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Training begins with encouraging the dog to chase and fetch a rolled up terry cloth towel. After his natural instinct to retrieve is built up, the towel is treated with narcotic substitutes that smell like hashish, cocaine, marijuana and heroin. This way, the dog is taught to associate the odor of narcotics with the fun of chasing the towel.
Instructors place barriers between the animal and the narcotic and teach the dog how to overcome those barriers with teeth and paws. The narcotic smelling towel is tied to stationary objects and the dog has to use his strength to get it free by biting and chewing.
At RCHS, Custom’s personnel planted two caches of drugs, one in the bathroom and one in the shop class. Blaze, the young Golden Retriever who searched the bathroom, caught the scent almost as soon as he walked to the door. His nose went up info the air as his tail started beating faster, and he made a dash for the neat register. It only took Blaze a few seconds to find the terry cloth towel that had been saturated with. snythetic narcotic scent.
His handler, Bob Frassa, immediately rewarded the dog with hugs, pats and praise. Then came the highlight of the game, at least as far as Blaze was
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