Why do you keep pushing these myths. We do not get crackling from decaying charred whole pigs.
The finest pork flavour is thought to come from pigs that have been hung for 9 days. Depending on the cut, pigs are normally hung for 4-12 days. It wouldn't take long for a dead pig to develop cadaver odour that would be discernable to the sensitive nose of a Cadavar dog
http://www.thepigsite.com/articles/2364/ageing-and-the-impact-on-meat-qualityA cadaver dog such as Eddie which was trained on dead pig would be able to alert to pork crackling because cadaver dogs are known to recognise the cadaver odour even after burning. As stated before they were used in the forest fires in California to identify the dead.
There seems to be little doubt that a cadaver dog trained on pigs would alert to pork crackling IMO
Would a dog trainer would wish to advertise this weakness in the dogs likely range of identifying cadaver odiour ? Would people paying good money for the dogs services want a dog that might be alerting to the cadaver odour of a pig, rather than a missing human ?
OMO, but what I am saying is logical based upon
1. Our knowledge that Eddie was trained on dead pigs
2. Dead pigs smell very like humans
3. Pigs are hung for several days for the meat to mature if bred for pork, so would have a cadaver odour about them
4. Dogs are used in forest fires etc to identify the burnt cadavers of humans, which would smell very like burnt cadavers of pigs ( Pork crackling included)
So, did someone who had been eating pork crackling / scratchings handle the paper or those folders on the counter above the cupboard that Cuddlecat was produced from ?
Eddie certainly didn't alert to Cuddlecat; he had just been playing with it, with no alert !!