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Authors: Cat Warren
leash on,
96
Oesterhelweg study of,
91
â92
recovery of dead soldiers by,
192
â97
scent recognition by,
70
â72,
90
â92
and scent/smell of decomposition,
18
,
84
â88,
89
â90
scientific studies about,
90
â92
and selection of Solo's successor,
267
shepherds as,
59
signal of,
70
â72
Solo's training as,
69
â72,
93
â95,
96
â98
training of,
18
â19,
85
â86,
92
â96
Vass views about,
228
volunteers as handling majority of,
115
water searches and,
201
â4
See also
body dogs;
specific crime scene, disaster, person or dog
Cady, Linda and Lisa Ann,
55
â56
Calgary, Canada: George's water search in,
211
Campbell, John,
44
Canada: body dogs in,
54
canaries,
258
Candy (Labrador),
233
canine ergonomics,
73
â74
canine predation,
23
Cary, Peter,
225
Casey (German shepherd),
251
,
275
Center for Public Integrity,
225
Central Identification Laboratory, U.S. Army,
193
Cerberus (mythological dogs),
22
The Chain Gang
(movie),
43
Cher,
217
Cherokee (cadaver dog),
107
,
164
chocolate: studies about smell of,
32
Christensen, Ann,
240
Civil War: recovery of dead bodies from,
43
,
93
,
191
â92,
233
â35,
245
clandestine burials,
61
â62,
183
â84,
228
,
243
,
245
Cleaveland, Nehemiah,
231
Clever Hans (German draft horse),
145
â46,
154
,
155
,
194
coatis,
52
Coda (German shepherd)
as name of Solo's successor,
268
,
279
â80
cognition: smell and,
34
â37
Colonel of Redstone (body dog),
56
Columbo (vulture),
227
commands
importance of,
105
â8
for Solo,
105
,
135
â36,
147
,
153
,
246
See also specific command
“commit” of dogs,
160
conenose bugs,
223
confirmation bias,
152
Connecticut: Oppel case in,
61
â63
Connecticut Health Department,
60
Connecticut State Police,
45
,
63
,
64
,
67
,
115
,
186
,
188
Cool Hand Luke
(movie),
43
Cooper, D.B.,
53
Cora (German shepherd),
6
corpse flower,
85
corpses.
See
bodies; body dogs; cadaver dogs; death; decomposition
court system
acceptance of tracking evidence by,
39
â40,
45
,
56
and claims about accuracy of dogs,
154
â59
and convictions without a bodies,
63
and dog-sniff privacy issues,
151
role of scent evidence in,
154
â55,
156
Coyote (German shepherd),
66
,
81
â82
Crafts, Helle and Richard,
63
Craighead, Frank,
30
Creature Countdowns
(TV show),
29
â30
crime scenes
body dogs at,
61
â64
dogs at,
57
training of body dogs and,
61
See also
murders
CSI
(TV show),
23
â24
Dachshunds,
37
Daughters of the American Revolution,
243
Dean, Edward E.,
49
death
dogs connection with,
19
â25
dogs as harbingers of,
23
scent/smell of,
18
,
21
,
80
â82,
83
,
84
â89,
200
See also
bodies; decomposition
decomposition
length of time of,
87
rate of,
83
â84
research about,
84
â85
smell/scent of,
18
,
21
,
80
â82,
83
,
84
â89
Vass studies about,
85
,
86
â87,
88
,
89
,
92
See also
bodies
Defense Department, U.S.,
48
,
49
DeMello, Debbie,
186
dementia patient searches,
182
â83
detection
and Cat's ambitions,
110
â11
of clandestine burials,
228
dogs and,
52
â53
fake noses and,
217
â22
and ferns as detectors,
223
â24
honeybees and,
48
â49
and insect ambush detectors,
222
â23
and LABRADOR project,
228
â29
national set of best practices for,
86
pigs and,
50
â51,
54
,
60
,
88
â89
SwRI research about,
47
â52
and “The Wasp Hound” patent,
219
â20,
223
turkey vultures and,
226
â28
Dick, Wendi,
259
Dick (working dog),
198
Diesel (German shepherd),
119
,
128
â29
difficult terrain searches,
182
disaster dogs,
54
,
55
,
64
â65,
74
,
190
,
267
disease: dogs as warning system for human,
257
â59
Disney, Walt,
43
Dixee (Malinois-German shepherd),
170
,
207
,
236
DJ (German shepherd),
251
â52,
270
,
271
,
276
DOA (decomposition odor analysis),
85
dog meat: people as eating,
25
dogs
in ancient times,
232
â33
claims about accuracy of,
154
â59
distractions for,
165
euthanasia of,
23
evaluation of,
269
expertise of,
73
gender issues and,
272
â73
as ignoring handlers,
160
as infallible,
168
and killing of dogs and handlers in Afghanistan,
212
â13
longevity of,
256
motivation for,
76
â79
in popular culture,
23
â24
replacements for,
217
â25,
226
â28
retirement of,
250
â52
as sacrifices,
22
as teachers,
275
â76
toxic exposure of,
255
â57
as trusting their nose,
160
as warning system for human disease,
257
â59
See also specific breed, dog, or topic
double-blind problems,
149
â50,
153
Douglas, Gabby,
74
drugs
and alerts of narcotics dogs,
72
“commit” of dogs and,
160
court cases about detection of,
151
detection/smell of,
33
,
38
,
86
,
90
,
218
and dog's trust of nose,
160
Durham K-9 unit and,
114
fake/artificial noses and,
218
,
219
,
220
false alerts about,
151
â52
handler-dog relationship and,
160
Lit study about dogs' detection of,
151
â52
Solo searches for,
132
Sprouse-Rick incident and,
124
training of patrol dogs and,
166
training for search of,
76
in Vietnam,
33
See also
narcotics dogs
Dupa (German shepherd),
63
Durham Police Department
aging of police dogs with,
254
Baker as head of K9 unit for,
112
Baker's retirement from,
270
K9 unit at,
114
â15
and selection of Solo's successor,
268
Durocs: detection studies on,
50
â51
Dusty (Beauceron),
240
Eagle (Doberman-pointer mix),
158
electric fence: Solo at,
101
electronic nose,
218
â19,
220
â21,
226
“endangered” people,
176
“evaluating effluvia,”
31
expertise: building,
73
â74
facial recognition,
88
false alerts,
146
â50,
152
,
159
,
164
,
177
false claims,
150
â53
Fargo
(movie),
63
Faust, Drew Gilpin,
191
FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation),
158
â59,
170
,
228
FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency),
81
Ferguson, Roy,
107
â8,
161
â67,
169
,
205
â6,
273
Ferguson, Suzie,
162
â67,
169
,
205
â6,
273
ferns: as bomb detectors,
223
â24
Fidelco Guide Dog Foundation,
61
“Find the fish” command,
105
,
136
,
147
“Find Fred” command,
106
â7
“Find napoo” command,
105
â6
fish
as PVC pipe training tool,
80
,
81
See also
“Find the fish” command
Fish (Labrador),
24
â25
flies,
84
Florida
patrol dogs in,
275
training programs in,
118
â20,
125
â30
Ford, Gerald,
58
Forensic Osteology Research Station (FOREST), Western Carolina University,
95
â96
Fort Lauderdale, Florida: training program in,
118
â20
Fourth Amendment,
151
fox terriers,
37
foxes,
51
â52
Frankfurt, Harry G.,
145
,
147
â48,
151
Franklin, Pat,
244
,
246
,
247
â48
“freeze moment,”
173
Freundlieb, Stefan,
228
Fröhlingsdorf, Michael,
228
Frosty (golden retriever),
170
Gamr (mythological dog),
22
garbage dump searches,
183
genetics,
270
Gentry, Charm,
240
Georgia: Thomasville searches in,
233
â37
Georgia Institute of Technology: electronic nose research at,
218
German Shepherd Dog Club, Washington State,
34
German shepherds