At trial, Jardines claimed that the use of the drug-sniffing dog was a Fourth Amendment violation.

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Alfie Kiernan, an Irishman with a new bedbug-abatement business in Regina, deploys a bug-sniffing dog to case apartments and hotels.

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The state high court ruled that just because a drug-sniffing dog received training and a certificate of graduation does not mean that the dog should be deemed capable of detecting by smell whether an automobile, container, suitcase or other receptacle is hiding illegal drugs.

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The United States Supreme Court showed its bias toward academic degrees, and its predilection to undervalue the dictates of experience on the streets, when it unanimously ruled in mid-February that it did not matter that a drug-sniffing dog might perform abysmally in the field.

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This particular battle between the Florida high court and the U.S. Supreme Court boiled down to whether Aldo, the drug-sniffing dog that signaled the presence of illegal drugs in this case, had a history of signaling the presence of such drugs even in many cases where no drugs were found.

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The scientists said the device could work like "an artificial nose for a robot dog", sniffing out extremely low concentrations of vapour.

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Sonny sneaks past the gathering state troopers (who, in a nice touch, are sadly wondering which of the crash victims owns a small dog that's sniffing around the scene) and approaches one of the smashed autos.

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But the thought of the empty house terrified him, and he went on, limping, following the dog, who never looked back, his muzzle lowered as if sniffing the way.

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