# What Are Dogs at Wynn Lass Vegas Sniffing For? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [November 9, 2016, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-dogs-at-wynn-lass-vegas-sniffing-for/771119 "2016-11-09T00:22:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![greenpurple](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/278dde/32.png) [@greenpurple](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/greenpurple)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-dogs-at-wynn-lass-vegas-sniffing-for/771119/1 "2016-11-09T00:22:53Z")
Please no answers like “bombs or drugs” - because like “no shit!”. Which one or both? ---
**Author:** ![x-ray\_vision](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/x-ray_vision/32/351_2.png) [@x-ray\_vision](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/x-ray_vision)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-dogs-at-wynn-lass-vegas-sniffing-for/771119/2 "2016-11-09T01:38:46Z")
Bombs. > [@](#): > > Two Labrador retrievers and six German shepherds make up the key components of the resort’s canine patrol, where the dogs, who came to Las Vegas highly educated in bomb-detection techniques, work with their handlers to find dangerous materials, explosives and other substances that might be brought illegally into the resort. > > … > > The dogs have specific scents they seek. However, they aren’t trained to detect drugs or illegal narcotics. > **[A Team With Keen Scents of Security](https://www.casinocitytimes.com/howard-stutz/article/a-team-with-keen-scents-of-security-54648)** > > Wynn Las Vegas went all the way to Europe to hire eight specially trained members of the $2.7 billion Strip hotel-casino's security detail. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-dogs-at-wynn-lass-vegas-sniffing-for/771119/3 "2016-11-09T08:01:26Z")
Lassie Vegas ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-dogs-at-wynn-lass-vegas-sniffing-for/771119/4 "2016-11-09T14:46:53Z")
Bombs for potential terrorist threats. Can you imagine how many customers would be turned away if they were sniffing for drugs? ---
**Author:** ![Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/channing_idaho_banks/32/250_2.png) [@Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Channing_Idaho_Banks)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-dogs-at-wynn-lass-vegas-sniffing-for/771119/5 "2016-11-09T15:55:20Z")
Maybe they’re not searching for anything. Could just be there to fake out would-be terrorists, to tell them to go to the next hotel on the strip. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-dogs-at-wynn-lass-vegas-sniffing-for/771119/6 "2016-11-09T16:14:40Z")
I’ve heard it said that these dogs can, when sniffing, alert to a possible bomb or drug stash, more based on the handler’s behavior than on a bomb or drug stash actually being present. Such as (and I’m not sure exactly what the dog keys off of) the handler’s body language or change in body chemistry - something about the handler. Any truth to this? ---
**Author:** ![greenpurple](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/278dde/32.png) [@greenpurple](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/greenpurple)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2016, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-dogs-at-wynn-lass-vegas-sniffing-for/771119/7 "2016-11-10T02:38:05Z")
OK, makes sense it would be really bad business to have them sniffing for drugs. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2016, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-dogs-at-wynn-lass-vegas-sniffing-for/771119/8 "2016-11-10T03:26:30Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > I’ve heard it said that these dogs can, when sniffing, alert to a possible bomb or drug stash, more based on the handler’s behavior than on a bomb or drug stash actually being present. Such as (and I’m not sure exactly what the dog keys off of) the handler’s body language or change in body chemistry - something about the handler. Any truth to this? If you accept a Cracked link as acceptable, yes. They do provide links to stories & reports. > **[The 6 Most Popular Crime Fighting Tactics (That Don't Work)](https://www.cracked.com/article_19937_the-6-most-popular-crime-fighting-tactics-that-dont-work.html)** > > t's hard to talk people out of laws that sound like they're tough on crime, because damn it, those criminals have to pay, and the people arguing on the other side are probably just a bunch of bleeding hearts anyway. Who cares what the statistics say. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2016, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-dogs-at-wynn-lass-vegas-sniffing-for/771119/9 "2016-11-10T04:46:35Z")
At the Wynn? Probably money, or stolen Koons’ Popeyes. ---
**Author:** ![Mosier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ea924/32.png) [@Mosier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mosier)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2016, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-dogs-at-wynn-lass-vegas-sniffing-for/771119/10 "2016-11-10T06:25:48Z")
> [@Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](#): > > Maybe they’re not searching for anything. Could just be there to fake out would-be terrorists, to tell them to go to the next hotel on the strip. I’m a security manager at (literally) the next hotel on the strip. The dogs aren’t fake, and we have them too.