[nagdu] Show on dog training

[Cindy Ray]

Did anyone do the extensive survey on the longevity of service dogs that this University of Pennsylvania was doing? It was rather fascinating and went over a two or so year period. You had to fill out several surveys concerning your life and that of your dog. It was rather fun to participate, and I don't know when there will be results.

CL

On Sep 12, 2012, at 6:41 AM, Tracy Carcione wrote:

> Toni, you're quite right, of course.  I was getting my universities
> confused.  It's associated with the U Penn vet program, which is reputed
> to be one of the best in the country.
> 
> One of the things the guest said is that the US has been importing a lot
> of working dogs from Eastern Europe, because they've maintained working
> lines, while we've gone into pet and show lines. But the Penn program is,
> as I understood it, working to improve working lines here, so we can breed
> and train our own detection dogs.  Which made me wonder if that will also
> help improve guide dog lines, because it's important to get fresh genes
> into a line sometimes.  I know career change dogs can go into detection or
> search and rescue, or other service, so, if they get this new program
> going, maybe some of their career change dogs might come into guide work? 
> Even though the kind of dog needed for each kind of work is quite
> different, as I understand it.
> Tracy
> 
>> Hello!
>> 
>> The training dog center is associated with the University of Pennsylvania
>> not Penn State University.
>> 
>> Toni
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
>> Of Tracy Carcione
>> Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2012 2:32 PM
>> To: nagdu at nfbnet.org
>> Subject: [nagdu] Show on dog training
>> 
>> Today's Fresh Air on NPR is about the Penn State Working Dog Center, which
>> is starting a new training program, mostly for detection and search and
>> rescue dogs.
>> They will work on creating better tests to see if a puppy will be
>> successful, among other things.
>> They will also be bringing in pups to train and test during the day, then
>> the pups go home to their foster families at night.
>> I wonder, if guide dog schools did that, if dogs would be ready sooner, or
>> dropped earlier, or if a dog needs a certain maturity to become a reliable
>> guide.
>> Tracy
>> 
>> 
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