# Using puppies to carry drugs makes me sad **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 2, 2006, 9:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-puppies-to-carry-drugs-makes-me-sad/342659 "2006-02-02T09:46:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Stentor\_2.5](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc8723/32.png) [@Stentor\_2.5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stentor_2.5)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2006, 9:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-puppies-to-carry-drugs-makes-me-sad/342659/1 "2006-02-02T09:46:29Z")
[☹](http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060202/ap_on_re_us/puppy_drug_smugglers) ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2006, 9:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-puppies-to-carry-drugs-makes-me-sad/342659/2 "2006-02-02T09:59:24Z")
The ratbags. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2006, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-puppies-to-carry-drugs-makes-me-sad/342659/3 "2006-02-02T10:35:03Z")
Must have been Conan O’Brien’s Evil Puppy. ---
**Author:** ![Mordib](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@Mordib](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mordib)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2006, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-puppies-to-carry-drugs-makes-me-sad/342659/4 "2006-02-02T10:56:09Z")
“I think it’s outrageous and heinous that they’d use small, innocent puppies in this way,” small and innocent… the question is does having drugs surgically implanted in you disqualify you from being both small and innocent? ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2006, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-puppies-to-carry-drugs-makes-me-sad/342659/5 "2006-02-02T11:21:53Z")
NY Times headline: Turning puppies into drug mules My co-worker: “Hey, did you see the Times has a how-to section now?” ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2006, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-puppies-to-carry-drugs-makes-me-sad/342659/6 "2006-02-02T12:23:31Z")
From the Yahoo story: “Colombian police said they adopted three dogs, one of which was being trained to sniff for drugs.” He’s been running around in circles ever since. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2006, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-puppies-to-carry-drugs-makes-me-sad/342659/7 "2006-02-02T14:20:45Z")
_“Sir, I believe we’ve discovered a drug Lab.”_ ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2006, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-puppies-to-carry-drugs-makes-me-sad/342659/8 "2006-02-02T14:23:05Z")
Whoa. That’s some _gooood_ shitzu. ---
**Author:** ![DeadlyAccurate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ac91a4/32.png) [@DeadlyAccurate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeadlyAccurate)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2006, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-puppies-to-carry-drugs-makes-me-sad/342659/9 "2006-02-02T14:45:49Z")
> [@Trunk](#): > > From the Yahoo story: “Colombian police said they adopted three dogs, one of which was being trained to sniff for drugs.” > > He’s been running around in circles ever since. This one made me laugh so hard I almost spit on the cat. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2006, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-puppies-to-carry-drugs-makes-me-sad/342659/10 "2006-02-02T15:24:52Z")
> [@NurseCarmen](#): > > Whoa. That’s some _gooood_ shitzu. Too much of it and you’ll fall on your [size=1]lhasa\*\* Apso. ---
**Author:** ![The\_King\_of\_Soup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a87d85/32.png) [@The\_King\_of\_Soup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_King_of_Soup)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2006, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-puppies-to-carry-drugs-makes-me-sad/342659/11 "2006-02-02T15:28:33Z")
> [@Stentor 2.5](#): > > **Using puppies to carry drugs makes me sad** > > [☹](http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060202/ap_on_re_us/puppy_drug_smugglers) Well, puppies _are_ slow, and easily distracted, and if you’re really hard up I can see why you’d prefer some faster and more reliable means, but let’s not forget that this drug trade _is_ illegal, after all, and bad for your health besides. Just give it up entirely, is my advice. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2006, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-puppies-to-carry-drugs-makes-me-sad/342659/12 "2006-02-02T17:00:05Z")
“Tony and Halvsie” (The Dumont Network) Episode 17, “Halvsies Problem” (first broadcast January 31, 1960) Tony, a renowned drug runner, devises an ingenious scheme to smuggle heroin in the US. [cut to Tony performing an operation on Halvsie] [cut to Halvsie getting off the plane in Newark] [cut to Halvsie on the ground in front of Tony, frantically paddling around in circles like Curley for the next 30 minutes THE END ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2006, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-puppies-to-carry-drugs-makes-me-sad/342659/13 "2006-02-02T17:23:37Z")
> [@Stentor 2.5](#): > > [☹](http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060202/ap_on_re_us/puppy_drug_smugglers) I’m sure news tabloid editors all over this fine nation were practically frothing at the mouth with joy. You couldn’t concoct a more sensational headline. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2006, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-puppies-to-carry-drugs-makes-me-sad/342659/14 "2006-02-02T19:31:59Z")
> [@Art Vandelay](#): > > I’m sure news tabloid editors all over this fine nation were practically frothing at the mouth with joy. You couldn’t concoct a more sensational headline. JACKO, PARIS HILTON, PRINCE CHARLES IN GAY DRUG ORGY ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2006, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-puppies-to-carry-drugs-makes-me-sad/342659/15 "2006-02-02T22:36:06Z")
> [@matt\_mcl](#): > > JACKO, PARIS HILTON, PRINCE CHARLES IN GAY DRUG ORGY I stand corrected. Seriously though, Athe ‘gang at the watercooler’ at work have been agog about this story all day. It’s not that I don’t have any sympathy for those puppies, but…what about all the HUMAN BEINGS who have been used as drug mules for decades now? They never get the front page of the Daily News or the NY Post (or whatever is the local tabloid paper in your town). Why is it suddenly news that it happens to a puppy? ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2006, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-puppies-to-carry-drugs-makes-me-sad/342659/16 "2006-02-02T22:49:46Z")
I’m guessing because most people just swallow the bag or shove it up their asses. Here, they’re surgically implanting them in cute little puppies. The people that work as drug mules are only hurting themselves. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2006, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-puppies-to-carry-drugs-makes-me-sad/342659/17 "2006-02-03T00:37:58Z")
i think the last poster just set the bar on the google ads at the bottom. ---
**Author:** ![ZebraShaSha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/eada6e/32.png) [@ZebraShaSha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZebraShaSha)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2006, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-puppies-to-carry-drugs-makes-me-sad/342659/18 "2006-02-03T00:46:32Z")
Unfortunatly, sometimes the bags [leak](http://www.tlchicken.com/db_images/5_6_clifford.jpg).