National champs are dog eat dog

Dallas the Customs drug detector is a top dog. The four-year-old golden labrador came out top for Customs dogs and third overall in the narcotics sector at the national dog trials championships at Trentham in Hutt Valley.

The championships test the detection skills of dog handling teams from the police, Corrections Department, Aviation Security and Customs.

Dallas' handler Melissa McMullen from Papatoetoe says only 45 points separated them and the winners.
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They included searching a baggage carousel and an area set out like a homicide scene. Only the dogs were allowed to enter looking for hidden drugs.
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