Brad was recently on a two year project that involved research and practical applications between scientists and K9 handlers. Brad will discuss some strategies that both scientists and K9 members may find helpful in applying in order to identify and successfully accomplish often divergent objectives.
Operational search dogs are required to work in very diverse and often chaotic environments. Brad will discuss some communication strategies for dogs in operational context. This will tie into the struggle of conditioning dogs to generalize odours well enough to generalize a novel odour.