DRAY ALERTS TWO DIFFERENT SOURCES OF SCENT

VALLIE AND DRAY AT WORK
(AND PLAY) IN SCHOOL

Dray takes the initiative to alert two people who are each emitting a 'high' diabetic scent in the same room, which is the scent they are working with to train both dogs during that session. The scent could be very easily substituted for any other scent, and the learned behavior to alert would immediately be applied to the new scent introduced.

This is how a dog can be used for search and rescue, he's just given the new scent of an individual, and asked to find it. The behavior is already learned.

There are sufferers who believe that their type of odor changes, sometimes a burnt rubber smell, other times fecal odor, and other times fish odor, for example. A sufferer can take saliva swabs during each flareup, label them and freeze them. Once all the various possible odors are collected, they could be thawed out, put in separate containers with a lid with holes on the top, set on the floor and have Dray smell the sufferer and asked to 'find another'. It would be interesting if Dray indicates that the there are any swabs that agree with the sufferer's odor perception, and if he identifies all or some of the swabs as having the same or different odors.

A Service Dog's olfactory system can answer so many questions. He could help us classify the various odor types to begin with.

DRAY AND VALLIE'S LAST SESSION BEFORE RECESS

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TRAINING VALLIE

Training 4-month old Vallie at
Pawsibilities Unleashed, Pet Therapy of Kentucky, Inc.,
Training Center, 1410 Versailles Road, Frankfort, KY 40601
MARCH 18, 2010

Even though this young pup is hesitant to go where the 2 cats seem to have their domain for the moment, even allowing the cats to eat the treats intended for her, she is gently and lovingly coaxed (and even carried) to a position in which she assumes the more dominant role over the cats, as a service dog should. Then she happily wags her tail as she goes through tunnels (initial lesson for seek and rescue), finally learning to go down the slide to learn to play with children. As she comes down the slide, the cats move out of the way...

Vallie (Valentine Snow) initially doesn't care to walk on the ladder, but is lovingly coaxed with treats and does so with an excited wagging tail. An SD needs to get comfortable with all kinds of terrain.

Finally, she takes it in stride practicing walking on a treadmill as she is rewarded with a glob of peanut butter placed in front of her nose. This trains her to walk on moving sidewalks and escalators.

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Teaching Vallie to walk on moving sidewalks

By Liz Norris, Master Trainer
AKC-CGC Instructor and Therapy Evaluator
Pawsibilities Unleashed
Pet Therapy of Kentucky, Inc.

Wearing her harness and Service Dog bags with her official SD documents, food, treats, and toys inside, this Service Dog puppy, Vallie, is training to walk on a moving sidewalk. With a glob of peanut butter right by her sensitive nose to treat herself on, she is encouraged to keep walking on a treadmill.

Vallie is a very happy energetic puppy who LOVES to train with Liz, and she want to keep on doing the training session even after Liz stops. Liz and Vallie also gave us a demonstration on how she works in tunnels and slides for find and rescue jobs, and to play with children on a slide. Vallie kept returning to the tunnels and slide even after the training session ended. SHE LOVES IT!

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Get the keys : Video

By Liz Norris, Master Trainer
AKC-CGC Instructor and Therapy Evaluator
Pawsibilities Unleashed
Pet Therapy of Kentucky, Inc.

Get the keys: object discernment - telling one object from another

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