Police dogs CAN'T smell BHO?!???

Two times I have had the dogs miss out stash, once in Florida and once in Arizona. I always figured cops are stupid and trained the dogs with old ass brick schwag. And I have been lucky enough to have good weed which funny enough stinks way more. Just a theory.

Ive had my car searched by the K-9 unit in north east Mass. a couple years back. I had a half zip in the dash and the dog hit on absolutly nothing. And the cop made multiple passes around the car. I dont know if it would have been different had the dog been put inside the car, but this was a K-9 that was only used as a drug dog! Obviously dogs are not perfect every time....

Had a k9 stick his nose right in an dash ashtray that had bare buds hidden in the back of the partially pushed in tray. Two more at least 1/4 oz sandwich bags were stashed between the back seats and roaches were in the rear seat ashtrays. Fuckin thing never hit on any of it. I've always assumed we overwhelmed him with scent and he had no idea what to do or he was a fake trying to paranoid us into a bust.

Oh, this was entering a Dead show in Deer Creek (park?) Indiana. That was the only dog at our entrance and if he did as good a job on everyone else, we were some stoned Deadheads that day/night.

That's the only time I encountered a "drug dog" at some 100 or so Dead shows

You got lucky is all, dogs smell like people see, people see like dogs smell. We look at the bowl of stew, we see the liquid, the meat the carrots the bowl etc, the dog can smell the carrot, the bowl the liquid etc. That is why it is so hard to mask it in anytype of container. I love the comment above that the dog can smell a human under water, could not be more true.

Go buy a lottery ticket

A lot of time if you were just smoking in the car, the dog smells the weed everywhere and doesn't necessarily pin point an exact location when the entire car smells.

Originally Posted by flouressence

ok so me and my buddies got pulled over in MD where the laws are NOT cannabis friendly..The cop walks up and lets us know the k-9 unit is coming and whatnot and we are scared shitless. we have a little jar with a screw on top of BHO and our portable G-pens (if you havent heard of the g pen you need to look that shit up its amazing). so the Dog gets there, they walk it around the outside of the car like 6 times and the dog had no reaction. got a warning for no seat belts. counted our blessings. AND WENT TO PIZZA HUT TO CELEBRATE!
so apparently dogs dont smell BHO orrrrrrr that cop had a faulty german shepherd.

You said the cop "let you know" the K9 unit was on the way. But did he say that you were being detained?

I think he would have let you go immediately if you had said "I'm sorry officer, we don't have time to wait for the dogs. So if you're not detaining us sir, we want to leave now".

Usually, when the cops call the dogs, they say something like "I'd like you to wait here till the dogs arrive". In your case, he "let you know" the dogs were on the way. Most of the time, they will say it in a way that does not order you to stay and wait. They will say it in a way that requests you to stay and wait. And if you do, you are consenting to the dog search.

Originally Posted by BillyBonnie

You said the cop "let you know" the K9 unit was on the way. But did he say that you were being detained?

I think he would have let you go immediately if you had said "I'm sorry officer, we don't have time to wait for the dogs. So if you're not detaining us sir, we want to leave now".

Usually, when the cops call the dogs, they say something like "I'd like you to wait here till the dogs arrive". In your case, he "let you know" the dogs were on the way. Most of the time, they will say it in a way that does not order you to stay and wait. They will say it in a way that requests you to stay and wait. And if you do, you are consenting to the dog search.

actually, you dont ever have to consent to a dog search, they can use a drug dog at anytime they wish, with or without probable cause or suspicion (in MD anyways) and in MD the police CAN detain you to bring in a drug dog however they cant detain you any longer than the reason you were pulled over for in the first place would allow, for instance if you were pulled over for speeding and the officer wanted to have a dog search your car you can be detained to wait for the drug dog but they cant keep you waiting any longer than it would take for that traffic stop (so 10-20 minutes tops for a speeding ticket), also police dont have to tell you that you are being detained or if your free to go, thats your job to ask. best thing you can do is answer their questions with questions of your own like "excuse me officer, am i detained or otherwise under arrest?" "i appreciate your concern officer but am i free to go now?" "i understand you are just doing your job but I have to kindly refuse any searches, have i commited a crime?" etc.

but the main thing to remember is just because you flex your rights doesnt mean a police officer will respect them... in fact a few officers ive talked to take offense when citizens flex their rights..

im wondering if its the thc the dogs are smelling when they are trained to find pot????? maybe its another distinctive chemical in the bud?? if so, then the more pure the extract, the harder it would be to find....homework time! gotta go do some research.