> But the humans who testify on the dogs' behalf have a cult-like behavior about what the dogs can realistically detect, and how they interpret the dogs behaviors.

There was a scandal here in .cz regarding forensic odorology using dogs, as a report came out where the authors basically found out they were unable to test it, because the dog-operators either did not understand what is a double-blind experiment, or they even actively sabotaged it. It is then implied that when they do the identification for real, they are not blind to who the suspect/control is. (report, unfortunately only in Czech: https://jenda.hrach.eu/f2/salamoun-testovani-pachovych-stop....; google translate: https://jenda.hrach.eu/f2/salamoun-testovani-pachovych-stop-... )