From ABC Action News:

“Fifty” is trained just like a narcotics K-9 but he sniffs for sulfur, an element in Chinese drywall.

“A canine is actually going to sniff and they can detect parts per million. So even the smallest amount of corrosive drywall, they can detect,” handler Anthony Gimenez, explained. “There’s really nothing else like it that’s out there that does this type of detection.”

Gimenez has inspected homes for years, and recently added “Fifty” to his team.

Typically, testing for Chinese drywall involves ripping out sections of every wall.

“He can detect the corrosive drywall being present without doing any damage to the home,” Gimenez said.

Once “Fifty” detects sulfur, Gimenez can scrap tiny pieces of the wall into a container filled with a chemical compound that turns blue if sulfur is, in fact, present.

The process can save potential homeowners half the value of their home.

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Title: Chinese Drywall Sniffing Dog
Published: Mon, 11 Jan 2010
Description: One bay area company has mans best friend sniffing out tainted Chinese Drywall saving money for those homeowners that are not contaminated.

Transcript of the story is available here.

Until now, inspectors looking for tainted Chinese drywall had to tear apart houses to detect the problem. But now man’s best friend can help sniff out the problem, minimizing damage to the home.

Photo by MAURICE CAPOBIANCO

Video of the story here.

Homeowner Jennifer Rzewnicki was pleased Monday to see a dog sniffing the walls inside her home and not freezing in the sitting position.

That sitting position would have meant that Shadow, a 2-year-old German shepherd, had encountered the odor of Chinese drywall.

Article from Bay News 9 on December 28, 2009:

Homeowners concerned about dangerous Chinese drywall can now turn to trained dogs for help.

Jeremiah Comes and his two-year-old German Shepherd, Shadow, make up the first ever Chinese drywall sniffing team in the country. Comes says Shadow is trained to detect sulfur, the chemical found in tainted drywall.

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Video of the story from Bay News 9 below:

COCONUT CREEK, Fla. — For decades dogs have been used to find drugs and even detect bombs. Now they’re on the trail of chinese drywall.

On Tuesday, Local 10 went out on a home inspection Shadow, the first-ever Chinese drywall-sniffing dog.