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How do people train special dogs?

Not special as in mentally challenged, special as in dogs who can sniff stuff, like drugs, alcohol, large amounts of money, ect. I was watching a show about a dog sniffing large amounts of money and thought about it. So, how do they train them? I think it is amazing what they can do.
thats awesome kaper. hopefully he/she gets a lot of drugs out of the streets.

Most are trained much as any dog should be trained. It just needs to be taken to a more dependable, detailed, and sometimes complex level.

It helps to choose or breed a dog likely to be good at the skills needed. Beagles, for example, will be sniffing everything -- the part the humans need to teach is alerting the human to a particular smell -- drugs, termites in a house, fruits and vegetables in bags at the airport, etc.

Often a reward suited to the dog and the behaviors needed is chosen -- treats, a quick game of tug, even a chance to perform an already-trained behavior, as the work progresses.

Then, the dog is set up for success, behaviors are taught, then shaped and/or chained together as needed. In the case of a sniffing job, alerting to a particular smell (often by just sitting down) is what gets rewarded.

Here are some videos of assistance-dog training:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DWbV5VKZxc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjbGKXESh24

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EqALzQpQEk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0mxt7v-EYk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1DiaKPvgIU

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