />The above is a joke and I have the utmost respect for our armed services.