In this episode of K9 Conservationists, Kayla speaks with Ryan Tate about Phytophthora and pigeons. 

Links Mentioned in the Episode: Evaluating scent detection dogs as a tool to detect pathogenic Phytophthora species [https://conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/csp2.12997]

Science Highlight: Should the cocktail training method cause a stir? Training frog generalist detection dogs with combined species samples [https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0168159125001790]

Where to find Ryan: Website [https://www.tateanimals.com/] | Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/tateanimals/] | Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/tateanimaltraining/]

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Phytophthora and Pigeons with Ryan Tate

In this episode of K9 Conservationists, Kayla speaks with Sarah Jackson from New York-New Jersey Trail Conference about sticky sage.

Links Mentioned in the Episode: None

Science Highlight: Impact of variations in training schedules on dogs’ acquisition and retention of an odor detection task [https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0168159124003228]

Where to find Sarah: Website [https://www.nynjtc.org/conservation-dogs/] 

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In the Weeds: Sticky Sage with Sarah Jackson

In this episode of K9 Conservationists, Kayla speaks with Jo Laurens from The Force Free Gun Dogs about gundogs.

Links Mentioned in the Episode: None

Science Highlight: Switching to marine prey leads to unprecedented mercury concentrations in a population of coastal Alaska wolves [https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969725011830#:~:text=Switching%20to%20marine%20prey%20leads,of%20coastal%20Alaska%20wolves%20%2D%20ScienceDirect]

Where to find Jo: Website [https://www.forcefreegundog.com/] | Force Free Gundog Group [https://www.facebook.com/groups/forcefreegundog/]

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Gundogs and Conservation with Jo Laurens

In this episode of K9 Conservationists, Kayla speaks with Lauren Wendt from Momentum K9 about large search area strategy. 

Links Mentioned in the Episode: None

Science Highlight: Comparison of mechanical sorting and DNA metabarcoding for diet analysis with fresh and degraded wolf scats [https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ecs2.3557]

Where to find Lauren: Website [https://momentumk9training.com/] 

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Large Search Area Strategy with Lauren Wendt

In this episode of K9 Conservationists, Kayla is back for part two with Sage Gustafson and Tiff Shao about the challenging topic of life with high-energy, high-drive, and/or high-arousal dogs who are injured or sick or otherwise cannot physically perform the behaviors that their brains want without causing pain.

Links Mentioned in the Episode: None

Where to find Tiff: Website [https://www.victoryroaddogtraining.com/about-me] | Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/victory_road_dog_training] | Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100086366314331#]

Where to find Sage: Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/STSDogs/]

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Part Two: When Your Dog's Body Can't Keep Up with their Brain with Tiff Shao and Sage Gustavson

In this episode of K9 Conservationists, Kayla talks with Sage Gustafson and Tiff Shao about the challenging topic of life with high-energy, high-drive, and/or high-arousal dogs who are injured or sick or otherwise cannot physically perform the behaviors that their brains want without causing pain.

Links Mentioned in the Episode: 

Science Highlight: Benefits and limitations of using innovative tools like detection dogs, thermal imaging and drones to increase wildlife carcass finds during health surveillance and management efforts [https://www.researchgate.net/publication/391395502_Benefits_and_limitations_of_using_innovative_tools_like_detection_dogs_thermal_imaging_and_drones_to_increase_wildlife_carcass_finds_during_health_surveillance_and_management_efforts]



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Part One: When Your Dog's Body Can't Keep Up with their Brain with Tiff Shao and Sage Gustavson

In this episode of K9 Conservationists, Kayla talks with Brett Sweezy about spatial ecology and sharks.

Links Mentioned in the Episode: 

Science Highlight: Efficiency and Bias in Strip and Line Transect Sampling [https://www.jstor.org/stable/3801387]

Where to find Brett: Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/saltwatersweezey/] | Bluesky [https://bsky.app/profile/saltwatersweezey.bsky.social]

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Spatial Ecology (and Sharks) with Brett Sweezy

In this episode of K9 Conservationists, Kayla talks about breaking into the field of conservation detection dogs. 

Links Mentioned in the Episode: 

Science Highlight: None

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Breaking into the Field of Conservation Detection Dogs

In this episode of K9 Conservationists, Kayla speaks with Brenna Aizen from the Penn Vet Working Dog Center Wildlife Futures Program about dogs sniffing out chronic wasting disease.

Links Mentioned in the Episode: 

Science Highlight: Effect of rapid changes in environmental conditions on canine detection of methyl benzoate [https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0168159123000965#:~:text=Detection%20dogs%20often%20deploy%20from,environmental%20condition%20was%20most%20disruptive.]

Where to find Brenna:    Website [https://www.vet.upenn.edu/research/centers-laboratories/research-initiatives/wildlife-futures-program] | LinkedIn [http://www.linkedin.com/in/brenna-aizen-6227a4154]

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CWD Dogs with Brenna Aizen

In this episode of K9 Conservationists, Kayla is back with Dr. Charles van Rees to talk about getting into grad school.

Links Mentioned in the Episode: 

Science Highlight: Trail vs. thicket: Evaluating conservation detection dog performance in varied terrain [https://www.researchgate.net/publication/385935910_Trail_vs_thicket_Evaluating_conservation_detection_dog_performance_in_varied_terrain]

Where to find Charles:    Website [https://guloinnature.com/] | Lab Website [https://vanreeslab.ecology.uga.edu/] | Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/guloshots/?hl=en]

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Getting into Grad School with Dr. Charles van Rees

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, training, and much more. K9
Conservationists is hosted by Kayla Fratt, CDBC and co-founder of K9
Conservationists. Along with her two co-founders, she trains dogs to detect
data. Support the work we do at patreon.com/k9conservationists.

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