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Apparently the dogs ate the crew meals in Reno, but I'm not sure where I read that.

As per last post....I find the story of the dogs fascinating. Sounds to me like L.E. thought there was a real possibility D.B. was still on the plane. Would this have been a standard practice (as far as turning the dogs loose with no leashes)or was it because it they thought he was still there and possibly armed? How many dogs were involved? It seems odd that they would let the dogs run wild thru an unprocessed crime scene. I am thinking that they must have been attack dogs. If they were dogs looking for a scent (trained scent dogs) I have doubts they would have ate food while working a scent.  Whether they were attack dogs or scent dogs,I still find it rather odd that they would be sent into the plane unleashed.   

As I recall, Bill indicated there were two dogs. He seemed bemused that they ate the food before doing any other sniffing work.

Billy was quite cogent when I spoke with him. That said, I do agree that most of his memories of Norjak these days are inconsistent.

To me, I believe he is withholding some important information for some reason, and his cover stories get a little sloppy. Like the whole "we were over the Washougal" thingy. His close relationship with Himmelsbach gives me pause, too.

What if he is telling the truth about the dogs eating the food first? I am not accusing anyone of lieing . In fact Hager believed that to be true. He told me they were a couple of younger dogs who weren't fully trained yet. He had some connection to the dogs. I can't remember all of the details. I think it might have been thru the parents of one of the dogs. Maybe the connection was thru a sibling of the dogs, I honestly don't remember. He never met the dogs personally but due to his connection he SPECULATED their ages to be kind of young (also inexperienced) for an attack dog. Hager found it odd they would turn a young, inexperienced, and probably over aggressive dog, loose on the plane. Where were all the flight crew and other people ( L.E. and such ) while the dogs were on the plane?

Were the dogs from L.E. or from the military?

My understanding of events in Reno is that FBI SAC Red Campbell entered the plane first by the stairs. Once he ascertained Coop was gone, then the crew left. Then Campbell's team of three other agents boarded. After that, I don't know.

This scenario suggests that Rataczak left he airplane before the dogs went aboard.

Also, Tina's statements on the History Channel docu, if I recall accurately, suggests that she left the plane alone, and then stood by herself on the tarmac for several minutes - by one of the runway lights, "as I had been instructed in our training." So where was the FBI, Rataczak, Scotty, Anderson???

Calame and Rhodes clearly show how confusing this all was in their book: DB Cooper - The Real McCoy.