Is it possible for a dog to sniff out gold. Dogs find shoes,drugs,bombs and everything else. Can you imagine walking in the gold country and your lab pulls out a 3 oz nugget. Might be. Has anyone ever tried?

-- fred (fred@sat.com), November 27, 1999

Answers

Gold does not have an odor. Oh wait, I have a mutt that I want to sell you. He does nothing but dig up buried treasure. It really makes me mad.

-- Sniffin' something (it'snotgold@round.here), November 27, 1999.

I'll see if my pitbull can sniff out a krugerrand in someone's pocket. She might earn her keep next year!

-- Slobby Don (slobbydon@hotmail.com), November 27, 1999.

some years ago i tried this with a puppy, golden retriever, really. used the tactic of first letting the dog eat only prior to sniffing a gold coin. next, assosiated food with first finding the coin. it did work....inside the home. outside, the dog revealed irratic results when commanded to find coin under the earth. incidently, i endeavored to remove my scent from coin. my experiment seemed inconclusive and i spent no more time on it. it may have some merit. I have read that prospectors have made this work in finding ore.

-- steve bennett (straycat15@Juno.com), November 27, 1999.

....I took in an old bitch one time..... worst gold-digger I ever even heard of......

-- Roger (pecosrog@earthlink.net), November 27, 1999.

This dog can...

sniffin' around...

The Dog

-- The Dog (dogdesert@hotmail.com), November 28, 1999.