Those incredibly 'unreliable' DOGS............again!

Meet Bear, the dog trained to save injured koalas from wildfires in Australia


Bear is the only dog that can smell koala fur from a distance

Video also on this link: https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/australia-bushfires-sydney-bear-dog-save-koalas-a9208941.html

So that is
Cancers (various, including kidney, bladder, melanoma and lung)
Epilepsy (incipient attack)
Seeing aid, (blind dogs)
Personal care (home help fetching and carrying for people with other disabilities)
Detecting
   Guns
   Drugs
   Money
   Missing people
   Explosives
   Human Blood
   Human Cadaverine
   Injured Koalas
and much more

EXCEPT blood and cadaverine emitted by one small deceased girl in one faraway country 12 long years ago. Obviously !

High-tech ‘hoodie’ helps protect military working dogs’ hearing, early tests show


The Canine Auditory Protection System, resembling a close-fitting hoodie, is made of lightweight acoustic absorption material and fits snugly over the dog's ears.
ZETEO TECH/U.S. ARMY

22 November 2019

A high-tech “hoodie” is being developed to protect the hearing of military working dogs who, like their human counterparts, are often exposed to loud noises in their job, the Army said this week.

Tests during helicopter operations of the Canine Auditory Protection System, which the Army is developing with biodefense and medical device company Zeteo Tech, “found a significant reduction in short-term hearing loss” in military canines, the Army said.

“Even a short helicopter flight can affect a dog’s hearing, resulting in impaired performance and inability to hear the handler’s commands, which can hinder the mission,” said Army Research Office scientist Stephen Lee in a statement.

A little more than an inch thick, the system is made of lightweight acoustic absorption materials that block unwanted sounds. The flexible system fits snugly around a dog’s head – like a hoodie – and forms a seal around the ears.

The system is compatible with goggles and allows dogs to work in tight spaces, the Army said.

The new hearing protection is a break from current products, which are “rigid, cumbersome and hard to put on the dog, with limited effectiveness in testing for the protection of canine hearing,” the Army said.

It’s not clear when the new equipment will be made available to military dog handling units.

The incidence of hearing loss in military dogs is thought to be similar to that in human service members, for whom it ranks as the leading service-related disability within the Department of Veterans Affairs.

“Military working dogs are subjected to the same combat exposures as their military handlers … (and) are estimated to experience similar levels of noise-exposed hearing loss,” the Army wrote in a 2017 request for proposals seeking hearing solutions for canines.

Protecting a dog’s hearing could help extend its working life, Lee said.

Military dogs carry out a range of jobs, including sniffing out roadside bombs and tracking down enemy combatants.

Last month, a Belgian Malinois named Conan garnered attention and praise from the White House, when he helped hunt down Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in Syria.

Conan suffered injuries that were not life-threatening when he chased al-Baghdadi into a dead-end tunnel, where the militant leader blew himself up, along with two of his children.

https://www.stripes.com/news/high-tech-hoodie-helps-protect-military-working-dogs-hearing-early-tests-show-1.608236

PeterMac wrote:So that is
Cancers (various, including kidney, bladder, melanoma and lung)
Epilepsy (incipient attack)
Seeing aid, (blind dogs)
Personal care (home help fetching and carrying for people with other disabilities)
Detecting
   Guns
   Drugs
   Money
   Missing people
   Explosives
   Human Blood
   Human Cadaverine
   Injured Koalas
and much more

EXCEPT blood and cadaverine emitted by one small deceased girl in one faraway country 12 long years ago. Obviously !

Koala saved from Australia bushfire dies after failing to recover from severe burns

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/australasia/australia-bushfire-koala-death-lewis-new-south-wales-toni-doherty-a9218621.html

 

A cadaver dog named Radar sat on a discolored stack of hay to signal that he smelled evidence of human remains on the very spot very Krystal Lee said Patrick Frazee stored Kelsey Berreth's body in a black tote. Prosecutors showed this video to a Teller County jury, which convicted Frazee of first-degree murder. He will spend the rest of his life in prison.

Emotional moment frantic dog owner is reunited with his Jack Russell Mitzi after she had fallen down a foxhole last Wednesday


Found by another dog!

Video on this link, thanks to PeterMac:  https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7732437/Emotional-moment-frantic-dog-owner-reunited-Jack-Russell.html?ito=chromelessDM_0

Shame the same moment isn't shared with the poor fox when it falls down I hate hunting it's cruel.

All blood sports are cruel.

I particularly detest bull fighting. Why would a crowd of many hundreds of people actually pay to watch an animal tormented and slowly tortured?

People are sick.

Police dog finds drugs in schoolbags during demonstration in Marbella

The discovery led to the suspension of three pupils at Marbella's Las Dunas secondary school

charo márquez | marbella

13 December 201915:56  

Three first and second year pupils were suspended from Las Dunas secondary school in Marbella last month after a police dog found drugs in their schoolbags.
The Local Police unit was at the school to put on a demonstration in the playground, but the bad weather meant they moved their activity into the classrooms. It was here that where the dog identified bags with small amounts of hashish.
The students in question were each suspended for 20 days.

http://www.surinenglish.com/local/201912/13/police-finds-drugs-schoolbags-20191213095134-v.html

The nose knows

New Police Dog in the making.

Oh my goodness!  

Notoriously unreliable obviously.

Dogs are trained for just about everything remarkable animals I admire them and their trainers.

A dog jumps into the water and saves a drowning baby deer

https://twitter.com/Bryan4265901/status/1209625003085500417

Therapy dogs stationed at UK airport to help nervous flyers

By
Lizzie Day
15 January 2020 @ 20:26


Many people in the UK are nervous flyers, however a UK airport has come up with a fur-proof way to make flights more enjoyable for them.

At Southhampton International Airport, therapy dogs are being stationed at both arrivals and departures to help passengers with hidden disabilities and those who have a fear of flying. 

It is a semi-permanent feature at the airport and the dogs will be on patrol once a week. The dogs from the charity Therapy Dogs Nationwide, are fully temperament tested and experienced in their trade. Simon Young Head of Passenger Operations said: ‘Having therapy dogs in our airport will not only benefit our passengers but also out staff’. 
‘Four legged companions are well known for boosting general happiness, wellbeing as well as mood and we are very excited to welcome them to the Southhampton Airport family’.

The first airport in the UK to use dogs, to help anxious flyers was Aberdeen Airport in May 2018. Fourteen dogs, including three golden retrievers, two German Shepherds, two beagles and a Leonberger and a pug, became part of the crew. It is becoming a really popular trend, with dogs being sent into care homes, schools and hospitals. They are trained to provide affection, comfort and support to people who are socially isolated or suffer mental illness.

It was found there are many benefits of the dogs including, health and wellbeing, increased confidence and improved communication skills. Airport bosses have said that when you are stroking a dog, it can slow down the heartbeat and reduce blood pressure, which is great for anyone feeling nervous about their journey. 

Kirsty Smith, who is a Rehoming Supervisor at Blue Cross Southhampton said: ‘We see every day how incredible pets are and how much of a benefit they bring to our lives, through the joy they bring and often helping alleviate our stress and worry in difficult situations’.

We can rely on dogs to bring good news




A dog who was pulled from rubble in a Syrian war-zone as a terrified puppy by a bomb disposal expert has been announced as a finalist for Crufts.
Former Royal Engineer Sean Laidlaw was working as a bomb disposal expert in Syria when he heard whimpering from the wreckage of a school that had exploded and collapsed in 2018. 
Upon further inspection he found the source of the noise was a tiny, abandoned puppy, surrounded by her four dead siblings. He gave the nervous dog food and water.
Mr Laidlaw, 31, now credits Barrie - who is a girl - with saving his life after he struggled with PTSD - and the pooch was announced by James Middleton as one of the five competing for the Friends for Life award at this year's Crufts.

The annual award celebrates the unique relationship people have with their dogs, the important role they play throughout our lives and the support they give us in the face of adversity. 
Mr Laidlaw, from Essex, had rescued the nervous puppy only four months after the U.S.-led coalition had recaptured Raqqa from ISIS and was tasked with finding thousands of IEDs (Improvised Explosive Devices) they had hidden in buildings.

But he was forced to return home from the minefields for some leave believing he would return two weeks later - but his contract was then ended and he thought he may never see Barrie again. 
But they were reunited after thousands of pounds were raised to have the young dog flown home - and it was smuggled from Syria to Iraq, Jordan and then to France before coming to Britain seven months on.

Mr Laidlaw previously said: 'Meeting her was the best day of my life. Without her I don't know if I would have ever been able to climb out of that dark pit of despair after Afghanistan, to acknowledge the atrocities that I witnessed as a soldier or learn how to be a civilian.
'Today, I work part-time as an assistant paramedic and run a fitness training business with a friend. Although I still have moments when I can feel myself getting anxious, I just close my laptop and play with Barrie.
'With her around, I have clarity and a purpose. And although people say I saved Barrie's life, the truth is that she saved mine.'  
It comes as dog-lover James Middleton announced the five pooches competing for the Friends for Life award at this year's Crufts.
Kate Middleton's brother, 32, attended the prestigious canine competition last year as a Pets As Therapy (PAT) volunteer.


He has previously spoken out about how his dogs - Luna, Inka, Ella and Mabel - helped him through his mental health battle.
This year James, an experienced Cocker Spaniel breeder, is an ambassador for the Friends for Life award. 
He teamed up with The Kennel Club for a photoshoot in London's Green Park to unveil the five hero dogs that will compete in the public vote.
This year's finalists include a German Shepherd Police dog called Wolfie, who worked tirelessly as a firearms support dog and a close canine colleague for his owner Louise McMullen for the West Midlands Police.

Read more: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-8018787/Having-blast-Barrie-rescue-dog-saved-Syrian-rubble.html

A new documentary started on Sky Crime last week.  I haven't seen if yet, don't know if anyone has 

Send in the Dogs UK - the work of Britains Police dogs in real operations

It's a good series of documentaries - Eddie and Keela & Martin Grime feature in one of them.

The Hi Jill Havern wrote:It's a good series of documentaries - Eddie and Keela & Martin Grime feature in one of them.

I shall have to catch up on this but I do feel an email to the producers coming on.  A sort of, “but surely these dogs are incredibly unreliable?  We have this on very good authority”

Missing People - First Search Dog Heroes Qualify

https://www.missingpeople.org.uk/latest-news/1115-search-dog-heroes-qualify.html

Oh, the Irony !

PeterMac wrote:Oh, the Irony !

Surely  this will be endorsed by one or more of their 'Ambassadors'?