At least that's the solution proposed by a private security firm in Dorset, which claims increasing numbers of parents are hiring dogs to check young people's bedrooms. "Chilport UK charges £50 an hour for a dog to search bedrooms for illegal drugs," reported the BBC website.
Unsurprisingly, charity Parentline Plus was not convinced that letting a drugs dog set paw in a young person's personal space was such a great idea. But Chilport UK's operations director Trevor Hutchinson defended the practice. "It's going to breach trust, if a parent goes through their things," he said. "But putting a drugs dog around is non-intrusive. It's not going to rummage in cupboards and diaries." That's okay then.
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