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

In this episode of K9 Conservationists, Kayla speaks with Tim Hofmann, the Scat Dog Handler, Research Manager and Research Coordinator at Cheetah Conservation Fund about his PhD research using detection dogs and other methods to study cheetahs in Namibia and beyond.

Links Mentioned in the Episode: 

Science Highlight: None this week! 

Where to find Tim: Website [https://cheetah.org/] | Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/CCFcheetah/] | Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/ccfcheetah/?hl=en]

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Cheetah Conservation Fund Dogs with Tim Hofmann

In this episode of K9 Conservationists, Kayla speaks with Paul Bunker and Meg Barnes about hot takes in the conservation dog training community. 

Links Mentioned in the Episode: 

Science Highlight: None this week! 

Where to find Paul: Website [https://chiron-k9.com/] |Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/ChironK9LLC/] |Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/chironk9]

Where to find Meg: Website [https://www.detectionforgood.com/] |Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/detectionforgood] |Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/detectionforgood/] 

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Hot Takes with Paul Bunker & Meg Barnes

In this episode of K9 Conservationists, Kayla speaks with Kat Serafina about plants and puppies.

Links Mentioned in the Episode: 

Science Highlight: An approach to identify bias in scent detection dog testing [https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0168159117300060]

Where to find Kat: Website [http://www.k9detectionsolutions.co.uk/] | Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/K9BehaviourConsultancy]

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Plants & Puppies with Kat Serafina

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.