In this episode of K9 Conservationists, Kayla speaks with Ellen Dymit from Oregon State University about Metabarcoding, SNPs, and microsatellites. 

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Science Highlight: Training of Ecological Detection Dogs for Wolf Scat (Canis lupus)

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In this episode of K9 Conservationists, Kayla speaks with Nicholas Magliocca about jaguars, Central American conservation, and the drug war.

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Making the Hidden Visible: Accelerated Land-Use Change and Degradation Caused by Narco-Trafficking In and Around Central America’s Protected Areas

Jaguar conservation is caught in the crossfire of America's 'War on Drugs'

Where to find Nicolas: Website 

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In this episode of K9 Conservationists, Kayla speaks with Kerry Ryan from Dog Adventures Northwest about dog boarding.

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Science Highlight: Evaluating and integrating spatial capture–recapture models with data of variable individual identifiability

Where to find Kerry: Website | Facebook | Instagram

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In this episode of K9 Conservationists, Kayla speaks with Naomi Hodges and Dr. Jessica Thomas about Detection Dog Kip searching for Platypus burrows within Coranderrk Creek at Healesville Sanctuary

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Science Highlight: Conservation Detection Dogs Increase Efficacy for Prey Detection at Carnivore GPS Cluster Sites During Summer

Wildlife Detection Dog Squad

Platypus Detection Video

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In this episode of K9 Conservationists, Kayla is back with Esther Matthews to talk about succulent anti-poaching detection dogs.

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Where to find Esther: Website | Instagram | Dog’s Instagram

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K9 Conservationists was THRILLED to have the amazing Lauren Wendt of Momentum K9 temporarily join our team to help out in Texas on ocelot surveys. This episode covers many of the challenges and lessons learned on a particularly tricky project. Be sure to listen to our last episode with James and Lisanne for background on ocelots in Texas.

Find Lauren at:

https://momentumk9training.com/

https://www.instagram.com/momentum_k9_training/

https://www.facebook.com/momentumk9llc

https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurenmomentumk9/

https://www.youtube.com/@MomentumK9

In this episode of K9 Conservationists, Kayla speaks with James Helferich and Dr. Lisanne Petracca about the ocelot project in Texas. 

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Where to find Dr. Lisanne: Website

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En nuestro último episodio en el microserie español, Daniel y Kayla hablan mas sobre como es el trabajo como conservacionista canino. Si quieren escuchar MÁS episodios en español, solo escríbenos y grabamos otros. Nos encantaría hacer más episodios con conservacionistas y entrenadores de perros. Gracias a Daniel y Camilo por su apoyo en estos episodios.

In this episode of K9 Conservationists, Kayla speaks with Kendra Carter about K9 field first aid.

Links Mentioned in the Episode: 

Nols

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En nuestro cuarto episodio en español, Kayla y Daniel hablan sobre ejemplos de investigaciones cuales utilizan perros detectores de conservación. Gracias a Daniel y Camilo para su ayuda en estos episodios!

In this episode of K9 Conservationists, Kayla speaks with Ann McGloon from Seeking Scent about precision tracking and using hide placement to get the most learning application for your dogs.

Science Highlight: Wildlife detection dog training: A case study on achieving generalization between target odor variations while retaining specificity

All dogs know how to sniff. Do they all know how to problem-solve?

• A lot of dogs, especially pet dogs, have forgotten how to use their nose and their olfactory abilities
• Depends on the dog, but sometimes they need to be encouraged to problem solve.

What concepts can we teach our detection dogs by using hide placement? Why would we want to use placement to teach these skills?

• Olfaction isn’t the only cue dogs are using to solve the problem.
• Location, location, location.
• Train the environment they are going to be searching. This will help create more efficient searches because you are giving them exposure to what they are going to be experiencing on the field.

Patreon Questions:

Janna: How do we incorporate handler movement and hide placement for training? Especially with the goal of accurate but effectively progressing through searches in wilderness?

Megan: How do you teach the dog to differentiate between visual aids and odor? For instance, I came across a company selling scent work hides, but they're in fun shapes and bright colors, which may make the hide more noticeable. If you use things like that in training, how do you guarantee that the dog is searching for the odor and not searching for the hide itself?

Megan: Odor contamination is a big issue in the competition scent work world. Is this a concern in conservation detection? Can odor contamination in the search environment be used to teach the dog to differentiate between residual odor and the actual source of odor?

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