can dogs detect brownies?

demmonn666 · 08-26-2002, 02:38 PM

hey everyone. i was just wondering if narcotic dogs could tell that you got pot brownies? the way i make them is simply pour some vegitable oil in a pan, and put the pot i want cooked into it in the oil, and fry it on the stove. when the oil turns black after cooking it a few min, i simply strain out the pot and just pour the oil into the brownie mix. it works great, but lets say i am going to cananda, and dont wanna chance driving actual buds over, can i just make the brownies and be safe from dogs at the border?? let me know what u think.

*rockclimber* · 08-26-2002, 02:46 PM

In short, yes, they can smell them.

demmonn666 · 08-26-2002, 02:51 PM

and i suppose cops/boarder patrol can do some kind of test to detect thc correct? i wasnt planning on doing this or anything, was just wondering if it is possible for future references.

drumbucket · 08-26-2002, 09:51 PM

probably get some milk and eat them.

3hounds · 08-27-2002, 03:48 AM

demmonn55- well trained drug detection dogs cannot be confused by "masking" odors.
A dogs sense of smell can be more accurately compaired to human vision that it is to our sense of smell. To us, a strong odor might overpower a slight odor, but not so with dogs.
Like if we see a 20 story building next to a flower.... we can still *see* both of them- the huge building does not mask the sight of a small flower. Same with dogs and smells...... just because the weed is buried under 20 lbs. of coffee beans, the dogs still smell the weed... that is the miracle of dogs- individual odors can still be picked out.

demmonn666 · 08-27-2002, 07:49 AM

ok thanks for the input, i will keep eating my brownies at home then

3hounds · 08-28-2002, 04:56 AM

They're just scoping out "where ya been, whatcha been doing, who you been playing with"..... mine do the same thing. Estimates of a dogs sense of smell are now as high as 220 million times stronger than that of a human.

Conerthirteen · 08-28-2002, 01:33 PM

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Estimates of a dogs sense of smell are now as high as 220 million times stronger than that of a human

That is so amazing - especially when you consider how excited my dogs get when there is a skunk in the neighborhood

. How can they stand it?

SledgeHammer · 08-29-2002, 01:28 AM

Not sure about the numbers, but 3hounds is right about the inability to mask odors, as far as a dog is concerned - the dog will smell them all. Just as our eyes can sift through all kinds of input, so can a dog's nose. If there is dope in it, they will detect it.

Excellent analogy to explain the point, but to take it a step further, take the building and flower and you see them both. Remove the flower and take another look, you will only see the building. A dog's nose is even more powerful than our keen vision in this case, because a dog's nose could still "see" the flower after it is removed - it could "see" that it WAS there, even though it is now gone.

If a dog is involved, don't have drugs on you, whether cooked in brownies or not. Drug dogs are highly trained and a competant handler reads their every move. A drug dog, if properly bredd and trained, does not make mistakes, relative to the hunches and decisions of the human brain, and handelers, LEO's, and courts acknowledge this to some degree.

It is an incredible thing, and we have no comprehension about what it means to "smell" as a dog does.

As a side, a bear's nose is even more sensitive than a dog's. Good thing that the only thing we humans have been able to do is to train them to ride bikes. Jimeny Christmas, a drug bear could probably sniff out a growroom from the next block.

As another side, since I can comprehend vision, anyone ever wish to experience the vision of a bird of prey? I have. To see what they do...

Peace.

3hounds · 08-29-2002, 04:41 AM

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Originally posted by SledgeHammer
As another side, since I can comprehend vision, anyone ever wish to experience the vision of a bird of prey? I have. To see what they do...

Totally OT, but fascinating.
As far as birds of prey and vision- I own sighthounds- dogs who hunt by sight alone, and whose prey drive is triggered solely by movement- any movement. A cat, a paper bag blowing, or a tumbleweed- if it moves they give chase without further consideration. It is the movement that sets 'em off. I suspect birds of prey see similarly. Not to be silly- but in the movie Beastmaster, when the hawk (or whatever) was hunting, the fields and flora appeared to him as nearly an insignificant blur with just the movement of scurrying rabbits breaking the visual field.
Fascinating.....

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