I’ve been told there are breeds of dog that “need” to have jobs or they get depressed, bored, etc. Domestic fluffies are just there to look cute which isn’t the worst thing, but it seems that having a sense of purpose, a role, isn’t bad either. Feral fluffies will have those within a herd, so how to get domestics something similar? Well, small jobs and chores…
Thanks to @Foxhoarder, @Scum, @Vanner, @Ethawesome923, @NobodyAtAll and everyone else who suggested a fluffy sniffing to find problems such as mold, drugs, etc. It took me a while to figure out how to present it.
In this case, the fluffy is accompanied with a human (or humans) while doing its job. I think this training would be a bit more on the expensive side, so most businesses would need to hire the services of one rather than train their own fluffy. Doubly so if its been trained for smelling common drugs (legal or otherwise) that can show up in places.
Having worked for a restoration company when I got out of college, I can easily say that proactively looking for certain problems will save a LOT of time and money. Especially leaks.
I bet sniffer fluffies are also a lot cheaper to train than sniffer dogs. Although results may vary when it comes to attention span, especially if sketties are nearby.
Truthfully I’d have no idea. I think the difference in capabilities would be one thing, but also that sniffer dogs would have a LOT more laws to follow regarding their care and protection. That said, I’d expect a good sniffing fluffy would sell for a lot and be well treated/protected.
The “fluffies have no value” argument isn’t really valid once you have an investment in the fluff plus expect an ROI needed. That fluffy is now valuable, and you can measure that value in terms of ROI, losses in productivity due to injury, sickness, death, etc. Likewise, you can also measure improvements in productivity from good/continuing training, fair treatment, etc.
I could see other uses for this - depending on how sensitive fluffy noses are, they could sense whether someone is about to have a seizure, whether their blood sugar is out of whack, etc. I can also see criminals using spaghetti smells to throw fluffies off the scent.
IIRC they’ve got training to help dogs from getting thrown off. I’d imagine they’d do similar for these fluffies. And frankly, I think inspectors would get wise to that as well.
Smell and blood sugar? That’s a new one. I know there’s testing regarding dogs and certain things like cancer. I didn’t quite want to go that far with this simply because I don’t know which is supposed to be more keen: a dog’s nose or a fluffy’s.
Well, it does its job, makes the humans happy, gets taken care of, and does something important. I think the job satisfaction is there as is the compensation.
Once I got called in: some lady’s house had the county’s sewage system back up, flooding her entire first floor in it. We started working at sun-down during the winter, and worked until sun-rise. Not the most pleasant work, but very necessary.
True! But its one of those things where my style isn’t as consistent as the other “breeds,” and I think they’re sort of goofier looking compared to the others. If anything, I’d like to think its more the temperment that makes them noteworthy.
Big snoot, not very fluffy at all (more like a shorthair cat), could jokingly be called Type 1.5. shrugs But they’re easy to draw, and I value speed between idea and finish…
I just love this series so much. The best thing about the inspector fluff that it would have over a dog is the ability to describe smells and such so humans could make better decisions. Such a good fluffy .
Yep. Whether micros can infest houses is up to head-canon as always. I do wonder if they get tired as quickly as normal fluffies. That would limit their range quite a bit.
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