this is different....

[get_nick]

bounty on dogs who found dvd bootleg ring...

DVD pirates want sniffer dogs' heads - CNN.com

 

[Sabz5150]

Those dogs are not long for this world.

 

[phyregod]

I'm sure they love cnn for getting the word out.

 

[eg6sir]

wondering how a dog can smell a fake DVD or CD..

 

[totalburnout]

wondering how a dog can smell a fake DVD or CD..

Read the article, they smell the plastic in the containers or discs. I would assume that the composites used to make the discs are the ones that the dogs are trained to smell for, so they don't just sit down near any plastic. Clearly there's a complex system to this.