SAR News Published by the National Search Dog Alliance September 2016 Vol. 10, No. 9

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PODCASTS 2 Hero Dog Award Finalists 2 Board 2016 Meeting Dates Donates Kludde Painting Auction 3 October 6 Auction Instructions 4 November 3 Inner Peace 4 December 1 Newly Certified Handlers & K-9s 5 Contact Secretary, Jen Skeldon at Never Forget 911 7 [email protected] for the call in number for the K-9 Disaster Preparedness 8 meetings Italian Earthquake K-9 Search 9 Board of Directors and Founding Members 9 NSDA Upcoming Tests 10 NSDA Volunteer Opportunities 10 Kibbles and Bits: 11 Are Whiskers for Reading the Wind? 13 Searcher Shot 14 Bucky Says: Book Review 16 Would Your Dog Chose Praise Over Food? 17 There is no snooze You Can’t Trick Your Dog with a Happy Voice 18 button when the dog Epipen Price Soars 18 wants to eat breakfast. Dog Gives Life for Baby in Fire 19 SAR K-9Pepper Dies During Search 20 Shooter of Ohio K-9 Gets 45 Yrs. In Prison 20 VA Police Justified in Death of K-9’s Killer 21 Zika…still 22 A New Squeaky Toy? 23 The Last Howl 23

NSDA SAR DOG NEWS September 2016 Page 2 2016 HERO DOG Hooch — Emerging Hero NSDA PODCASTS

This month’s Podcast features an interview with Shay Cook about canine decontamination.

Shay Cook has been a certified canine handler for 18 years with California Rescue Dog Association (CARDA) with certifications in Trailing, Cadaver and Wilderness Area. She is Charity Partner: for Patriots Sponsor: Merial, maker of NexGard® [afoxolaner] Chewables also a member of Alameda County Sherriff Location: Tehachapi, California Search and Rescue (ALCO) and Yosemite Team (YODOGS) with over 200 Zach Skow, of Marley’s Mutts Dog Rescue, was searches. She holds degrees in Business alerted about the French Hooch and was Management and Biology, is a Registered told that the dog wouldn’t eat or drink, and Veterinary Technician (RVT), K-9 First Aid would instead thrash his food and water bowls instructor and enjoys doing SAR classes around like a maniac. He was 35 pounds throughout the state of California. Shay served underweight –dehydrated and severely on the CARDA Board of Directors, is certified in malnourished. When taken to the vet, he was HAZMAT, FRO, First Responder, CPR and has a sedated to ready him for x-rays, and it was SARTECH II certification. Shay has been discovered that Hooch’s tongue had been training since 1986 and has worked with savagely removed at its base, likely in an dogs in Schuzthund, Guide Dogs for the Blind, attempt to prime him for the role of a bait obedience, socialization and scent detection. dog. After using a feeding tube it was Shay works at UC Berkeley as a Research discovered that Hooch could be hand-fed! He Compliance Analyst and enjoys bringing the tilts his head back while Zach places a handful of scientific perspective to . food in the back of Hooch’s throat and they let gravity do the rest. Hooch works with autistic, You can listen (and subscribe) to the Search abused and special needs children. Hooch is Dog PODCAST through iTunes and also find the known for showing patience and kindness and is PODCAST on Podbean at proof that anything can be overcome. www.saroc.podbean.com. - - - - Please send questions, feedback and suggestions to [email protected] NSDA wants to thank Elizabeth Fossett and K-9 Kobuk for their hard work in And the PODCASTS stay up indefinitely. Stay tuned. representing NSDA and SAR dogs across the country. Also, by being the Finalist in Eva Briggs the Search and Rescue Category, they raised $2,500 for NSDA to use towards our Evaluator travel costs for next year. Way to go Kobuk!

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DONATED KLUDDE PAINTING TO BE AUCTIONED

How many people do you know who can point to an original painting on their wall and say that it was painted by the famous painting dog named Kludde? Who or what is a Kludde?

ABOUT KLUDDE’S ACTIVITIES Kludde (pronounced clue-d) is a five year old Dutch Shepherd dog. He comes from a well known police kennel in the Netherlands and is a competition dog. He does protection, sports, tracking, searching, jumping, and for fun --- painting.

ABOUT SUPER KLUDDE French Ring 3, Mondio Ring 3, Stoberprufung 3, Tracking 3, , Ultimate Jumper, Super Elite and Top Gun dock dog.

ABOUT KLUDDE’S ART Kludde usually paints in the shower since he is an enthusiastic painter and sometimes paints on canvas too. He started painting in early 2016 and his technique is maturing.

ABOUT KLUDDE’S “MOM” I was introduced to non- dogs through search and rescue decades ago. I began on a team doing base support work then began working with dogs. Although I do not do search work now, I have great appreciation for the time and dedication of all those performing this needed service.

ABOUT KLUDE’S HISTORY

Kludde donated a "Thin Blue Line" painting (right) to Combat Canines to support their efforts to help U.S. retired Military Working Dogs (MWD), Contract Working Dogs (CWD), and Law Enforcement (LE) K-9's live a higher quality of life after retirement.

Now, Kludde has donated to the National Search Dog Alliance the chance to raise funds to support the Alliance’s search and rescue K-9 education, testing and certification expenses.

See the next page for your chance to own a Kludde . . . . .

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THIS IS THE DONATED, ORIGINAL KLUDDE PAINTING THAT CAN BE YOURS.

HERE’S HOW:

BIDDING OPENS September 15th, 2016

Last bid accepted: October 10, 2016 at 9:00 PM Eastern

Send bids to [email protected]

Include: Your name Your email address Your bid amount

All bidders will be notified twice weekly of the current highest bid.

Your name will not be used publicly without your permission.

Size: 12” x 15”, including frame

INNER PEACE

If you can always be cheerful, ignoring aches If you can take criticism and blame and pains, without resentment, If you can resist complaining and boring people If you can conquer tension without medical with your troubles, help, If you can eat the same food every day and be If you can relax without alcohol, grateful for it, If you can sleep without the aid of drugs, If you can understand when your loved ones are too busy to give you any time, THEN YOU ARE PROBABLY THE FAMILY DOG.

Handle every stressful situation like a dog

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Donna Cramer and K-9 Kip WASHINGTON Water HRD Bob Calkins and K-9 Ruger Area II

WASHINGTON Dena Haney & K-9 Daily LAND HRD HAWAII Azi and Jim Turturici and K-9 Jethro Area/HR Aware

ALASKA NSDA SAR DOG NEWS September 2016 Page 6

ALASKA ALASKA Dolly Lefever and K-9 Taku Vicky Parks and K-9 Bettles Land HRD Area II, Land HRD

MONTANA Christoper “Opie” Jahn and K-9 Olaf Large Area/HR

Dogs and people can come into your life as blessings or lessons. We learn things from both, but honestly, dogs have taught me much more about being a better person than people ever have. C. Goede

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NEVER FORGET 9/11

Saying thanks to the 350 rescue dogs who responded to 9/11

WEST ORANGE, New Jersey — Pieces of World "During those harrowing efforts, various Trade Center steel, bronze statues, gardens, handlers stated they were so grateful to have a and plaques across the country have been canine partner just to help them get through it." dedicated to the memory of the lives lost on September 11, 2001, and to the rescuers who "In our lives, dogs become part of our family, responded to the Twin Towers that day to save are trusted friends and played an integral role in them. Now, the hundreds of four-legged the rescue and recovery efforts at Ground Zero responders to the 9/11 terror attacks are being and the Pentagon," County Executive Joseph commemorated, too. DiVincenzo said in a statement. "This statue will ensure their contributions during that ordeal are "Today we pay tribute to the roughly 350 search always remembered." and rescue dogs that worked tireless hours trying to locate survivors amid the twisted pile of The bronze statue weighs about 5,000 pounds, steel beams, concrete and ash where the World county officials said. It is four-feet tall, and sits Trade Center once stood, in addition to the on a one-foot block of granite. The statue, Pentagon," New Jersey Attorney General designed by Oregon-based artist Jay Warren, Christopher S. Porrino said in a release about was paid for through corporate donations. the dedication.

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 safety harness with carabiners attached, if possible. "Search dogs covered 16 acres of land at  bottled water: this can be tap water from Ground Zero covered with metal and debris, and your home in bottles filled before the went where humans could not go," Newark water may have been contaminated Public Safety Director Anthony Ambrose said in  Waste cleanup device the release. "This is a fitting way to remember  any medications how many families gained some sort of closure because of the work by dogs."  proof of ownership document Jessica Mazzola | NJ Advance Media  medical records  recent picture of your K-9 and other pets for identification purposes. Your K-9’s K-9 DISASTER SAR ID comes in handy here. PREPAREDNESS Preparedness long before disaster strikes is also essential for you and your canine’s safety.

 If your dog is micro-chipped, make sure In light of all the recent hurricanes and wildfires, it is time to check your address and telephone number with the inventory of the company are correct. our disaster  Update infop on dog’s collar tab. preparedness.  Many disaster shelters do not allow pets As SAR handlers, so plan accordingly. we have a  Prepare a list of pet friendly container for our accommodations. K-9 but does it have everything  Put a pet decal on your front door so the dog will need emergency responders will know to check for a lenghy time away from home? Most of for animals inside the home. If you get these contain enough to sustain you and your your K-9 and pet(s) out before rescuers canine for 72 hours but, if you live in the arrive, write EVACUATED on the decal. disaster area, your stay away from home and supplies could be longer so you’ll need more of everything. Do you have other pets who will If you keep all these items together in a safe need things if you have to evacuate? place close to your exit, then it should be easy to evacuate at a moment’s notice. Fires, floods, Here are some suggestions of items to keep in tornados , hurricanes, etc. will not wait for us to the ready for a quick gather essentials and possessions. evacuation in case of a Source: Petmd.com disaster. Pack a K-9/pet-to-go emergency kit for each animal in a waterproof container. Include:  supply of pet food. This is best packed in individual servings for preservation purposes.

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ITALIAN EARTHQUAKE K-9 SEARCH

Leo, the black Labrador, helped locate an eight- year-old girl named Georgia under the rubble in Pescara del Tronto, a village that was destroyed by the quake. Georgia had been trapped for sixteen (16) hours in the ruins of her family home.

"Yesterday we were given the information that Board of Directors— under a two-story collapsed house in Pescara del Tronto there were two missing girls. OFFICERS Immediately we went to the location and Leo, in Susan Fleming, President, Pennsylvania less than 40 seconds, gave us a strong signal. [email protected] Terry Crooks, Vice-President, Montana With our colleagues from the Reparto Mobile [email protected] Senigallia and the firemen, we dug with our bare Jen Skeldon, Secretary, Idaho hands for nine hours and, at the end, we were [email protected] able to find the girl." Julie Gibson, Treasurer, Idaho

DIRECTORS Bridget Jackson, Missouri [email protected] Heather Proper-VanValkenberg, Pennsylvania [email protected] Kathleen Kelsey, Missouri [email protected] Tricia Heldman [email protected] Norma Snelling [email protected] Romeo Mejia [email protected]

Founding Members—

K-9 Thor, Eileen M. Nobles, Susan Bulanda K-9 Roo, Leslie Godchaux, Brian R. Hendrickson Continental Kennel Club, Inc., K-9 River, K-9 Persha; Jan Thompson, K-9 Cali, Peggy Ann Buchman; K-9 Geist

MashableUK by Tim Chester August 26

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Testing, Training Seminars & Conferences Reach over 1,360 SAR K-9 handlers. List your Tests, Training seminars and conferences in the SAR Dog News Contact Norma Snelling at: [email protected] 2016 Tests Location Contact Email/Phone Date Sept 30- Area, Trailing, Water & Land HR, Gun Swan Valley, ID Janet Yatchak [email protected] Oct 2 Source Residue Oct 29-30 Land HRD Sarasota, FL Janet Wyatt [email protected] 941-922-3161 Oct. 9-10 Area, Land HRD San Diego, CA Lenore Ceithaml [email protected]

Heather Oct. 15-16 Area, Disaster, Land, Water, Trailing Atterbury, IN [email protected] Suedkamp

2016 Date Seminars Location Contact Email/Phone

Camp Atterbury, [email protected] Sept 17-18 K9430 Disaster Techniques Advanced Lillian Hardy IN 812-526-0013 CSAR 2016 Seminar Air Scent, Trailing, Wisconsin [email protected] Sept 18-23 Rosholt, WI HRD, Water Recovery Lions Camp [email protected] Tim & Suzy 615-452-9116 Sept 25-30 2016 All Breed Canine Multi-discipline Holiday Lake Perry Appomattox, VA Bob Urban 440-413-1973 Maryln Allen [email protected] Oct 5-9 NSI K-9 Land HRD Seymour, IN Adams

For more Evaluator information contact Heather at: [email protected] For more Testing information, contact Rena at: [email protected]

NSDA VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES

Newsletter Editor Social Media Specialist

Please contact Susan Fleming at [email protected]

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KIBBLES & BITS by Susan Bulanda

To my loyal readers – Do you have any subjects that you would like me to cover? Send them to me at [email protected] with K & B in the subject line.

For a change, this month I will not review a . If anyone wishes to have a specific breed reviewed, please email me.

This month I am going to share some thoughts that I hope my readers will take to heart about volunteering and volunteer organizations. My husband Larry and I have been responsible for running two units for over a twenty-year period. We have also been members of volunteer organizations for even longer. We have seen groups start very small and grow to a national level and have both been involved in this situation.

When a volunteer group is small and local, or even small and national, it is fairly easy to get things done. The core group of people typically gets along, has the same goals and sees the needs of the group plainly. The goal is always to get more people involved so that the services offered can be improved and the work load distributed to more people so that each person has less to do. A well run organization has leaders whose job it is to define what needs to be done, delegate the work to the members who are best able to do the jobs and see that the tasks are completed in a timely fashion.

As the group grows, the methods and procedures or critical methodologies and policies are revised and expanded as needed. These documents control the organization, not individuals. Individuals ensure that the documents are followed properly.

When the group grows to the point that there are enough people to run the organization and there are members who are not part of the leadership, the group has reached its initial goal. At this point the increasing membership may rotate in and out of leadership positions, but there should not be a lack of members to fill leadership and administrative roles. This however is when the problems start to arise. Members may enjoy being a part of the organization and enjoy the benefits that the organization offers, but lose sight of the fact that volunteers are handling the daily tasks which increase with the addition of new members.

Norma Snelling and Dee Wild work on website.

The next step in the growth of an organization is when there are enough members to make the organization a viable, large group that can have members across the country, but the group does not yet have a large enough membership base to hire administrative personnel. Even though a group may be a volunteer group, they still have daily expenses, all of which must be covered by membership dues, fund raising events and the sale of products if the group offers them. It is at this point that an organization may fail because the people doing the work are overloaded due to the size of the group.

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This is the most difficult stage. (Keep in mind that volunteer groups must be run the same as a for- profit business.) Failure comes because members do not realize, or forget, that volunteers are running the group. These members want the benefit of the group but do not want to help ease the burden that the working members shoulder. It is a statistical fact that in almost every volunteer organization, 10% of the people do all of the work. As the membership grows, the number of people that make up the 10% should increase, but often it does not. Members become used to someone else doing the work. The activities of the group are volunteer (in our case searching and running local units) and members typically hold down full time jobs and have families as well. But the volunteers who run the large “umbrella” group also have local units, jobs and families, as well as their dedication to the “umbrella” group. This causes burnout and if new people do not fill the positions that are needed, the group as a whole can fail.

It is at this level that more problems arise. Members who are not involved in running the group do not see the amount of work that is required, work that could be broken down into manageable projects and delegated if enough people volunteered. But they do see that some things are not being done or done in a timely fashion and they complain instead of asking what they can do to help.

This adds stress to the people who are stepping up to the plate and contributes to burn out. The other thing that happens is that members may not agree with how things are being done and cause strife in the organization. This also contributes to burnout for the people who are doing the tasks.

Some people volunteer to do a job but are not competent to do it properly. It is critical that volunteers only volunteer for tasks that they are capable of doing or of learning. A job that is not done properly makes double the work for someone else and causes members to become upset because the task was not done properly.

If members really care about the organization, they should volunteer to do the job for at least a year. It is up to the leadership to interview the volunteer to determine if they are able to complete the task. If the leadership decides that someone else is better qualified, then that decision should be accepted without hard feelings. By the same token, if a person volunteers to do a job they must see it through and do it according to the established method.

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If the volunteer has a better way or a better idea, it should be presented to the leadership and wait for a decision. To operate any other way causes failure in the organization. There will always be personality clashes and strong opinions. But they should be put aside and/or handled in a professional manner because to do otherwise will jeopardize the group as a whole.

Managing volunteers is not an easy task. In the corporate world, people who do not work out can be fired. In the volunteer world it is not easy to relieve someone of a position because they fail to do the task or are not qualified.

I hope that this article has helped some of our members understand the complexity of running an organization such as NSDA and will inspire more people to volunteer to help. I hope at least, that the members will appreciate all of the hard work that our leadership is doing to keep NSDA a viable, respected organization.

We all have talents and gifts. It is very rewarding to share them for the benefit of the entire group. After all, we all have the same passion for SAR work.

ARE WHISKERS FOR READING WIND? research finds that an important part of this By Susan Bulanda ability lies in an animal's whiskers.”

In all K-9 work, it has been the general Older research has concluded that cats and assumption that dogs use their nose to detect other animals use their whiskers as feelers to the direction of scent that is carried on the wind. determine how wide an opening is so that they However, in a first ever study, it has been can decide if they can fit through the opening or determined that rats use their whiskers. not. I do not know if this is still believed to be true or not, but it makes sense. According to the study, “Many animals appear to have an impressive ability to follow the wind to The new study makes the assumption that cats find food, avoid predators, and connect with and dogs also use their whiskers to detect air potential flow since the biological aspect of whiskers is mates. Until almost the same in dogs and cats as it is in rats. now, however, no study had This is an interesting study and worth examined how considering when working our SAR dogs. land mammals know the https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/08 direction of the /160824160248.htm?utm_source=feedburner&u wind. New tm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ sciencedaily%2Fplants_animals%2Fanimals+%2 8Animals+News+--+ScienceDaily%29

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Steve Wolf, 69, was part of a three-member SEARCHER SHOT volunteer search team from Placer County Nevada City, California helping to look for Timothy Hansston, 75, who

th: has been missing since August 4 and was last August 9 The search for a missing hiker in known to be hiking the South Yuba River, Nevada County was suspended Wednesday for Placer County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson searcher safety after a search and rescue team Dena Erwin said. volunteer was shot in the hip in a state park,

Ken Lund, NewsGrio; www.flickr.com

While the group was searching in a steep for help. portion of the South Yuba River on the fifth day of the search, two shots were heard in the The team members sheltered in place as canyon. Wolf went to the ground, reporting that medical units, as well as Special Enforcement he had been shot in the hip, Erwin said. teams from Placer and Nevada counties, made their way into the area to extricate them. The The other two volunteers took cover and radioed

NSDA SAR DOG NEWS September 2016 Page 15 said it was the scariest thing they had ever done. I am so grateful to them for pushing the trio, who were in a remote area that was hard to envelope. For the team that drug him down the access, were rescued after dark by a law mountain without a back board and in chest enforcement helicopter using GPS and heat deep water hoisted him into the helicopter to seeking sensors. the helicopter pilot that is truly a wizard to have been able to set the helicopter down the way he Wolf, who was conscious did, my heart is in my throat with gratitude. He after the shooting, was is so lucky to have had such support. We are all airlifted to a hospital, doing much better today now that he is ok. where he underwent Thanks again for your well wishes.” surgery and his condition was stabilized, Erwin said. The area along the south fork of the Yuba River became a crime scene investigation. Multi SAR Volunteer Steve Wolff photo courtesy agency tactical teams from both Nevada and Placer County Sheriff's Dept. Placer County conducted a search of the area for the shooter. Helicopters were used to Wolf has been searching transport teams to the area where the shooter as a volunteer for over ten years. He is a Type remained at large late Tuesday and used heat- 1 certified searcher and considered one of the detecting devices to try to locate him. best on the Placer team, according to the Sheriff's Office. "Steve was recently asked to Authorities warned people to stay out of the promote to the Search and Rescue command river canyon area during the search. and control Overhead Team, but declined the offer because he felt so passionately about Although a motive is unknown, law enforcement being a ground-level searcher." explained that the remote location is attractive to those wanting to stay out of sight. “We do Message from Steve’s wife c/o Mark Calvo, have, and have had historically, marijuana grows CARDA: “He has verbalized how lucky he is to in that area. It is federal land, so they tend to be here. He talked a lot about what a great be drug trafficking organizations. We also have team effort it was to get him out and miners, and they are going to be protecting their remembers the risks everyone took to get him mining interests as well as sovereign citizens here. “ who want to be left off the radar,” said Nevada County Sheriff Keith Royal. The area is about 85 miles west of Reno.

Several rumors that have surfaced as a result of this incident….Nevada County Sheriff Royal made it clear, there was absolutely NO information what so ever known that there may be an armed subject in the area that may be a threat to SAR volunteers conducting the search for the missing hiker. This incident is an “From Nevada County today as well as isolated shooting without any known motive. Lieutenant Kevin Borden from Placer County, Sheriff Royal emphasized that this was not a they walked me through what occurred to get “known hostile area” and volunteers were Steven out of the canyon. It is truly the stuff of definitely not deliberately put into harm’s way. movies. According to Jerry and Kevin, the team Such rumors have surfaced and the Nevada

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County Sheriff’s Office as well as Cal OES are appalled that such would be insinuated. “So if you hear or become aware of any such rumor, please assist us in quashing it as they are completely and totally false.”

Search and rescue missions in remote wilderness areas are inherently dangerous, not only from the environment and terrain but also from animals and unfortunately criminals. We all need to be on highest alert and be careful out there. Yet we do not need to exasperate this issue by hanging onto false rumors and causing unnecessary worry of our courageous volunteers based upon one isolated, most bizarre incident.

Sources: PoliceOne.com; Sacramento Bee; KRCA; McClatchy-Tribune News Service; AP/News4- FOX11; Auburn Journal, RGJ.com

Book Review by Susan Bulanda

K9 Investigation Errors: A Manual for Avoiding Mistakes, by Resi Gerritsen and Ruud Haak, Brush Education, Inc.; 256 pgs.; ISBN: 978-1- 55059-672-4, $44.95 their dogs (typically false) influence authorities who believe them and then think that properly How can you make a good book better? Resi trained dogs who cannot perform to that level Gerritsen and Ruud Haak who wrote K9 Fraud, are not as good, when in fact the properly have accomplished that with their updated book, trained and handled dogs are correct. K9 Investigation Errors. They cover many important points in handling dogs that are Another interesting point that they bring out in common mistakes. For example, they explain their book is what they call failure scents. This how dogs can read human gestures, even the is when a dog associates a scent with failure slightest ones (the Clever Hans Effect) which and by association can lead to the dog’s poor can cause a false response from a dog. They performance. This is the same as people review some famous cases in the United States associating a benign event, song, scent or even and show how the handler or poor training food with a bad experience and react to the misled authorities, sometimes resulting in the memory that it triggers. arrest of the wrong person. There is so much information in this book that I What I especially liked was their comments that strongly recommend handlers of all disciplines dog handlers who claim fantastic results with read this book and evaluate how they can improve their dogs and their handling skills.

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The book is a high quality book, as is typical of Brush Education Publications, with quality To see if the latter view holds up, Berns and his binding, pages and soft cover. It is well edited team at the Dog Project in Emory's psychology with no typo’s or other common mistakes that department put a couple of toys and a common authors tend to make when writing. It is always household item to good use. They a pleasure to review a Brush Education book. trained a group of dogs to associate a toy truck with a food reward, a toy The chapters are: knight with verbal praise and a Scent-Identification Lineups hairbrush with no reward as a The Dutch Training Method for Scent control item. Identification Dogs’ Responsiveness to Human Gestures Once trained on the items, it was time for each Tracking Dogs in Crime Investigations dog to spend some time in a functional magnetic Scent Research and Tracking Experiments resonance imaging (fMRI) scanner. (In earlier Errors in Mantrailing work, The Dog Project was the first to train Human Odor and Dogs’ Scent Perception dogs, without being bound or sedated, to Scent Problems and Training Problems remain still in a scanner while their brain activity Preventing Investigation Errors was examined.)

Each of the dogs was tested 32 times for each of the three items, as the scanner recorded their neural activity. Would Your Dog Choose Praise Over Food? Then, in a behavioral test, each dog was tested with a Y-shaped maze in a room. At one tip of the Y was their owner and at the other a bowl of In news sure to confirm many a dog lover's food. Whenever a dog went to its owner first, it suspicions, a study of dog preferences saw received praise. The dogs were repeatedly let many canines opting for a pat on the head loose in this maze, their choices recorded. instead of a bite to eat. "Out of the 13 dogs that completed the study," Is the bond our dogs seem to share with us just said Berns, "we found that most of them either based on food -- people merely a way to score a preferred praise from their owners over food, or snack -- or is there really a deeper relationship they appeared to like both equally. Only two of between humans and their smart canine friends? the dogs were real chowhounds," he added, That question was at the root of new research "showing a strong preference for the food." from scientists at Emory University. Interestingly, the fMRI results matched up well "One theory about dogs is that they are with the Y-maze tests, the dogs' brain activity primarily Pavlovian machines. They just want correlating with their choices in the maze. food and their owners are simply the means to get it," said the lead author of the study, Emory "Dogs are individuals, and their neurological neuroscientist Gregory Berns, in a statement. profiles fit the behavioral choices they make," "Another, more current, view of their behavior is said Berns. "Most of the dogs alternated that dogs value human contact in and of itself." between food and owner, but the dogs with the strongest neural response to praise chose to go

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to their owners 80 to 90 percent of the time. It shows the importance of social reward and praise to dogs. It may be analogous to how we humans feel when someone praises us." It seems there may just be something to the people-dog bond after all.

Results of the study have been published in the EPIPEN PRICE SOARS journal Social, Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience. The price of an EpiPen, which contains http://www.seeker.com/would-your-dog- medication that reverses the effects of an choose-praise-over-food-1976786575.html allergic reaction, has dramatically increased. The cost used to be a little more than $100 a source: ANIMALS Aug 17, 2016 few years ago. Now it may cost more than $600 at local pharmacies.

The researchers recruited 13 dogs of varying YOU CAN’T TRICK YOUR DOG breeds (border collies, golden , a BY BEING MEAN IN A HAPPY ) from one to 12 years old. They played recordings for the dogs of their VOICE trainer Yes, they can in fact tell what you’re talking saying By Angela Chen to them in Dogs really can understand what we’re saying to different them, according to a new study that seems to confirm the dearest wish of many a dog-lover. And yes, that does mean if you say a mean thing to a dog in a friendly tone, the dog knows.

Researchers led by Attila Andics at Hungary’s combinations of positive and neutral words and Eötvös Loránd University put dogs in fMRI tones. For example, in one recording the trainer scanners after training them to sit still, might use positive words like "well done!" with a according to a study published in Science. The positive or higher-pitched tone. In another, she scientists recorded how the dogs’ brains reacted might use neutral conjunction words like "if" and to hearing their trainer say different "yet" with a positive tone. combinations of human words in different tones. The finding should cheer up anyone who The scan results showed that dogs, like humans, regularly tells their Pekingese about their day: process vocabulary and tone with different sides dogs can recognize the meaning of different of the brain and then combine the information words and intonations. And their brains do so in to find meaning. In humans, the left a way similar to how our human brains process hemisphere holds Broca’s area, which is heavily language. used for understanding language.

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Dogs, too, use the left side of their brain to process vocabulary, and recognize each word as distinct. They also process tone separately in the right side of the brain, just like us.

Most importantly, dogs are smart enough not to be tricked by gibberish said in a happy voice. They can put vocabulary and tone together and the reward areas of their brains are most active when they hear both positive words and positive tones. One reward area didn’t activate at all if positive words and positive tones weren’t used. A different area activated just a tiny bit when they heard positive words with neutral tone and all neutral tones. But even that area didn’t respond when there were neutral words with a positive tone so saying "wow, you messed up again" in the world’s sweetest voice isn’t fooling anyone.

Aside from this being heartening news for man’s best friend, the study authors think the finding has some relevance for us bipeds, too. Domestication might have helped dogs learn to process language in both parts of the brain but it’s unlikely that it’s the sole reason behind it, they say. This suggests that maybe it wasn’t human language that made our brains process speech with both sides. Rather, it might be that many animals — including humans and dogs — use the same areas to process language. www.theverge.com August 29

A family dog has died after shielding an 8- DOG GIVES LIFE FOR BABY IN FIRE month-old baby from a house fire that broke out in a Baltimore two-story rowhome. Erika Poremski said she had stepped outside to her car when she turned around to find the house in flames, according to CBS News. Her eight- month-old daughter Viviana was still inside with the dog, Polo.

A Baltimore City Fire Department spokesman said, when crews arrived at the two-story rowhome, it was already engulfed in heavy fire and smoke. When they were told a child was trapped on the second floor, they entered and found Poremski’s dog, Polo, in the room covering the infant with his own body.

The baby only suffered burns on her arm and side because of the dog’s protection. “He stayed with her the whole time in the bedroom and wouldn’t even come downstairs to get out the door,” Poremski said.

Paramedics were able to revive Viviana, who has Viv and Polo Erika Poremski severe burns on her face, arm and side. But

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Department will not divulge where Pepper was Polo did not survive the fire. hit at this time due to the ongoing investigation.

Ms. Poremski has been released from the "The Riverside County Sheriff's Department is hospital and Viv is in ICU at the children’s saddened by this tragic accident and hospital. “There is a lot of unknown concerning appreciative of the volunteer services provided Viv. She is burned on 19 percent of her body by Pepper and the countless volunteer dogs and and is not awake as they are doing a lot of handlers who selflessly serve the communities of testing.” Poremski said her daughter's condition Riverside County," Vasquez said. is still serious and will be monitored day to day. Pepper was a part of Riverside County Search The cause of the fire is still under investigation, Dogs, a nonprofit organization that provides the report said. search and rescue services to the Sheriff's WBALTV 11 Department, according to the organization's Peoplepets by Amy Jamieson website. TIME U.S. MARYLAND Katie Reilly Lake Elsinore Patch Renee Schiavone

SAR K-9 PEPPER DIES Man who fatally shot Ohio K-9 gets DURING SEARCH 45 years in prison August 26 CANTON, Ohio — The man who sparked national outrage when he shot and killed a Canton during a burglary in January was sentenced to 45 years in prison.

Kelontre D. Barefield, 23, pleaded guilty to a list of charges stemming from multiple court cases on Wednesday. Specific to K-9 Jethro’s death, Barefield was sentenced to six years — the maximum allowed by state law.

Image courtesy: Riverside County Sheriff's Department

GOOD HOPE, CA- A volunteer search dog was hit by a vehicle and killed during an investigation in Good Hope, authorities said this week. Pepper, a 3-year-old black Labrador , and her owner were assisting the Riverside County Sheriff's Department with an investigation west of Perris when she was struck Wednesday, August 24. (Photo/Canton Police Department) Deputy Mike Vasquez said the Sheriff's

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K-9 Jethro was among a group of officers, Norfolk VA Police K-9 Kriger including his handler Ryan Davis, who responded to a burglary in Canton on January. 9. Barefield fired at officers and injured the dog with four gunshot wounds. Jethro, who was trained as an attack dog, died after a daylong struggle to recover.

The canine’s death drew hundreds to a public funeral in Canton. Many police from in- and out- of-state attended the service with their own police dogs.

State lawmakers responded to the national outrage against Barefield by introducing legislation to strengthen the sentence for killing police dogs.

Stark County Common Pleas Judge Kristin G. Farmer labeled Barefield’s crimes as “intolerable” and accused him of putting at risk the “safety Photo credit: Courtesy Photos and security” of the public and police, according used deadly force when he shot the man three to the Canton Repository. She defended her times because the perpetrator had shot the dog sentence by pointing out Jethro’s death, and was moving his handgun toward officers. Barefield’s firing at police officers and the Sources: Officer.com, The Virginian Pilot “terror” he inflicted via his crimes.

Akron Beacon Journal NOTE: Does your state have a law making it a PoliceOne.com K-9COP Magazine felony to harm or kill a police dog in the performance of its duties? Does this law include SAR dogs?

Virginia Police Justified If a law is in place for punishment of someone who harms a police K-9, this it is a simple In Death of K-9’s Killer matter to amend the legislation to include SAR dogs.

On August 15, 2016, the Virginia Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office announced that Norfolk Police were justified in shooting a perpetrator in January after he shot and killed a police dog t the end of a 7-1/2 hour standoff. The statement said that the Officer properly

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the hospital, and they very rarely die of Zika. Once a person has been infected with Zika, ZIKA…still they are likely to be protected from future infections. While summer may be coming to a close, the There is no specific Zika Virus is still with us…especially in the medicine or vaccine Deep South and the Southwest United States. for Zika virus. Treat As long as the weather is warm/hot and there the symptoms: are water sources, the mosquito carriers of  Get plenty of rest. this disease will be with us. Below is  Drink fluids to information relating to both human and canine prevent dehydration. exposure to the mosquito carrying Zika.  Take medicine such as acetaminophen to reduce fever and pain. History: The Zika Virus was first discovered  Do not take aspirin or other non- in 1947 and is named after the Zika Forest in steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs Uganda. In 1952, the first human cases of (NSAIDs). Zika were detected. To date, no infections  If you are taking medicine for another have been detected in dogs. medical condition, talk to your healthcare provider before taking How Zika Spreads additional medication. Zika can be transmitted through: According to Dr. John W. McCall of the College  Mosquito bites: Zika is spread mostly of Veterinary Medicine at the University of by the bite of an infected Aedes Georgia, veterinarians and others of their staff species mosquito (Ae. aegypti and are receiving questions about Zika virus Ae. albopictus). These mosquitoes because there is concern and understandable are aggressive daytime biters as curiosity about whether dogs are at risk. “We well as biting at night. do not have any evidence that pets are at risk,  From a pregnant woman to but those questions are getting asked,” said her fetus causing serious birth defects Dr. McCall.  Sex  Blood transfusion (very likely, but not In a study for Ceva Animal Health maker of confirmed) Vectra 3-D, Dr. McCall found that Vectra 3D was 95% effective in preventing heart worms. Zika Symptoms But, more importantly, it was also effective as Many people infected with Zika virus won’t an insecticide. So if a mosquito touches the have symptoms or will only have mild dog, the mosquito is not going to survive. “ symptoms. The most common symptoms of These exciting results show that we can Zika are: actually block the transmission of the infection  Fever to mosquitoes. This type of product can both  Rash repel the mosquito and kill it before any  Joint pain infective larvae develop.”  Conjunctivitis (red eyes) Other symptoms include: Dr. McCall said, “If pet owners just administer  Muscle pain a flea and tick control product that also repels  Headache and kills mosquitoes, then their dogs get Symptoms can last for several days to a week. People usually don’t get sick enough to go to NSDA SAR DOG NEWS September 2016 Page 23 another layer of heartworm protection and another layer of comfort.” THE LAST HOWL By Sue Wolff John W. McCall, MS, PhD is Professor Emeritus, Department of Infectious Diseases, Opinions expressed in this column are College of Veterinary Medicine at the those of the author and not necessarily those of the National Search Dog University of Georgia. Alliance

Sources: CDC, dvm360.com, avma.org We’ve all seen the ads…a sad looking dog peering out from behind bars. The appeal is for saving dog’s which have been A NEW SQUEAKY TOY? abandoned and/or abused. I can’t watch those commercials.

I go to another channel. However I’ve always felt that I would adopt one of those homeless and abused dogs.

Let me say here that I greatly admire people who save these animals from extinction and that the animals adopted are well worth any effort needed to have them become part of a family. Many shelters and rescues screen their adoptive dogs carefully for friendliness and calmness of demeanor also teaching them how to be sociable with humans as well as other animals. This is also a great place to look for canines for SAR. The Stubby squid is a toy-like cephalopod. Fully grown, they are about 2.36 inches long. When my GSD died of lung cancer and after I had grieved for her, I began looking at This little guy was found about 2,950 feet shelters for an adoption. My daughter, who is below the surface of the northern Pacific. very good at matching people with the right animal, found another GSD for me, not from a For more information, see shelter but rescued straight out of the yard http://www.seeker.com/purple-stubby-squid- where she had been tied up for the last two charms-submersible-scientists- years. 1974193959.htmT The GSD is a five years old, spayed female. Her owner was in jail and his parents took the dog. This is the extent of my knowledge of her background.

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Not only did Susan diagnose many of my GSD’s problems but she also offered I thought I was being a savior for this dog solutions, which are working well. and that she would immediately love me. This was only partially true. Like people, She also confirmed what I suspected: it will dogs come with baggage. The more you take 6-12 months of care, compassion, love know what that luggage contains, the easier and training before the dog and I will be it will be for you and the dog to adjust to completely in sync. each other. I knew when I adopted this dog that she The dog peed in the house no matter how needed someone who was home all the time many times I took her out for a walk, where and could devote a lot of attention to her. I she also peed. She was afraid of my kitchen. also knew that I could be developing a No one could touch her ribs, her tail, the rest “Velcro” dog which would forever stick to me of her body and especially her feet. When off like glue and therefore could progress into a lead, she ran in frantic circles around the serious case of separation anxiety but I was island in my kitchen. So after trying various willing to take on the challenge. And holistic and natural medications, the vet put challenge it has been but we’re getting there, her on “doggie Prozac”. thanks to Susan Bulanda’s help…and it’s all been worth it! On the plus side, when I said turn, she did. She also heeled when given that command so My advice: don’t adopt a rescue dog unless she had had some obedience training. you have a lot of time, understanding and However there was still a lot about her love to give to that dog. Having an extensive behavior that I did not understand so I knowledge of the canine’s background is also contacted Susan Bulanda who is an animal a very big plus. Do not think that the dog will behaviorist and one of the founding members immediately take to you and your family but of NSDA. it will require some integration. If starting it in SAR, begin socializing the canine as soon In a lengthy phone call, we discussed my as possible. If the dog is controllable, take it dog’s problems and she explained many to Lowes when you shop. They allow dogs things about my new canine. The dog is an and it’s a good place to mix with humans and alpha and many of her behaviors relate to often other canines. Do give your new dog that. Many other behaviors, such as her lots of love and attention. Be especially circling my kitchen island, relate to her being conscious of giving the K-9 positive tied on a 15 foot, 4 inch diameter rope for at reinforcement and you should have a long, least two years. Susan explained the “zoo happy life together. effect” where tigers who have only had a certain area in which to pace will continue to pace that same distance even when moved to a larger or freer area. My dog was perhaps circling in the same manner as she did while tied up.