Idea: Sewer leak detecting dog

[Reach4]

You have all heard about a sewer gas leak detection method that is an alternative to a smoke test: peppermint oil. I think it would be cool to train a dog to locate a toy daubed with a very diluted peppermint oil smell -- the same way they train drug or bomb sniffing dogs. Then add the peppermint oil down the vent line of a house, and bring in the dog. If the peppermint is strong enough, a human can detect it... that is the norm for the peppermint oil test. https://www.google.com/#q=vent+"peppermint+oil"+sewer However a dog's brain is programmed to locate things by smell. Humans are not only not nearly as sensitive, they are not able to determine the direction a smell comes from.

Dogs like the game. It could be useful. This would not be enough to keep a dog for the purpose, but the family pet could be a business asset.

 

[DonL]

Dogs like the game. It could be useful. This would not be enough to keep a dog for the purpose, but the family pet could be a business asset.

I guess you like dogs ?

They can smell shit, No need to add peppermint.

Peppermint can mess up a dogs nose sensitivity.

 

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[Dj2]

No Comment.

 

[DonL]

No Comment.

They have electronic sensors to detect gas.

No dog required to operate them, And they don't bite unless you take them apart.

 

[Eben]

I love this idea-- not to hard to teach the right animal this with a little clicker training!

 

[Asktom]

I have a dog like that, and it talks. Want to buy it?