My Teacher Threw My Report About My Marine Dad’s Dog in the Trash and Made Me Apologize—Then Scout Walked Into Our Classroom

She looked at the screen.

“That doesn’t look very exciting.”

Ben smiled.

“That’s a good thing.

The response is supposed to be controlled and reliable, not dramatic.”

Clara nodded.

She’d written that Scout was trained to indicate the presence of a target odor without disturbing it.

She’d never claimed he would leap over desks or bark at suspicious objects.