Read What the Dog Knows Online
Authors: Cat Warren
Some early shots of Kathy Holbert's litter of pups, including Coda, can be found at
http://www.chiodokennels.com/chiodo_kennels/REZA_ARKO_PUPPY_PAGE.html
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On imitative behavior among corvids, see, for example, “Social Learning Spreads Knowledge About Dangerous Humans Among American Crows,” by Heather N. Cornell, John M. Marzluff, and Shannon Pecoraro,
Proceedings of the Royal Society B
279, 2011: 499â508. Friederike Range of the Department of Cognitive Biology, University of Vienna, and head of the Clever Dog Lab at the Messerli Research Institute, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, was among the first researchers to look at imitation or social learning in dogs; see, for example, “Automatic Imitation in Dogs,” by Friederike Range, Ludwig Huber, and Cecilia Heyes,
Proceedings of the Royal Society B
278, 2011: 211â217.
The other group studying social learning in dogs at Eötvös University in Budapest has authored such articles as “Dog as a Model for Studying Conspecific and Heterospecific Social Learning,” by Enikö Kubinyi, Péter Pongrácz, and Ãdám Miklósi,
Journal of Veterinary Behavior
4, no. 1, 2009: 31â41; and “When Rank CountsâDominant Dogs Learn Better from a Human Demonstrator in a Two-Action Test,” by Péter Pongrácz, Petra Bánhegyi, and Ãdám Miklósi,
Behaviour
149, 2012: 111â132.
The South African study that I found so evocativeâ“Early Prediction of Adult Police Dog EfficiencyâA Longitudinal Study,” by J. M. Slabbert and Johannes S. J. Odendaal,
Applied Animal Behaviour Science
64, 1999: 269â288âhas not been replicated, to my knowledge.
Aaron (German shepherd-Malinois),
271
,
275
â76
abandoned properties/outbuildings searches,
183
Abominable Snowman: bloodhound tracking of,
48
Afghanistan War,
198
â200,
212
â15,
225
,
258
,
260
age: for search-and-rescue dogs,
195
aging: of dogs,
250
â54
Airedales: as war dogs,
190
alcohol: water searches and,
208
alerts
false,
146
â50,
152
,
159
,
164
,
177
of Solo,
72
,
95
,
101
,
104
,
116
,
146
â47,
148
â50,
185
,
211
,
247
,
263
Alonso, German,
227
Alzheimer's victims searches,
182
â83
“ambulance dogs,”
190
ambush detectors: insect,
222
â23
Anderson, Sandra M.,
158
â59
Andreasen-Webb, Joan,
1
â3,
6
,
7
,
9
,
10
,
13
,
82
,
102
,
218
,
267
,
273
anger management,
5
Animal Planet,
29
â30
animals
dead,
164
oder of decomposing,
61
,
86
â87,
89
in search areas,
183
sentinal,
257
â58
worship of,
23
See also type of animal
Anthropological Research Facility “body farm” (University of Tennessee),
80
,
92
Anubis,
20
Apache (German shepherd),
107
â8
apprehension work,
119
â25
archaeology,
233
,
241
,
242
.
See also
historic human remains
Argus (German shepherd),
63
Army, U.S.
cat experiments of,
59
disaster dogs and,
64
and dogs as detecting animals,
52
â53
“insect ambush detectors” of,
222
â23
Morganza Spillway search and,
206
shepherd breeding program of,
52
â53
See also
military, U.S.
Auerbach, David
bee hives of,
49
and Cat-Solo relationship,
13
,
168
Cat's relationship with,
11
,
109
â10,
111
and Coda's homecoming,
279
and comparison of human and dog noses,
28
Durham as home for,
113
German shepherds as favorite of,
5
Megan comes to live with,
4
naming of Solo by,
5
and neutering of Solo,
102
and selection of Solo's successor,
266
,
267
,
268
,
274
,
277
,
278
,
279
and Solo-Megan relationship,
10
Solo's birth and,
2
Solo's blind searches and,
152
â53
and Solo's “cancer,”
257
and Solo's intelligence,
9
Solo's personality and,
108
Solo's relationship with,
12
,
100
,
137
,
280
and Warren's (Charles) death,
98
Axel, Richard,
29
Baker, Adeline,
23
Baker, Mike
appearance of,
114
and Cat-Solo swamp search,
133
Cat's early meetings with,
112
â18
“detail” and,
159
false alerts and,
147
as head of Durham Police Department K9 unit,
112
and making training interesting,
81
retirement of,
270
and selection of Solo's successor,
270
,
272
,
273
Solo's blind searches and,
153
and Solo's honesty,
148
Solo's retirement and,
262
â63
and Solo's training,
112
â18
and submerged body searches,
204
and training of Gooch's dogs,
250
tug toys idea of,
134
“bark and hold” system,
122
barks,
119
â20
Baron Von Ricktagfan (German shepherd),
57
â59
Bass, Bill,
206
Baum, L. Frank,
170
â71
biotechnology
and advantages of dogs,
224
â25
conenose bugs and,
223
electronic noses and,
218
â19,
220
â21,
226
and ferns as bomb detectors,
223
â24
GPR systems and,
228
IED detectors and,
225
“insect ambush detectors” and,
222
â23
LABRADOR project and,
228
â29
military applications of,
222
â23,
225
and replacements for dogs,
217
â29
and “The Wasp Hound” patent,
219
â20,
223
turkey vulture experiments and,
226
â28
bite
Hook's specialization of dogs who,
201
of patrol and police dogs,
121
â25
“bite and hold” system,
122
bite sleeves,
117
,
123
â25,
251
,
269
blind searches,
152
â53
bloodhounds
Abominable Snowman tracking by,
48
at Andersonville Prison,
235
baying of,
42
as best trackers,
61
characteristics of,
41
â42
at crime scenes,
57
gender of,
273
intelligence of,
40
in law enforcement,
40
â41
noses/sense of smell of,
30
,
37
,
38
â39,
40
,
59
Oppel case and,
62
personality of,
42
Pikett claims about his,
154
,
155
â57
in popular culture,
42
â43
purity of,
39
â40
as search-and-rescue dogs,
44
slavery and,
43
â44
temperament of,
40
tracking reputation of,
39
â45,
57
training of,
40
bodies
age of,
87
appearance of,
181
â82
and attitudes of handlers about cadaver work,
176
â77
bloodhounds as tracking to,
45
,
57
dead animals on top of,
164
difficulty of getting rid of,
184
and dogs on leads,
24
flies and,
84
historic human,
232
â48
importance of finding,
184
and preparation for appearance of body,
181
â82
and recovery of dead soldiers,
191
â97
search-and-rescue dogs and,
54
in water,
201
â16
See also
body dogs; cadaver dogs; clandestine burials;
specific search
Bodies: The Exhibition
(museum show),
93
body dogs
at crime scenes,
61
â64
German shepherds as,
55
idea for,
54
media and,
62
â63
murders and,
55
â56
in Oneida County, New York,
57
â59
Rebmann as trainer of,
60
â63
Suffolk presentation about,
60
and Suffolk's legacy,
67
vocabulary and,
107
in war zones,
54
See also
cadaver dogs
“body farm” (University of Tennessee),
80
,
92
bombs/weapons
dog detection of,
33
,
34
,
37
â38,
47
,
58
,
72
,
90
fake noses and,
219
ferns as detecting,
223
â24
honeybee detection of,
48
â49
Bonaventure Cemetery (Savannah, Georgia),
197
Bone Room (Berkeley, California),
93
Bothelho, Sandra,
188
Bowling, Tracy,
150
bragging about dogs,
150
â53
brain: sense of smell and,
84
,
87
Brieger, Ludwig,
60
Buchanek, Michael,
156
Byrd, Robert,
238
Cadaver Dog Handbook
(Rebmann),
18
â19,
66
,
79
Cadaver Dog Program, Kentucky State,
232
cadaver dogs
accuracy of,
90
â92
background about,
19
â25
books about training,
18
â19,
66
,
79
Cat's decision to train Solo as,
18
Cat's early research about,
19
â25
dead sheep alerts of,
86
â87
at disasters,
64
â65
gender issues and,
272
â73
Hamburg case and,
90
â92
handlers effect on reliability of,
90
historic human remains and,
233
â35,
241
â43
importance of,
184
Labradors as,
59
and lack of resources for law enforcement,
114
â15