In this episode of K9 Conservationists, Kayla speaks with Courtney Brown from Einstein K9 about search and rescue, handler scent discrimination, and sensitivity and specificity. Links Mentioned in the Episode: …
Wolf, Not Marten (Milk, Not Water) with Sarah Stremming
Kayla sits down with Sarah Stremming to discuss how she has been handling Barley’s tendency to generalize to other species while working on her wolf scat detection project in Alaska. …
Multiple Alerts to Discriminate Between Targets with Jens Frank
In this episode of K9 Conservationists, Kayla speaks with Jens Frank from the Scandinavian Working Dog Institute about teaching dogs multiple alerts to discriminate between targets. Science Highlight: Relationships between …
Odor Discrimination Wrapup and Personal Updates
For this episode of K9 Conservationists, Kayla wraps up our discrimination series with a Q&A and provides some updates. Science Highlight: None this week Questions asked: From Megan: From Janna …
Odor Discrimination Part 6: Generalization with Paul Bunker from Chiron K9
For our final episode of our odor discrimination series, Kayla talks with Paul Bunker from Chiron K9 about generalization and discrimination. Science Highlight: None this week Links Mentioned in the …
Odor Discrimination Part 5: When Odor Discrimination Has Gone Wrong – A Case Study
For our fifth episode of our odor discrimination series, Kayla talks about the odor discrimination work K9 Conservationists did with Action for Cheetahs in Kenya. Science Highlight: None this week …
Science Highlight: Nontarget Species Behavior and Scat
This week’s science highlight concerns something many K9 Conservationists are very familiar with: scat! The study, “How Behavior of Nontarget Species Affects Perceived Accuracy of Scat Detection Dog Surveys” was …