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Expert Advice: Training for Dog Sports
Indoor Scent Games for Dogs
Scent games are a great way to keep your dog stimulated indoors and channel their sniffing instincts. Games also help prepare for sports like Scent Work.
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| September 1, 2021
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Expert Advice: Dog Breeds
Can Dogs Detect Wine-Tainting Molecules?
International vintners depend on dogs to find wine-tainting molecules Alejandro Fantoni Sr. was waiting in an airport security line when one of the detection dogs caught his attention. Fantoni struck up a conversation with the handler. “[My dad] started talking with the trainer of the dog, asking, ‘Can you train dogs to detect any kind […]
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| March 10, 2021
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Expert Advice: Dog Sports
Mantrailing for the Scent-Driven Dog
Mantrailing has traditionally been an activity used to assist in the hunt for missing persons. However, it is growing in popularity as a dog sport.
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| January 11, 2021
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Expert Advice: Feature
Belgian Malinois “Shiraz” Awarded 2020 Search & Rescue ACE Award
Each year, the AKC Humane Fund pays tribute to five dedicated, hardworking dogs for making significant contributions to an individual or entire community. One award is given in each of the following categories: Uniformed Service K-9, Service, Therapy, Search and Rescue, and Exemplary Companion Dog. Like a good wine, Shiraz seems to just keep getting better with age. The 12-year-old […]
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| December 3, 2020
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Expert Advice: News
Bloodhound “Stella” Awarded 2020 Uniformed Service K-9 ACE Award
Each year, the AKC Humane Fund pays tribute to five dedicated, hardworking dogs for making significant contributions to an individual or entire community. One award is given in each of the following categories: Uniformed Service K-9, Service, Therapy, Search and Rescue, and Exemplary Companion Dog. No matter the environment, just about everyone who meets Stella thinks she’s “scentsational.” From lifesaver […]
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| December 2, 2020
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Expert Advice: News
Coronavirus-Sniffing Dogs Deployed at Finland Airport
A Finland airport has a new way to test passengers for COVID-19 — coronavirus-sniffing dogs. On Wednesday, September 23, the Helsinki Airport in Finland launched a four-month trial program that includes coronavirus-sniffing dogs. Researchers believe that changes in health, such as a virus, affects the way people smell. With this trial, researchers want to prove […]
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| September 23, 2020
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Expert Advice: News
Radar the Bloodhound Helps Solve Dozens of Murder Cases
Radar is a “decomposition dog" who is trained to pick up the scent of death. He can also find missing people, suspects of crimes, and track evidence. Now eight years old, Radar has been training for this since he was just 10 weeks old. Since then, he's helped put away about 24 murders and has […]
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| July 29, 2020
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Expert Advice: Training
How to Teach Your Dog Scent Work at Home
You don’t have to own a military or police K-9 to teach your dog how to recognize a scent. In fact, you don’t even have to leave your house. What Is AKC Scent Work? AKC Scent Work is a sport that mimics the task of working detection dogs to locate a scent (e.g., explosives or narcotics) and communicate […]
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| May 27, 2020
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Expert Advice: Advanced Training
Could Dogs Help Detect COVID-19?
As states begin to open and the demand to test and screen for COVID-19 grows, researchers are enlisting all the help they can get — including dogs. Led by Cynthia M. Otto, director of the Working Dog Center at UPenn’s School of Veterinary Medicine, eight Labrador Retrievers are being trained to sniff out the coronavirus. Training […]
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| May 14, 2020
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Expert Advice: Health
Brain Games for Dogs: When Can a Puzzle Be the Solution?
There’s no debating the power of play in a dog’s life. Beyond building the canine-human bond, it serves as a way to mentally and physically stimulate the dog. (In other words, it tires them out!) What can you do when you can’t be around to entertain your canine pal all day? How can you provide […]
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| March 20, 2020