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I saw something on the news tonight that I found disturbing.
The story featured a company that brings out a German Shepard that will go through your home and your cars if you suspect your child is using drugs and has drugs in the house.
It didn't say what happens if drugs our found. Are the police called?
Or if no drugs are found I would think you have really damaged your relationship with your child.
if no drugs were found why would the kid have to ever know? and how is this different than doing your own search. Time and again I have heard parents (on TV) of kids who have OD'd say they wish they had been more proactive with their kids, wish they had not been so concerned with their privacy and searched for drugs.
Obviously anybody who goes to the trouble of hiring a drug sniffing dog has some suspicions. No I don't think it is extreme-not any more extreme than losing a young life either thru death or waste to the ravages of drugs.
Calling the police would be a personal decision the parents would have to make if the dog and handler are civilians. Sometimes getting in trouble with the law can be a wake up call for some- not always but it just might get their attention.
if no drugs were found why would the kid have to ever know? and how is this different than doing your own search. Time and again I have heard parents (on TV) of kids who have OD'd say they wish they had been more proactive with their kids, wish they had not been so concerned with their privacy and searched for drugs.
Obviously anybody who goes to the trouble of hiring a drug sniffing dog has some suspicions. No I don't think it is extreme-not any more extreme than losing a young life either thru death or waste to the ravages of drugs.
Calling the police would be a personal decision the parents would have to make if the dog and handler are civilians. Sometimes getting in trouble with the law can be a wake up call for some- not always but it just might get their attention.
If a van shows up and a couple of guys get out wearing uniforms with a big German Shepard, chances are someone is going to see it. A neighbor or a friend who may mention it to the teen. "What was going on over at your house, there were two guys with a big dog".
And I think it depends on what state you're in as to whether or not the police are or aren't called. While it wasn't addressed I didn't get the feeling that if drugs were found that this company wouldn't notify the police.
In some states you may lose the right to that decison.
How about some kid getting a police record because a bag of pot was found in the house?
The parents may have suspicions, but I found it extreme.
If they feel that strongly that something is going on then arrange for an intervention.
And watching the dog go through the house reminded me of the Waffen-SS.
Who says the dog will be huge. My aunt's brother was a police officer who kept the drug dog at his house. I guess you could say as a pet, but it was a drug dog. And it wasn't overly big or scary, it was the size of a German Shepard that someone would keep as a pet. Drug dogs, in their off hours, are usually kept in police officer homes as far as I know.
My high school boyfriends dad was a narc officer and his k9 partner lived in their backyard. All the time he would run the dog through the house searching for anything the boys may have brought home. Didnt stop the boys from smoking pot, they just didnt keep them in the house. And it created a level of distrust between father and son and son and father. Not a good idea in my opinion.
I agree with you Dave5150......and Pitt Chick...teens don't always make the best decisians sometimes...as a parent I would want to protect them...correct them....NOT send them to jail.
Also, if you are a parent who has trouble finding a source for weed and you suspect your kid has some but don't want your kid to know you smoke, it's a good way to get some.
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