Blue and Gold

We have the best cub masters in the whole scouting program! For our Blue and Gold banquet 2 weeks ago, we had one of the state "drug dogs" come. His trainer told us all about him, and how they train them. It was so cool.

These dogs are trained to work, not play. But they don't know the difference, so to them, working is playing. The trainer had a magnetic box/can that had been in with some drugs (marijuana) so it had the scent of the drugs. He hid it really well, and once the dog came into the room, he ran right over to the area and kept "looking" until he had pinpointed where the drugs were. It was amazing!

Then, a man in our ward who is a guard at the governor's mansion, got into the padded suit, and they staged an attack. Again, the dogs are trained to keep hold of the perpetrator until he is subdued. The trainer told the man to "halt" and when he didn't, and the dog went crazy. He jumped up on him, and bit into his shoulder, and was thrashing around. The trainer had to actually go and pry him off the "perp".

The scouts (and their sibling) loved it. He opened it up for questions at the end, which is how we know what kind of drug was in the can!!! It was such a cool night!