Parents want kid with peanut allergy removed from school

[AVGWarhawk]

Originally Posted by mookiemookie

I don't even know where one would get a peanut sniffing dog. Why would someone even train a peanut sniffing dog? I can't imagine there's a big demand for them.

Dogs can be trained to sniff anything. Just positive reinforcement when the dog finds what you need him to sniff.

[sharkbit]

Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

Dogs can be trained to sniff anything. Just positive reinforcement when the dog finds what you need him to sniff.

I've read an article about bedbug sniffing dogs.

Here is one of many from a quick search:
http://www.badbedbugs.com/bed-bug-sniffing-dog/

[AVGWarhawk]

Yes, I have seen the bedbug sniffing dog article. All in the training.

That's cool but wait happens if that peanut dog goes ape ballistic and attacks some kid, or better yet the kid was messing with the dog while no one was watching and the kid gets seriously injured, all because the parents of the girl don't want to home school her?

I've read and heard alot of things they are having to do just for this one child. Its insane.

[Weiss Pinguin]

What happens if the dog gets into some peanut butter? Boom, good luck trying to get him to focus long enough to save the girl

[gimpy117]

Normally I agree with you mookie, but I think this is pretty borderline. If her allergy is so severe she should also take steps to prevent it. Making everyone else pander her her needs is a a bit extreme. Theres a fine line you need to walk

[bookworm_020]

Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

Dogs can be trained to sniff anything. Just positive reinforcement when the dog finds what you need him to sniff.

They miss trained a couple of dug sniffing dogs here in Australia awhile back. When they were taken for their final tests, none of the dogs found any of the drug samples hidden, instead they went afte a handbang of one of the handlers! The handbag was searched, but no drugs were found! Confused, they laid out all the items in the bag and had the dogs go over them. They all went nuts when they sniffed the talcum powder.
It turns out the training sample used to train the dogs was talc! Guess no mum crossing the border is safe now!

[Gargamel]

I bet that most of these kids died off in years past. Modern medicine basically works against Darwinism; ie, Weak die off, strong survive. In today's world, these kids get identified and treated much quicker.

OMG! Talcum powder! Ma'am I'm gonna have to ask you to step over here. Oh BTW your now on the no fly list.