dope dog (plural dope dogs)
- A sniffer dog trained to find drugs.
1992, Gary J. Miller, Drugs and the Law: Detection, Recognition & Investigation:Often the hiding places are so obscure, only a dope dog will find the evidence. If your department has a dog, it is well worth using the dog for searches.
1988, George C. Wilson, Supercarrier: an inside account of life aboard the world's most powerful ship, the USS John F. Kennedy:It heated and cooled everything on the ship from the admiral's cabin to the kennel for Duke, the dope dog, who was riding along to sniff out any caches of drugs.