Working Dogs in Challenging Environment: New Uses, New Problems, New Solutions
International Working Dog Conference CONGRESS CENTER OF LA GRANDE MOTTE - FRANCE MARCH 23RD TO 26TH 2015 Working dogs in challenging environment: new uses, new problems, new solutions. RC-INT-IWDBA-AP-RC-A4-HD.pdf 1 11/03/2015 11:49 ABOUT IWDBA Enhancing their performance he International Working Dog Breeding Association (IWDBA) was organized in 2005 to support professional through adapted nutrition education and interaction regarding Applied Science, Veterinary Care and Husbandry, and Program TManagement challenges related to the Selective Breeding, Rearing, and Assessment of dogs involved in working occupations. The IWDBA is organized as an association of individuals and organizations involved or interested in one or more aspects of selecting, assessing, breeding, whelping, caring for, training, and managing activities related to the production of working dogs. It includes scientists, veterinarians, program managers, training and assessment personnel, handlers, end-users of trained dogs or their services, and others. The canine occupations include those related to substance detection, police and military work, guides for people with hearing, sight, or other impairments, and as assistance dogs for people with physical or other impairments. The IWDBA and its loosely-affiliated predecessor hosted the 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005 and 2007 International Working Dog Breeding Conferences. Based upon our review of each of these we recognized that our membership and topics of conferences were far broader than breeding alone. We responded to this in 2009 (Ieper, Belgium), when our Conference was named the International Working Dog Conference, recognizing that our membership and conference subjects must include all fields related to working dogs. This explains why our congres is named IWDC since that time (2011 Sun City South Africa, 2013 San Antonio Texas USA and of course 2015 La Grande C Motte France).
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