The next round of sniffing turned up less than 10 students indulging in drug behavior. Finally, sniffing dogs impress parents. In one high school, a working dog indicated explosives in a toolbox in a student's car. The student's father had used the toolbox as an ammo box in the early 70s during his tour of duty in the Armed Forces. Needless to say, the parent became an ardent supporter of sniffing dogs.
Dogs can perform a valuable service in helping schools to rid themselves of drugs and explosives.
The students see the dogs as non-threatening and very effective. At the end of their whirlwind presentation, no one doubted that they could find a pea-sized hunk of marijuana under a princess's stack of mattresses. In fact, these dogs have been trained to not only find the substances, but to indicate whether or not the found items were drugs or explosives. When the dogs found any type of explosive, they actually layed down next to the object. They could be found romping and playing with conference attendees, vendors and their handlers.