Atlas K-9 Leak Detection
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Always trust the nose.
I saw this trick by another detection dog and decided to try it on Atlas. I put surgical gloves on and found an old pen down in a night stand drawer. I colored in a circle on my glove let Atlas smell it and I threw it out in the yard for him to find. 🤣 He found it. Did he smell the ink in the pen? Did he smell the gloves on the pen? Did he smell the interior of the house on the pen? 🤷🏼♂️Bit he did find it. He blew it off too at first.
12/29/2025
We searched for a water leak today. Today’s weather was cloudy and 50 degrees with a mist. The ground was wet. I could see how the waterline runs from the meter near the road and where the waterline enters the north side of the house, both marked in blue. I’m not sure if the waterline runs on the east of west side of the brick wall. Atlas had 2 strong indications that I marked in red. Notice how the mark in the front of the house is at an area where the grass is different. 🤔 If I were to dig i would dig the north mark first.
*Update-12/31/25. The home owner decided to replace the line because when they unearthed the spot to the north they found rusted galvanize pipe. However today when they started to replace the line they found the leak at the old valve about 6 to 8 feet from where Atlas indicated. Atlas did indicate on the valve box but I’ve seen that before and no leak and after talking with others I determined that odor can escape the valve even though water does not. Bottom line is the customer did not have to replace the whole line. The galvanized portion was short and replaced. 👍🏼
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