Dogs used to sniff out elusive greater gliders in central Victoria Posted December 11, 2018 06:16:46 Pet dogs are being used to sniff out signs of a vulnerable native species not seen in parts of central Victoria for years. Volunteers and their canine companions have spent the past five weeks at La Trobe University's anthrozoology dog lab in Bendigo learning how to fossick for the faeces, or "scats", of the greater glider.