Sniffer Dogs…In The Bedroom
That’s right, sniffer dogs are being used in the bedroom. Not just any bedroom, your teenager’s room is the target for these dogs.
Sniff Dogs, which operates in New Jersey and Ohio, use retired police dogs to now work in the private sector. So much for retirement.
The dogs are highly trained to detect illegal drugs but don’t come cheap, $200 an hour is the going rate.
Sniff Dogs claims to offer a “discreet service” that avoids the confrontation that comes from drugs tests because the search can be carried out without the knowledge of their children.
The company cites statistics showing half of American schoolchildren have tried marijuana and that most drug taking takes place when they get home from school.
This is interesting concept, but does it cross the line. Do you think it’s alright for parents to go into their kid’s room with a sniffer dog, or is it an invasion of privacy?
Knowing what your children are doing is responsible parenting, not invasion of privacy.
I think this is a good tool to have available. Whether the parent chooses to use this service depends on their personal relationship and situation.
But, like I said, you’re responsible for what your kids are doing, so you better make sure you know.
I think as long as the kid is under the age limit (its 18 here in Cali) then go right ahead. Like Max said, its being responsible and getting your kid help if he/she needs it. Drugs are a serious business, and its important to know your children’s activities.
That’s an awefully invasive measure to take against your child. I’m not saying it shouldn’t be done but I hope the parent would not disclose the method they used to their children. This could damage the relationship but then again HONESTY about the matter is key to drug education.
As my dad always said, “As long as you live under my roof, you live by my rules.” Parents can be sued and/or held responsible for the actions of their children, so, they do not have a right to privacy. Once they are writing their own check for their own mortgage they can do what they want. And even then, if they’re doing illegal drugs, they will get caught, and then they get to stay at a lovely state or federal institution where there is definitely zero right to privacy.
Invasion of privacy? BOL!!! Children should never expect any shred of privacy as long as they aren’t the ones paying the bills. Go Sniff Dogs. =)
Mom always said, “It’s my way or the highway!”
I think its a great idea to bring drug sniffing dogs inside your house to find out if there are drugs there. When I was in high school, my brothers stashed a lot of pot in their rooms. Whenever my dad would say “You better not be smoking pot and there better not be any drugs in this house,” my brothers would lie through their teeth. “No, dad. Not us. Never.” Ha! I would love to have had a nice dog come visit our house to find the drugs. I felt unsafe with drugs in our house.
I agree with those who have posted that as long as the kids are living under their parent’s roof, their rooms are not their private property.
If a kid isn’t doing drugs, he/she has nothing to hide right?. If he/she has brought drugs into the house, they should be discovered. You have to remember if they get caught, they were the ones who first disrespected their family’s home by bringing drugs into it.
Most likely if a parent were to pay $200/hr to bring a drug sniffing dog into the house, they probably had some pretty strong suspicions their kid was into something they shouldn’t be.
I think it a great idea. Because as long as the child be it in elementary, jounior or senior high school, as long they are living under their parents roof and the parents are providing all their needs and wants, it is the parent’s right to be concern and check anyway possible for drugs. It is not invasion of privacy as long as the parent(s) are taking care of the kid. Like my parents use to tell me, live in my house, my rules. I’m from old school. I don’t think most parents today knows very much at all about what their kids do, what kind of friends they have. In most cases a parent cannot tell you where their child is. Parents are not invovled enough in their kids’ lives today. That is why there is so much crime, laying out of school, etc.
Right, children shouldn’t expect any real privacy from their parents. I never did. But my parents talked to me and asked me what was going on and I told them. If a kid has a problem with drugs or alcohol there is probably a reason why and maybe $200 an hour could be put to better use… like counseling, therapy, etc. The way all of the other responses are written I am assuming that no other poster experimented with drugs, drank before they were 21 or did anything like that… I did. Didn’t get too into it but acted like most teenagers and tried things. I didn’t need an intervention or a dog sniffing in my room… I grew up and grew out of it. Try talking to your kids first. Then try counseling and only put the kid under martial law if you just aren’t getting through.
No way is that an “invasion of privacy”…if controlled substances are being kept in a person’s home, the homeowner can be held legally responsible–regardless of who it actually belongs to. I do agree that you need to talk to your kids, keep up with what’s going on in their lives, but let’s be honest–kids lie to their parents. If parents are suspicious that their kids are into any kind of drug and the kids deny it, I think this is an unobtrusive way of determining if they’re indeed keeping drugs in your home. And if there IS a problem, you can take steps to help them in whatever way you can.
kids can get off track sometimes and without parents help, it could be a nightmare! yah sniffer dogs. i remember what i was like as a teen and thank goodness for my crazy parents!!! : P
I think that if parents are taking such extreme measures as paying $200 dollars for a sniffer dog, there are more serious issues than just “teenage mischief.” Talking with your kids and being involved in their life is a must, but that doesn’t neccessarily mean they are listening.
Hello,
If you feel your child might have a drug problem or had a previous drug problem. Then the answer would be YES.
Your child is legally your responsibility until he or she is out from under your roof.
Everyone loves there children and it is up to you to protect them.
I don’t care if they are 100 years old as long as they live under my roof they go by my rules, that goes for their friends too.
$200 is cheap compared to detox later in life, if you catch it early enough there’s less likelihood that the adolescent will not have drug problems as an adult.