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Researchers at Michigan State University recently found that bees' sense of “smell” is sensitive enough to identify chemical smells of cancer. 密歇根州立大学的研究人员最近发现，蜜蜂的“嗅觉”足够灵敏，可以识别癌症的化学气味。 Bees sense chemicals in their environment using antennae, structures on their heads, which serve as “noses” to sense smells. 蜜蜂使用触角来感知环境中的化学物质，触角是它们头部的结构，充当感知气味的“鼻子”。 The researchers wrote in a study published last month that honeybees can sniff out lung cancer on a patient's breath. 研究人员在上个月发表的一项研究中写道，蜜蜂可以通过病人的呼吸嗅出肺癌。Debajit Saha is an assistant professor of biomedical engineering at Michigan State University. He was part of a team that published the research. Debajit Saha 是密歇根州立大学生物医学工程助理教授。他是发表该研究的团队的一员。 “Our world is visual. [The] insects' world is all based on smell, so their sense of smell is very, very good,” Saha said. “我们的世界是视觉的。昆虫的世界都是基于嗅觉的，所以它们的嗅觉非常非常好，”萨哈说。 “There is quite a bit of research that shows that when some cancer grows inside our body, our breath actually changes. Our research does show that honeybees can detect lung cancer and possibly other diseases based on the smell of those cells.” “大量研究表明，当某些癌症在我们体内生长时，我们的呼吸实际上会发生变化。我们的研究确实表明，蜜蜂可以根据这些细胞的气味来检测肺癌和可能的其他疾病。”Saha and his team placed bees in small harnesses and attached small wires to their brains. The insects were then placed near chemicals that are like the breath of a person with lung cancer. 萨哈和他的团队将蜜蜂放入小挽具中，并将小电线连接到它们的大脑上。然后将这些昆虫放置在类似于肺癌患者呼吸的化学物质附近。 The scientists said that the bees could tell the difference between the cancer breath and the laboratory copy of the healthy human breath 93 percent of the time. The scientists added that the bees could also tell the difference between different kinds of lung cancer. 科学家们表示，蜜蜂在 93% 的情况下可以区分癌症呼吸和健康人类呼吸的实验室副本。科学家们补充说，蜜蜂还可以区分不同类型的肺癌。 The discovery could help doctors detect many cancers, including lung, breast, head and neck, and colorectal cancers, earlier than other methods. Saha says detecting cancers this way would be an improvement. “The reason is, many times we detect the cancer late,” when a growth has become too big to control easily. But, he added, when cancer starts growing the breath starts changing much earlier. 这一发现可以帮助医生比其他方法更早地发现许多癌症，包括肺癌、乳腺癌、头颈癌和结直肠癌。萨哈说，以这种方式检测癌症将是一种进步。“原因是，很多时候我们发现癌症已经很晚了”，此时肿瘤已经变得太大而难以控制。但是，他补充说，当癌症开始生长时，呼吸就会更早地开始发生变化。 He hopes to develop a system that a patient will be able to breathe into and which can be carried around easily. This would deliver test results immediately. 他希望开发一种患者能够呼吸并且可以轻松携带的系统。这将立即提供测试结果。“Hopefully, within the next five years, we'll have something to show that humans can be diagnosed using these insect brain disc sensors,” Saha said. “希望在未来五年内，我们能够证明人类可以使用这些昆虫脑盘传感器进行诊断，”萨哈说。Using animals to detect cancer is not a new idea. At the Penn Vet Working Dog Center at the University of Pennsylvania, researchers are training dogs to smell some kinds of cancer. 利用动物来检测癌症并不是一个新想法。在宾夕法尼亚大学宾夕法尼亚兽医工作犬中心，研究人员正在训练狗闻出某些癌症的气味。 Cindy Otto is executive director of the Penn Vet Working Dog Center in Philadelphia. She said many other animals also have very good senses of smell. “But part of what makes dogs so good is that they cooperate with humans, and so, they communicate that information,” she added. 辛迪·奥托是费城宾夕法尼亚州兽医工作犬中心的执行董事。她说许多其他动物也有很好的嗅觉。“但狗如此优秀的部分原因是它们与人类合作，因此它们传达了这些信息，”她补充道。 The dogs are in a program where they live with families and are brought to “work” each day. Not all dogs can do this work. Otto said,这些狗参加了一个项目，它们与家人住在一起，每天都被带到“工作”。并不是所有的狗都能胜任这项工作。奥托说， “They need to love it to be engaged. And so, it's a really fun game for them.”“他们需要热爱它才能订婚。所以，这对他们来说是一个非常有趣的游戏。”Some researchers say that dogs detect cancer better than machines. They note that a dog's sense of smell is 10,000 to 100,000 times sharper than that of humans.一些研究人员表示，狗比机器更好地检测癌症。他们指出，狗的嗅觉比人类灵敏 10,000 到 100,000 倍。 Amritha Mallikarjun is another postdoctoral researcher at the center. She said dogs are more sensitive to smells than any machines sold today. But the scientists hope to create a machine that will identify disease just as well as dogs. Amritha Mallikarjun 是该中心的另一位博士后研究员。她说，狗对气味比当今出售的任何机器都更敏感。但科学家们希望创造一种能够像狗一样识别疾病的机器。Otto said doctors in ancient Greece and Rome used odor as a tool to identify disease. She hopes the researchers can build on that “and advance the health of not only humans, but dogs and other species as well.” 奥托说，古希腊和罗马的医生使用气味作为识别疾病的工具。她希望研究人员能够在此基础上“不仅促进人类的健康，也促进狗和其他物种的健康。”

On September 11th, 2001, a group of Al Qaeda terrorists hijack four passenger airplanes and carry out suicide attacks against major U. S. targets, including the World Trade Center in New York City. What followed was one of the largest search-and-rescue missions in history, as FEMA teams and first-responders descended on ground zero in search of survivors. Many heroes would arrive on scene to help, with one unique group arriving on four legs instead of two - The FEMA Canine Search-and-Rescue dogs. On today's episode, we'll speak with canine handlers Bob Deeds, Sarah Atlas, and Cindy Ehlers, as well as veterinarian Dr. Cindy Otto. We'll discuss what it was like that day at ground zero, the challenges these dogs faced on the ground, the long-term health effects of the rescue operation, and the emotional impact of the event. I hope you enjoy today's episode. If you'd like to get involved with canine search-and-rescue, there are many ways to do so. You can reach out to the following organizations for more information:Penn Vet Working Dog Center - https://bit.ly/4aHS8eYHope Animal-Assisted Crisis Response - https://www.hopeaacr.org/Deeds Canine Connection - https://www.deedscanineconnection.com/Search and Rescue Dog Foundation - https://bit.ly/3RKDVW2To learn more about the show, view transcripts, and more visit:https://www.actsofimpact.comSpecial thanks to our guests for their time and insight. Music by Alex Grohls.

Dogs are remarkable. They're much more than just "man's best friend." When trained, dogs can help humans with a long list of tasks ranging from finding bombs and drugs to searching for lost people, detecting low blood sugar and other health concerns, and much more. Also on the list is detecting wildlife diseases including chronic wasting disease (CWD). In this episode, Nick and The Doctor talk with Brenna Babiy who is the Conservation K9 Supervisor and handler at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine's (Penn Vet) Working Dog Center, about how her team's work can someday change the way CWD is found and tracked in the wild. Brenna's team is part of a greater partnership with the Pennsylvania Game Commission known as the Pennsylvania Wildlife Futures Program. NDA is also a partner in the effort. While not many people enjoy talking about CWD, this work is exciting and is showing a lot of promise for helping manage the spread of the disease. It's a bit of good news about a topic that typically has little. In this week's B-Team report, hear how one of our hosts had trouble keeping track of his favorite turkey calls while the other has his day disrupted due to another form of failing memory! The next episode is an Ask NDA Anything show so please get your questions in at nick@deerassociation.com. Finally, today is NDA Giving Day! If you haven't already, please consider making a donation to the NDA Fund by visiting our website. All donations today will be matched up to $50,000 thanks to the help of some generous donors.   Important Links Penn Vet Working Dog Center Pennsylvania Wildlife Futures Program Title sponsor: Black Rifle Coffee Company Show sponsor: Mathews Archery Follow Nick Pinizzotto on Instagram Follow Mike Groman on Instagram Music by Bensound   Subscribe to the Podcast on: Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Spotify iHeartRadio Stitcher   About the National Deer Association The National Deer Association (NDA) is a non-profit deer conservation group that works to ensure the future of wild deer, wildlife habitat and hunting. Thank you for subscribing to our podcast! Support NDA's mission by becoming a member today. NDA has the highest ranking from Charity Navigator, an independent group that monitors non-profits for financial efficiency and effectiveness. Learn more about deer and deer hunting in our weekly, free e-newsletter. Follow us on our other channels: Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | YouTube

Dogs have a lot of skills that humans don't, which makes them great at certain jobs. The Penn Vet Working Dog Center trains dogs for search and rescue, law enforcement, and scientific research - like sniffing out COVID-19. Sabrina Boyd-Surka visits the center, as well as a few of its graduates at the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office and New Jersey Task Force 1. We get to see what a working dog does, how they're trained, and the special bond they have with their owners. See some photos and videos of the dogs in training here.Follow us on Twitter @TheJawncast.

Jacquelyn Sawyer and Liz Vacchiano play different roles in the guide dog process. Hear from both of them about how a puppy becomes a guide dog.Jacquie Sawyer is an expert in influencer marketing strategy and joined The Dogist as The Director of Partnerships in the Spring of 2020. A renowned marketer, she has run campaigns for Google, Sephora, Converse, and many others. A vet tech in college and a dog lover to her core, Jacquie now resides in New Jersey with her husband, Steve, their dog Artie, and their Guiding Eyes for the Blind puppy in training, Biscuit.Liz Vacchiano has been working professionally with Guiding Eyes for the Blind for two years and just started raising her third puppy, a German Shepherd named Kathleen. While in college at the University of Delaware, she interned at the Penn Vet Working Dog Center and raised two puppies for The Seeing Eye. After college, she was a kennel technician at The Seeing Eye before working as an Assistant Dog Instructor at Canine Companions. In her free time, Liz works at her family's 300 acre farm in New Jersey and is restarting an off-the-track Thoroughbred. Thank you for listening to Allied! For transcripts, show information, and updates, visit our website.Follow us on social media! We can be found on Facebook and Twitter.

You might have heard the saying that "dog training is both an art and science." And I kind of agree with that statement because training plans, even when rigorously based in science, can often benefit from creative thinking. I can't think of any other trainer that thinks more creatively in the work she has done with dogs, especially the dogs who have issues on-leash. Leslie McDevitt's "Look at That" (L.A.T.) from her seminal work with the Control Unleashed series is just one example of the outside the box thinking that goes on in her brain, and in this episode we chat about an awesome variety of ideas where Leslie's creativity shines through including things like LATTE, Cooperative Counter Conditioning, and Pattern Games, all used to help dogs with aggression.For additional resources on helping dogs with aggression, visit:https://aggressivedog.comIf you want to take your knowledge and skills for helping dogs with aggression to the next level, check out the Aggression in Dogs Master Course and get a FREE preview here:https://aggressivedog.thinkific.com/courses/aggression-in-dogsDon't miss out on the third annual Aggression in Dogs Conference  9/30-10/2/22:https://aggressivedog.com/conference/Woof Cultr swag!https://woofcultr.com/collections/the-aggression-in-dogs-conferenceAbout Leslie:Leslie McDevitt, MLA, CDBC, CPDT-KA is the author of the internationally popular Control Unleashed series of books and DVDs. Her books have been translated into many languages, and she has helped people all over the world learn how to use her science-based methods to help companion, performance, and working dogs learn how to functional optimally without stress in very challenging environments. For close to twenty years, Leslie's methods have empowered diverse populations of dogs--companion dogs, shelter dogs, competitive performance dogs, K9 SAR and detection dogs, therapy dogs, and more. If you have a dog that worries about stuff that happens—other dogs, people, noises, the unexpected–or you are a giant behavior nerd that is interested in counter conditioning with an operant base using  startbutton behaviors--Leslie has lots of tools for you.  Leslie has taught all over the world, and is especially proud of her roles as Clicker Expo Speaker and consultant for the Penn Vet Working Dog Center. She is also very proud of her ever-growing number of CCUIS, Certified Control Unleashed Instructors. Leslie lives outside of Philadelphia with children, dogs, cats, a bunny and a pony. And a husband.Friends of Control Unleashed FB Group:https://www.facebook.com/groups/298300721554http://www.controlunleashed.netSupport the show

One of the most beautiful things about veterinary medicine is our front row seat to all the different ways the human-animal bond shows up. Cynthia Otto, DVM, PhD, sees some pretty amazing examples of that bond in her work at the Penn Vet Working Dog Center. Dr. Otto, chair of the task force for AAHA's 2021 Working, Assistance, and Therapy Dog Guidelines, shares her wealth of experience with us – including some valuable lessons any vet team can learn from the challenges of working with working dogs.   Learn about the Penn Vet Working Dog Practitioner Certification   Make a donation: Penn Vet Working Dog Center, Search Dog Foundation, Assistance Dogs International   Find the 2021 AAHA Working, Assistance, and Therapy Dog Guidelines here - these Guidelines are worth a read even if you don't routinely see working dogs! - and check out all of AAHA's most up-to-date Guidelines, including resources for your clients and team, at aaha.org/guidelines.  Send us feedback or questions anytime at podcast@aaha.org.  Wish you could watch these conversations? Catch Central Line on YouTube.   Access all things Central Line, including guest bios and full transcripts of each episode: aaha.org/podcast. Learn more about Connexity® 2022 as registration is now open: https://www.aaha.org/connexity  This episode was produced by Clear Contender LLC

Are all dogs made the same? No matter how much you love your furry friend, some dogs may be better suited to certain lifestyles than others. Listen up to learn: The range of jobs working dogs are capable of Why some dogs fail out of work training Which breeds are best at particular jobs Jenny Essler, a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Penn Vet Working Dog Center, shares her work developing the traits and finding the best working dogs science can discover.  Dogs are capable of much more than offering a best friend or emotional support animal, which most of us are familiar with. However, if we can identify specific traits, they are fantastic tools for a wide variety of work applications, from bomb-sniffing to cancer detection. Each breed of dog is proficient in different areas of work, but not every dog is cut out for the job another may be capable of. Since training a working dog can present such a tremendous cost, understanding the genetics of each breed and litter can be a significant advantage. Visit https://www.vet.upenn.edu/research/centers-laboratories/center/penn-vet-working-dog-center to learn more. Episode also available on Apple Podcast: http://apple.co/30PvU9C

At the Penn Vet Working Dog Center, canine studies are being done to see if man's best friend can sniff out coronavirus. So far, they are doing a pretty good job of it! Nine dogs are currently enrolled in the study with the hopes that one day they might be able to pick out infected individuals, including those that are asymptomatic, in nursing homes, businesses and airports. Dogs have already been proven to be able to detect explosives and some diseases such as hidden cancers, diabetes, and bacterial and viral infections. Frances Stead Sellers, senior writer at the Washington Post, joins us for more. Next, the reopening of schools was a huge topic this past year and it might not be the best course of action to treat schools like COVID hot zones. Thankfully, children are, by and large, spared most of the effects of the virus. They are only half as likely to get infected as adults and while they can transmit the disease, they seldom cause outbreaks. In the meantime, as schools in other countries have already opened, we can look to them to see what has worked and what has not. Some of the most appropriate safety measures could include testing and contact tracing, improved ventilation in classes, and keeping students with a single group of peers throughout each day. David Zweig, contributor to Wired, joins us for more. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

“It’s fun because people think that you know what you are going to do, and you follow that path and it really wasn’t that direct of a path. I mean Veterinary Medicine, for sure. I knew that from the beginning but all through vet school I planned on being a dairy practitioner.”Our guest today is Dr. Cindy Otto. Dr. Otto is the executive Director of the Penn Vet Working Dog Center. We had the best time discussing all about how she go to this point in her career. Spoiler alert! It wasn’t a straight shot. She has spent much of her career carving out her niche and finding her place in this profession. We loved learning about her finding her internship and pursuing a PhD as well as what drew her to teaching. It is a wonderful conversation and we are so excited to share this journey with you! Remember we want to hear from you! Please be sure to subscribe to our feed on Apple Podcasts and leave us a ratings and review. You can also contact us at MVLPodcast@avma.org You can also follow us on Social Media @AVMAVets #MyVetLife #MVLPodcast

Cheltenham Township Police Officer Robert "Doc" Dougherty has become an integral member of the Penn Vet Working Dog Center as law enforcement canine coordinator. With more than 31 years of law enforcement and K9 experience, "Doc" brings vital training skills to the program.   Penn Vet website https://www.vet.upenn.edu/research/centers-laboratories/center/penn-vet-working-dog-center   Show Sponsors: FORD K9 LLC.   www.fordk9.com Attend any one of our classes or seminars.  Ford K9 now offers the new CSDT (Certified Sport Detection Dog Trainer) classes.  We offer Level 1 and Level 2.  Becoming a CSDT will help you develop as a trainer and become more familiar and efficient as a trainer working with all types of dogs and handlers wanting to join in the great sport of scent detection.   Ford K9 also offers Handler and Trainer courses for those working professional detection dogs such as Explosive, Firearm, Narcotic, Mass Media and Cell Phone Detection.   We are offering Seminars of Cognition for Handlers and Trainers in SAR/HRD as well as Wildlife Conservation K9 Teams.  Contact us for more information at www.fordk9.com   SHOW YOUR SUPPORT for K9s TALKING SCENTS PODCAST you now have all kinds of gear for you guys from Shirts, Hats, Mugs and more just got to www.fordk9.com and click on the ONLINE STORE

At the Penn Vet Working Dog Center, canine studies are being done to see if man's best friend can sniff out coronavirus. So far, they are doing a pretty good job of it! Nine dogs are currently enrolled in the study with the hopes that one day they might be able to pick out infected individuals, including those that are asymptomatic, in nursing homes, businesses and airports. Dogs have already been proven to be able to detect explosives and some diseases such as hidden cancers, diabetes, and bacterial and viral infections. Frances Stead Sellers, senior writer at the Washington Post, joins us for more. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

With the Democratic National Convention behind us, it's time for President Trump and Republicans to make their case to voters for the November election. The Democrats just wrapped up their virtual convention with strong messages from Joe Biden and Former President Obama about the importance of getting out to vote and remove Donald Trump. With few technical glitches and a surprisingly fun roll call vote, the Democrats did have a successful convention. This week President Trump will accept his party's nomination from the south lawn of the White House, but will be present in some form or another for all four days of the convention. Ginger Gibson, deputy Washington digital editor at NBC News, joins us for the dueling conventions. Next, at the Penn Vet Working Dog Center, canine studies are being done to see if man's best friend can sniff out coronavirus. So far, they are doing a pretty good job of it! Nine dogs are currently enrolled in the study with the hopes that one day they might be able to pick out infected individuals, including those that are asymptomatic, in nursing homes, businesses and airports. Dogs have already been proven to be able to detect explosives and some diseases such as hidden cancers, diabetes, and bacterial and viral infections. Frances Stead Sellers, senior writer at the Washington Post, joins us for more. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

In this episode, I interview the fascinating Dr. Cindy Otto is an associate professor and veterinarian with specialty certification in both Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care and Veterinary Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation. She has worked in the Emergency Service at the University of Pennsylvania MJ Ryan Veterinary Hospital for over 20 years. She has been a member of FEMA’s Pennsylvania Urban Search and Rescue Task Force 1 from 1994-2010. She is a certified trick dog instructor (CTDI) and has been training dogs for the past 10 years. Most recently she has founded the Penn Vet Working Dog Center and serves as the Executive Director, where she oversees the science-based program to raise and train dogs for detection work. Penn Vet website https://www.vet.upenn.edu/research/centers-laboratories/center/penn-vet-working-dog-center Show Sponsors: FORD K9 LLC.   www.fordk9.com Attend any one of our classes or seminars.  Ford K9 now offers the new CSDT (Certified Sport Detection Dog Trainer) classes.  We offer Level 1 and Level 2.  Becoming a CSDT will help you develop as a trainer and become more familiar and efficient as a trainer working with all types of dogs and handlers wanting to join in the great sport of scent detection. Ford K9 also offers Handler and Trainer courses for those working professional detection dogs such as Explosive, Firearm, Narcotic, Mass Media and Cell Phone Detection. We are offering Seminars of Cognition for Handlers and Trainers in SAR/HRD as well as Wildlife Conservation K9 Teams.  Contact us for more information at www.fordk9.com SHOW YOUR SUPPORT for K9s TALKING SCENTS PODCAST you now have all kinds of gear for you guys from Shirts, Hats, Mugs and more just got to www.fordk9.com and click on the ONLINE STORE

Will pets lead the way to better treatments of COVID-19? This week we have the latest on how pets and veterinary medicine are leading the charge. Dr. David Bruyette, Chief Medical Officer of Anivive Lifesciences tells us all about a drug they have that has been shown to create strong antiviral activity against SARS-CoV-2. They filed a pre-investigational request with the FDA to see if this drug could be a candidate for treatment of COVID-19 in humans. Dr. Bruyette will tell us about the history of the drug and why they think it might work well in the fight against COVID-19. Steve also chats with Dr. Cynthia Otto of the Penn Vet Working Dog Center about the training they are doing to see if dogs can in fact sniff out COVID-19. We’ll find out what they have found so far and how dogs will be used in the fight against COVID if this proves successful. Steve helps listeners by phone and email and has tips on getting dogs prepared for the fourth of July.

Believe it or not, viruses have odors, and researchers at Penn Vet are trying to find out if dogs can smell COVID-19. Dr. Cynthia M. Otto, Professor of Working Dog Sciences and Sports Medicine and Director of the Penn Vet Working Dog Center joins KYW in Depth to break down how they're testing if dogs can smell COVID-19, what they hope the project will be able to do, and when we could know if man's best friend can help us beat coronavirus. 

Face to Face with Dr Cindy Otto, Founder of the Penn Vet Working Dog Center Smithsonian Associates & The Not Old Better Show Art of Living Series Opened on September 11, 2012, the Penn Vet Working Dog Center serves as a national research and development center for detection dogs. With the United States national security under constant threat from attacks, detection dogs are still the best tool that we have to detect and mitigate potential threats. Search dogs are also critical for the detection of victims of natural and man-made disasters. As pioneer in the working dog field, Dr Cindy Otto's goal is to increase collaborative research and the application of the newest scientific findings and veterinary expertise to optimize the performance of lifesaving detection dogs. Meet Dr Otto face to face. Enjoy!

It's been three months since the Penn Vet Working Dog Center welcomed its inaugural class of puppies, seven rambunctious balls of energy destined to become highly trained detection dogs performing jobs that range from police and rescue work, to bomb and drug detection. The dogs—Bretagne, Kaiserin (called Kai), Morgan, PApa Bear, Sirius, Socks, and Thunder—are known as the Class of 2013. Each weekday, the puppies are delivered by their foster parents to the Center's headquarters at Penn's South Bank, where they spend the day training to be expert detectors and also learn how to remain physically fit. At the end of their year of training, the dogs will be expected to perform an extended search for a hidden object or person in an area that is unfamiliar to them. They will be able to ignore distractions, and they will be able to follow off-leash directions with agility. In addition to training the dogs, the Center is conducting scientific research on how to optimize the health and performance of all working dogs. Text by Tanya Barrientos Video by Kurtis Sensenig and Penn Vet Working Dog Center

You've seen them on the news, at the airport and major sporting events... detection dogs. They can sniff out explosives and contraband, but how do they do what they do? A dog's nose is so exquisitely sensitive that it's said that where you and I might detect the scent of stew wafting through the air, a dog could pick out the individual ingredients as well as the person who made the meal from the same aroma stream. Though a dog may have the physical ability for the task, it takes special training to turn them into potentially lifesaving canines. Dr. Cynthia Otto is the director of Penn Vet Working Dog Center, in Philadelphia, PA. She's going to give us a glimpse into the care, training and ongoing research that goes into these spectacular canines, and what you can do to get involved. Questions or comments? Email Dr.Cruz at: thepetdoctor@petliferadio.com. More details on this episode MP3 Podcast - The Nose Knows - Detection Dogs on Pet Life Radio. var ACE_AR = {Site: '845738', Size: '468060'};

Dr. Cindy Otto stops by to talk to Marcie and Whistle about her work with urban search and rescue dogs and the incredible new Penn Vet Working Dog Center). Dr. Otto discusses the work she did with the urban search and rescue dog teams after the 9/11 attacks. She also shares her excitement about the new, innovative Working Dog Center and their work training puppies to become future detection dogs by developing search behaviors for bombs, cancer, and other important tasks. Dr. Otto also talks about the fascinating research she has been conducting post 9/11 regarding the success rates of working dogs. If you’re interested in working dogs, you won’t want to miss it! Questions or Comments? Send them to: marcie@petliferadio.com. More details on this episode MP3 Podcast - Urban Search and Rescue Dogs with Marcie Davis var ACE_AR = {Site: '845738', Size: '468060'};

Victoria describes her attendance at the powerful opening ceremony launch event for the University of Pennsylvania's Vet School Working Dog Center on the eleventh anniversary of 9/11. Holly discusses her recent visit to Dallas, and Victoria recaps her shoot in and around Detroit for her eHow Pets YouTube channel. They are joined on the phone by Katrene Johnson, the owner and handler of Morgan, one of the few surviving search and rescue dogs who worked in New York during the aftermath of 9/11. Also calling in on the Positively Hotline is Dr. Cynthia Otto, the Executive Director of the Penn Vet Working Dog Center to discuss the exciting new work being done at the Center, why positive training is the only truly effective tool to use with working dogs, and how to determine whether or not your dog would make a good working dog. More details on this episode MP3 Podcast - Working Dogs with Victoria Stilwell & Holly Firfer var ACE_AR = {Site: '845738', Size: '468060'};

Victoria & Holly talk to the director of the Penn Vet Working Dog Center & the handler of a 9/11 working dog. Also discussed: the eleventh anniversary of 9/11, resource guarding, nipping, play drive in dogs and coexisting cats.

In this edition of Genome Barks we hear from Dr. Cindy Otto, Associate Professor of Critical Care at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine and the Director of the Penn Vet Working Dog Center. Dr. Otto discusses her CHF-funded research which has monitored the search and rescue dogs that worked in the 9/11 recovery efforts. Dr. Otto also discusses the Penn Vet Working Dog center, the importance of increasing detection dog breeding in the United States, and how science can be used to identify key characteristics that make for highly successful search and rescue dogs. This podcast was made possible thanks to the generous support of the Kenneth A. Scott Charitable Trust, a KeyBank Trust.