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Authors: Cat Warren
dispersal of,
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of historic human remains,
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,
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,
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human body,
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human remains versus live human,
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ingested chemicals and,
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longevity of,
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and role of scent evidence in court system,
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submerged bodies and,
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training and,
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“The Wasp Hound” patent and,
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â20
water searches and,
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,
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,
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See also
working scent
scent drive: of Solo,
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scent lineup, Pikett's,
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â56,
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Schatzie (German shepherd),
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â67,
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Schutzhund (ring sport),
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,
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â24
Search & Rescue Dog training packages,
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search-and-rescue dogs,
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â18,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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searches
and animals in search areas,
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blind,
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Cat's reactions to,
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â80
comparison of land and water,
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â10,
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in difficult terrain,
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dogs' unwillingness to stay within confines of,
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â67
handlers' preparation for,
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â83
learning from,
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â78
options for outcomes of,
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â77
reality of,
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â79
time frame for,
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types of areas for,
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â85
unreasonable,
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See also specific search or type of search
second-dog syndrome,
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Seminole Indian Wars,
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sentinel animals,
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Shakespeare, William,
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,
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,
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sheep: scent of dead,
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shell game,
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shepherds,
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,
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.
See also type of shepherd or specific dog
Sherlock (vulture),
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Shiraz (Belgian Malinois),
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,
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Sinai War (1972),
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singleton dog(s),
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,
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â6,
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,
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skunks,
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slave searches,
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â44,
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,
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â41,
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,
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Sledge, Michael,
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smell, sense of
and aging of dogs,
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bears and,
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bloodhounds and,
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,
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,
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â39,
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of Cat,
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â85
chocolate studies about,
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cognition and,
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comparative studies about,
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,
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â31,
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â37
of hunting dogs,
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identical twin study and,
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importance of,
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lack of knowledge about dogs,
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medical importance of,
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number of receptors and,
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police dogs and,
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research about,
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â30,
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â38
tracking and,
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See also
nose; scent
Solo (German shepherd)
alert of,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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â47,
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â50,
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,
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,
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,
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Baker's critique of,
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biotechnology revolution and,
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body language of,
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Cat's expectations for,
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,
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,
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,
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â17
Cat's initial feelings about,
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,
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,
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and Cat's lifestyle,
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and Cat's reactions to cadaver work,
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Cat's relationship with,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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and Cat's views about being a handler,
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cleverness of,
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Coda's relationship with,
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â80
command for,
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,
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â36,
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,
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,
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“commit” of,
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and comparison of human and dog noses,
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Cora's (great-aunt) relationship with,
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David's relationship with,
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,
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,
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,
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disciplining of,
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and exposure to whole bodies,
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â97
false alerts and,
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â47,
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â50
homecoming for,
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â8
Hook's views about,
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â72,
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intelligence of,
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and longevity of scents,
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Megan's relationship with,
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,
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â10,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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motivation of,
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â82
naming of,
5
neutering of,
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nickname for,
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and other dogs,
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â13,
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,
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â18,
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â3,
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pain and,
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paw preference of,
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personality of,
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â9,
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,
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,
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â18,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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â53,
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Piedmont woods walk in,
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â32
as a puppy,
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â13
reputation of,
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rewards for,
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,
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,
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,
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and selection of Solo's successor,
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,
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,
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â79
talents of,
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as teacher for new puppy,
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,
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â77
teaching “ouch” to,
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toys for,
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,
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â9,
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,
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veterinarians' visits with,
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,
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Vita's mothering of,
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Warren (Charles) and,
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â11,
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Solo (German shepherd)âsearches of
difficult,
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and first track of Solo,
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historic human remains,
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,
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,
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â48
negative,
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â53
obedience during,
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and reality of searching,
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â79
Solo (German shepherd)âtraining of
for blind searches,
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â53
as cadaver dog,
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â72,
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â95,
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â98
Clever Hans affair influence on training of,
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Hook's,
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,
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â72,
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,
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,
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,
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â82,
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,
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,
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â104,
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â38,
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â50,
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,
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obedience,
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problems with,
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â2
and scent of death,
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timing in,
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for water searches,
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â4,
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â10
Solo, Han (fictional character),
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,
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Sorg, Marcella,
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South Carolina: cemetery search in,
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Southwest Research Institute (SwRI),
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â52,
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,
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Sprouse, Sandy,
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Sprouse, Steve,
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â20,
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â30,
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â52,
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â71,
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,
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â76
Stager, Kenneth,
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Stephanitz, Max von,
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Strega (sable German shepherd),
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â200,
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â16,
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â40,
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,
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â60
Stubbs, Debra,
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Suffolk, Ralph D. Jr. “Jim,”
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â59,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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Suffolk, Sally,
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Sullenberger, “Sully,”
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Sunshine, Larry,
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Super Bowl: Dennis searches at,
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Supreme Court, Connecticut,
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Supreme Court, New York State,
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Supreme Court, U.S.: dog-sniff cases before the,
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swamp, North Carolina: Solo's search in,
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â38,
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â43
Syracuse University: Levy body search at,
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Tarn (German shepherd),
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Taylors Millpond: training for submerged bodies in,
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â4
Temple (Belgian Malinois),
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Tennessee: search for submerged body in,
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â6
“The Wasp Hound” patent,
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â20,
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Thomas, Cherita,
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Thomasville, Georgia: searches in,
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â37
Time
magazine: demise of working dogs story in,
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,
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timing: importance of,
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â60
Tina (bloodhound),
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Titus, Roger,
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â41,
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,
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,
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,
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Tomkins, Lisa,
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Tona (bloodhound),
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“Too far” command,
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toxic exposure: of dogs,
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â57
toys
Cat-Solo relationship and,
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and Cat's training of Solo,
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and Cora (great-aunt) as teacher for Solo,
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as distractions,
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â66
and drive of dogs,
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fish PVC training tools as,
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,
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and George's training program,
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,
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,
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,
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as rewards,
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,
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