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vgabndo
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Drug dog at check point
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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.
Undoubtedly, there are people who cannot afford to give the anchor of sanity even the slightest tug. Sam Harris
"The situation is far too dire for pessimism."
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Diver
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I trained drug dog in Catavinia ??
Probably just a trained "cookie sniffer" !! 
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bobw
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This just begs the question... how do you pay mordita to a dog?
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BajaWarrior
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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...
Haven't had a bad trip yet....
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Mango
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| Quote: | Originally posted by BajaWarrior
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...
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Maybe that dog should sniff better drugs then.
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vgabndo
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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?
Undoubtedly, there are people who cannot afford to give the anchor of sanity even the slightest tug. Sam Harris
"The situation is far too dire for pessimism."
Bill Kauth
Carl Sagan said, "We are a way for the cosmos to know itself."
PEACE, LOVE AND FISH TACOS
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Diver
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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 ??
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AcuDoc
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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...
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bajaguy
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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.
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bajabound2005
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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?
Friends don't let friends drink white zinfandel.
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Roberto
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bajabound2005
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]
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Iflyfish
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bajaguy,
Are the drug dogs more layed back?
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bajaguy
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drug dogs are more agressive on searches and alerts, explosives dogs are passive on searches and alerts
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vgabndo
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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.
Undoubtedly, there are people who cannot afford to give the anchor of sanity even the slightest tug. Sam Harris
"The situation is far too dire for pessimism."
Bill Kauth
Carl Sagan said, "We are a way for the cosmos to know itself."
PEACE, LOVE AND FISH TACOS
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bajaguy
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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.
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EMAM
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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 Mexico
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| Quote: | Originally posted by vgabndo
<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?
Don't believe everything you think....
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osoflojo
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Money goes southbound.................
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bajaguy
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| Quote: | Originally posted by osoflojo
Money goes southbound................. |
And I'm sure that they catch a few idiots with "stuff" headed southbound.
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Pompano
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Those checkpoints could use 'Rowdy'
He alerts to certain characterists of ..ah...smugglers.
I do what the voices in my tackle box tell me.
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