Cell phone-sniffing dogs bust inmates

Maryland prisons started using dogs to sniff out cell phones that have been snuck in from the outside. Cell phones can be very valuable to prisoners and have been used to manage operations "inside the walls," and even (allegedly) order hits.

Photo via CNN.com

Cell phones can be thrown over fences or hidden in food, storage cases and outside deliveries.

The program started in June and already the three cell phone sniffing canines have found about two dozen phones. Not bad! The three dogs involved are a German Shepherd mix, a Belgian Malinois and a Springer Spaniel.

I'm always amazed at what dogs can be trained to do. I wonder if we could train a dog to start blogging?