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Service dogs in training, learning to watch a movie in a theater. You Gotta Love em'
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What are Detection Dogs trained on?
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What are Detection Dogs trained on? So when we see videos of wonderful dogs sniffing out items hidden on baddies or stashed away in hidden corners of buildings or under car wheel arches, it is the result of many weeks and in some cases months of teaching the dog to find, a, drugs b, money c, explosives d, guns and in fact a dog can be taught to search out, using its nose, anything that has a scent, which, basically is everything, even if we mere humans can not smell it. The question then is what and how. Firstly, the 'WHAT' Many years ago when I first became involved with helping to train detection dogs it was indeed as Drugs detection dogs where we were asked to provide both Passive and Pro-Active dogs for different tasks. Passive- is where the dog will detect a smell that is targeted, as people walk past or the dog walks past, usually on a leash and either/or stand still/sit/lie down, indicating to the handler a find. Pro-Active- is where the dog will activ...
Living with a Malinois
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Living with a Malinois http://www.youtube.com/c/cerberusk9uk So you think you are ready to own a Belgian Shepherd of the Malinois flavour? If the Malinois is on your list as possible 'next dog' then please take time to read on. As an owner of this wonderful breed it is my responsibility to offer the following advice... 'Don't Get One'!!!!!! What! he owns one, ( well 2 at the moment and 8 previously ) and he's saying NO!...Whaaat????? Well here's the thing, as an owner I know what they are really like, I'm not here to sell you one or say how wonderful they look or how they are so good at agi...