K9 Conservationists

By Kayla Fratt

Welcome to the K9 Conservationists podcast, where we’re positively obsessed with conservation detection dogs! Join us every week as we discuss detection dogs, ecology, conservation, dog behavior, trai... more

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How many episodes does K9 Conservationists have?

The podcast currently has 222 episodes available.

K9 Conservationists episodes:

April 11, 2023 Wood Turtles with Kristine Hoffman and Julia Sirois
In this episode of K9 Conservationists, Kayla speaks with Kristine Hoffman and Julia Sirois from St Lawrence University about their work with wood turtles, building on our conversation with Scott Buchanan.
Science Highlight: Training with varying odor concentrations: implications for odor detection thresholds in canines
Links Mentioned in the Episode:
None
Where to find Kristine: Website
Where to find Julia: Instagram | Facebook
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57min
April 04, 2023 Wood Turtles with Scott Buchanan
In this episode of K9 Conservationists, Kayla speaks with Scott Buchanan on his work with wood turtles.
Science Highlight: A Glimpse into the Use of Dogs to Address Global Poaching, Overharvesting, and Trafficking of Aquatic Species

Links Mentioned in the Episode:
None

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50min
March 28, 2023Patreon Q&A with Caisa Persson Werme
In this episode of K9 Conservationists, Kayla speaks with our patreon Caisa Persson Werme to answer questions about training and alerts.

Science Highlight: Back to the basics with conservation detection dogs: fundamentals for success

Questions asked:
During the search he might stop after a while and look at me. If I don't acknowledge it in any way he takes off to search again with the same intensity as before. Is that the right approach on my part? Is he looking for guidance or just to check in/ see where I am?

When the search happens to be too long he comes back to me and sort of stares at me,or jumps at me and isn't as excited if I tell him to keep searching for the toy. What should I do in those situations?

How much help can/should I give in the sense of walking closer to the toy, calling him to get closer or to stay at a closer distance to the toy, say if he's running in the opposite/wrong direction? But I feel like that might get him to think that I know where it is?

How do you know/determine how long a search will be?

How do you determine which way the wind blows?

How do I know if something is too much for him?

I should probably start working with a long line, but I'm afraid that it might interfere with his searching. How do I best introduce it without causing frustration or a drop in motivation?

How do you know it’s time for a break? Is it on cue?

I'm not confident that my rewards are good or exciting enough. Like he does seem to love it when I tell him to search and he has this look of anticipation when he hopes for it, but when he finds the toy he's more of like "yeah here it is..". We do play with it and he gets chicken or ham or similar and I mean we are improving when it comes to length of search and his enthusiasm is the same…but shouldn't he seem more excited to find the toy?

How do you go about placing the hide without making your trail/footsteps part of it?

When training an alert, how much should I care about the position like stand, sit or down?

How do I know if/when it's the right time to start to ask for a propper alert?

How do I go about incorporating the alert into the search?

I have not yet trained Kenai on any blank searches, which maybe I should have started with much earlier? So how do i go about it now?

Somewhat on the same topic, how would you handle the frustration that comes with ending a search session?

Any advice for a current or future trainee?

Links Mentioned in the Episode:
Choice VS Structure
K9 Talking Scents Episode

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1h 12min
March 21, 2023 Using Dogs for Pest Eradication with Melissa Houghton
In this episode of K9 Conservationists, Kayla speaks with Melissa Houghton about using dogs for pest eradication on a remote world heritage island.
Science Highlight: Methodology and challenges of a complex multi-species eradication in the sub-Antarctic and immediate effects of invasive species removal
Links Mentioned in the Episode:
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49min
March 14, 2023 Post Guatemala Fieldwork Discussions with PhD student Ellen Dymit
In this episode of K9 Conservationists, Kayla is back with Ellen Dymit to talk about their experience with the fieldwork in Guatemala.
Science Highlight: None
Links Mentioned in the Episode:
Where to find Ellen: Ellen’s Twitter | Taal’s Twitter
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29min
March 07, 2023 Pre Guatemala Fieldwork Discussions with PhD student Ellen Dymit
In this episode of K9 Conservationists, Kayla speaks with Ellen Dymit before their fieldwork in Guatemala.
Science Highlight: None
Links Mentioned in the Episode:
Barley’s First Find
Where to find Ellen: Ellen’s Twitter | Taal’s Twitter
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35min
February 28, 2023 Baw Baw Frogs with Chris Hartnett
In this episode of K9 Conservationists, Kayla speaks with Chris Hartnett to talk about Baw Baw frogs.
Science Highlight: Obedience training effects on search dog performance
Links Mentioned in the Episode:
Where to find Chris: Website
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39min
February 21, 2023 Dogs Finding GPS Trackers with Sho Rapley
In this episode of K9 Conservationists, Kayla speaks with Sho Rapley about dogs finding GPS trackers.
Science Highlight: Diving in Nose First: The Influence of Unfamiliar Search Scale and Environmental Context on the Search Performance of Volunteer Conservation Detection Dog-Handler Teams
Where you can find Sho: Twitter |
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1h 8min
February 14, 2023 Field Work Preparation
In this episode of K9 Conservationists, Kayla talks about field work preparation for the upcoming project.
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19min
February 07, 2023 Data Dogs Can't Detect with Toni Proescholdt
In this episode of K9 Conservationists, Kayla speaks to Toni Proescholdt from Utah State about the data that dogs can’t detect.
Science Highlight: Can volunteers train their pet dogs to detect a novel odor in a controlled environment in under 12 weeks?
Links Mentioned in the Episode:
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54min

FAQs about K9 Conservationists:

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