Termite Sniffing Dog

momofmany

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I had the inspection in my new house this afternoon and in our area, termite's are very common so termite inspections are mandatory with the sale of a house - can't get financing without one.

I had a crew of inspectors out there and the termite guy did find some previous damage to some of the wood (normal in this area). While he did a good visual inspection, to confirm that there weren't any present in the house, he brought out his termite sniffing dog and walked him around the perimeter of the house. Good news is that they didn't find anything.

Hubby and I were a bit enthralled watching him work. I knew there were dogs that sniffed out drug and people, but also dogs that sniff out cancer in humans and obviously termites. We got a business card from this place and they had the dog advertised on it as the K9 Termite Inspector.

Has anyone else heard of odd things that dogs are trained to sniff out?
 
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