[nagdu] Show on dog training

Vanessa Lowery vlowery at dhr.state.md.us
Wed Sep 12 12:46:59 UTC 2012


Yep, I did, but not sure if I missed one of the surveys.  I may need to check.  It was indeed very fascinating and quite thorough.

One of the challenging parts was the hair collection.  It happened to be done during a time of the year when the dogs were not shedding that heavily, so to a person wiht whom I knew was participating, including the golden and shepherd handlers, everyone was having trouble getting enough hair to put in the little baggie.  It was hillarious hearing the stories from folks trying to collect enough hair to roughly match the size of a small egg!!!



Vanessa Lowery, LGSW
Adult and Community Services Division
Adult Services Screening Unit
410-853-3550
VLowery at dhr.state.md.us


>>> Cindy Ray <cindyray at gmail.com> 9/12/2012 8:21 AM >>>
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-----
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>> Of Tracy Carcione
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>> 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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