At the reten miles south of Catavina, On March 9th. there was a very busy drug dog being put in every vehicle SOUTHBOUND in front of us. (all
Mexicans) We were waved through.Diver - 4-1-2008 at 03:48 PM
I trained drug dog in Catavinia ??
Probably just a trained "cookie sniffer" !!
.bobw - 4-1-2008 at 04:43 PM
This just begs the question... how do you pay mordita to a dog?BajaWarrior - 4-1-2008 at 04:48 PM
A true drug sniffing dog can only work for 15 minutes at a time before it loses interest. Then it needs at least 2 hours to re-charge...Mango - 4-1-2008 at 05:12 PM
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A true drug sniffing dog can only work for 15 minutes at a time before it loses interest. Then it needs at least 2 hours to re-charge...
Maybe that dog should sniff better drugs then. vgabndo - 4-1-2008 at 05:59 PM
I don't have a clue why they were searching southbounds.
The vehicles ahead of us were mostly an import convoy of small pick-ups towing small pick-ups. They put the dog in the cab and in the bed of every
vehicle. There was a soldier who stayed off to the side but even with the windows of the next vehicle in line. I was convinced that he was watching
for "profile" behavior among people in the next vehicle to be searched.
This was only the second trained dog I had ever seen at a reten; the first checking southbounders. Maybe he was trained to smell gunpowder?Diver - 4-1-2008 at 06:22 PM
Those towed vehicles are probably either returning rental vehicles or US vehicles being brought down for sale at a used dealer. The drivers make
frequent trips to the US and are a potential avenue for smuggling.
The dog may just be an un-trained deterent; who knows for sure if it's trained and to sniff what ??
.AcuDoc - 4-1-2008 at 06:23 PM
Years ago while traveling with Hook we passed a checkpoint with military types on top of a semi trailer swinging away with axes etc. tearing up the
top of the trailer...bajaguy - 4-1-2008 at 06:28 PM
You can readily distinguish between a drug dog and an explosives dog just by watching the dog and it's behavior. You can also tell if it is a trained
dog by watching the handler and how he works the dog.bajabound2005 - 4-1-2008 at 06:57 PM
for bobw, it's mordiDa not mordiTa, which might mean something else entirely in Spanish!
But what about those transistor radio things they walk around with pointing at your car...what do THOSE do?Roberto - 4-1-2008 at 07:01 PM
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But what about those transistor radio things they walk around with pointing at your car...what do THOSE do?
If you're talking about those devices they're using between Maneadero and Santo Tomas, believe it or not, they are divining rods.
[Edited on 4-2-2008 by Roberto]Iflyfish - 4-1-2008 at 07:18 PM
bajaguy,
Are the drug dogs more layed back?
Iflyfishbajaguy - 4-1-2008 at 07:23 PM
drug dogs are more agressive on searches and alerts, explosives dogs are passive on searches and alertsvgabndo - 4-1-2008 at 08:32 PM
Bajaguy...interesting info on the dog behavior. This one then had to be a drug dog, cause it was going about its business as if it had just eaten a
bag of bennies.bajaguy - 4-1-2008 at 08:50 PM
It would be interesting to see them work the dog on a vehicle at the checkpoint.
Most drug dogs use an active alert, however if you notice the CBP dogs at the border, they are trained to "passive alert". If you see the CBP dog work
around a vehicle and then sit down, that vehicle will be making a trip to secondary.EMAM - 4-1-2008 at 11:04 PM
Every check point we stopped at on our way down, just waved us through, but we did see a few people getting their cars searched on the ride North.
Dogs were in a few different cars, but dont know why anyone would bring the stuff into Mexico? I thought everything came FROM Mexicomotoged - 4-1-2008 at 11:14 PM
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<snip.... We were waved through.
Vgabndo,
Man....ppfffffffttt, I bet you were shi**in' fer a minute there....ppffffftt
Ged
PS. Enjoying the bike down there?
osoflojo - 4-2-2008 at 06:45 AM
Money goes southbound.................bajaguy - 4-2-2008 at 07:11 AM
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Money goes southbound.................
And I'm sure that they catch a few idiots with "stuff" headed southbound.
Those checkpoints could use 'Rowdy'
Pompano - 4-2-2008 at 07:34 AM
He alerts to certain characterists of ..ah...smugglers.
mulegemichael - 4-2-2008 at 07:59 AM
now that's my kind of dog, pomp!....what kind of dog was at the checkpoint at catavina cause on many occasions i've seen them with a huge passive
german shepard there but he never does anything but stand around.vgabndo - 4-2-2008 at 08:40 AM
Now ged...you are making some assumptions. I was sitting quite placidly and had nothing to worry about.motoged - 4-2-2008 at 09:28 AM
Vgabndo,
Ya.....joking about the pucker factor with checkpoints....
Looks like the bike is in good trim...double lights and all.
Sorry to hear that you were sick....that's almost as bad as too many flats.
Thanks for your trip report.....
Ged:Lindalou - 4-3-2008 at 11:52 AM
going into the states in our motorhome last time they confiscated our doggie treats. Even though they were produced in the States. Couldn't really
tell us why. They asked us if we had a dog, which we don't , Rich carries them for dogs he meets on the street. Wonder if we had a dog if we could
have kept them. Found it rather wierd.Roberto - 4-3-2008 at 12:15 PM
There are lots of products that, even if purchased in the U.S., they may confiscate if you bring them back. I have had them take things that still had
the original Vons packaging, sealed.Lindalou - 4-3-2008 at 01:25 PM
They did tell me if the bag had not been opened we could have kept them. We just won't take them across anymore. We now have a house here to leave
them in. Of course we could have left them in the care of Lu Lu. They would have been just as gone but way more enjoyed!
