Detection Dogs

What’s that smell? For specially trained detection dogs, it could be the scent of dangerous drugs, a bomb, or even a deadly disease! Detection dogs use their amazing sense of smell to find drug smugglers and sniff out dangerous weapons and explosives before they can harm anyone. For the dogs, it’s all a fun day at work! Discover how canine heroes use their special noses to save lives every day in Detection Dogs, part of the Dogs on the Case series.

"Get those snoots sniffing! This selection from the Dogs on the Case series (6 titles) accompanies pups on the job as they use their superior sense of smell to search luggage, cargo, humans, and places for specific scents. Opening with a drug seizure made possible by Edo, a police detection dog, this high-interest offering provides light overviews of the type of work detection dogs do, how they are trained, and what species are popular for this work. A quick anatomy lesson via diagram discusses the vomeronasal organ, the olfactory bulb, and the olfactory recess in a dog’s face and muzzle. Large fonts and short paragraphs result in an easy reading experience supported by many stock photos of detection dogs with their handlers, sniffing objects, and signaling discoveries. A simple introduction to a compelling topic."

--Julia Smith, Booklist, October 1, 2024