sarx
Verified Expert/Professional in SAR and K9SAR
Sarx, were the dogs used in this search certified in the above?
Look forward to your reply to SarahW's post.
Yes, they've got all kinds of nifty certifications.
Sarx, were the dogs used in this search certified in the above?
Look forward to your reply to SarahW's post.
Is the reason for a "no-fly zone" during a search related to the use of dogs specifically and, if so, why?
Several sources mentioned requests that no video be shot in proximity to search areas due to the techniques being used (I took that to mean it was in reference to the dogs). Is there something the dogs do that, if known, would tip off a criminal somehow (I'm not asking what that might be)?
Can the scent of a deceased, decomposed body be tracked to a certain person, or are all deceased, decomposed human scents the same?
If a decomposed scent was on the sheets, or carpet, and those items were cleaned, or replaced...will the scent remain?
thank you
Dogs can discriminate scent for most anything. They are now using dogs to seek out specific endangered plants in areas (as an example). It just depends on what they were trained for.Bumping, have the same first question but did not see a response to it, only the second question had a response. Thanks!
Lisa'sIf someone else- a pervious owner, died in the house that baby Lisa disappeared from, would a scent dog hit on the previous owners scent? Or on baby Lisa's scent? TIA!
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I know a SAR expert personally and just asked the question about whether a person who had died in a house 10 years ago would still leave decomp that the dogs would hit on. His answer was that they would not unless the dogs were the specialized dogs above that you mentioned. I'm just trying to clarify this with you also as an expert. Do you believe that if a person had died in that house 10 years ago that it might give the dogs in Lisa's case a false hit?
Yep, that's pretty much what I said, though, we've been talking a whole lot about possible transfer scent and/or no direct contact as well.Someone just asked me this as well- and I tried to explain. Haven't had a chance to go through all posts yet, so sarx- please forgive if you already answered this.
The SAR person that you spoke with was not specific enough, I don't think. It depends on what kind, what amount, and for how long decomp was present at the site.
So let's say someone died, on berber carpet, that covering a pine wood floor- and lay there for four days before being discovered, during a heat wave.
Heck yeah- 10 years later, an HRD dog will likely hit on the substrate, even if the carpet has been replaced because the substrate is so porous it has retained HRD scent particles. Make sense?
Yep, that's pretty much what I said, though, we've been talking a whole lot about possible transfer scent and/or no direct contact as well.
Glad you're in, I'm out for the day, so enjoy!
If someone else- a pervious owner, died in the house that baby Lisa disappeared from, would a scent dog hit on the previous owners scent? Or on baby Lisa's scent? TIA!
I might add, I was trying not to give the perfect storm reasons as to why a dog would be hitting otherwise in the house because people have been so focused on it, and tried to explain being able to read your dog on new vs. old scent, perhaps you can help elaborate on that as well, cuz, it's a can o worms....
Did they bring these dogs (any dogs) to the landfill they were searching early on?
ETA another question: If the baby drown in the tub (or in an infant tub), would the dog still hit on the tub, even though the babies body would have been surrounded by water? Would they hit on the drain pipes that the water went down?
Dr. Edward David, a deputy chief medical examiner for the state of Maine and co-author of the “Cadaver Dog Handbook,” said that when a body is left in one spot for several hours, cells are left behind. They continue to decompose and create an odor, giving the dog scents to detect.
He said that while trained dogs may fail to detect the smell of human decomposition about 30 percent of the time, they generally don’t alert when nothing is there. One exception is when human waste is present.