News / Good boy – K9's Rodney can sniff-out lithium batteries

Rodney

Dogs can now be used to sniff out lithium batteries in shipments after just a month of training.

In a demonstration on stage at the CNS Partnership conference in Miami this week, German short-haired pointer Rodney decisively sat by a particular box, after having sniffed his way past others, and looked hard at his handler – the box contained two small batteries.

Rodney was trained by Global K9 Protection Group, whose main business is operating teams of dogs and handlers to find ...