dogs with jobs Flashcards
what are some issues with dog racing
- controversial
- welfare concerns
- dogs raised like livestock
- racing banned in some countries
- some unsafe as pets
what do companion dogs include
pet, show and sport dogs
entertainment dogs include
dogs in movies and on the stage
detection dogs have 2 types of responses
passive: sit or lay beside suspect item/ person or follow suspect item/ person
active;
- stay and bark
- scratch or dig at suspect item/ place
- back and forth between handler and item, tug or jump up
breed that protects aus at the border, why?
labradors
- used to be beagles and labs because friendly and non threatening (last beagle retired in 2016)
- labs are large, agile, adaptable, stamina, strong retrieve
3 federal government agencies (that use dogs)
- biosecurity
- australian border force
- australian federal police
biosecurity dogs detect ____ risks in average 8 year working career
9000
qld department of agriculture and fisheries dogs are trained to detect
fire ants, electric ants, red-eared slider turtle eggs, organophosphates, organochlorines, cane toads, termites
what do qld police dogs attend to
- narcotic detection
- explosives and firearm detection
- urban search and rescue
- cadaver and blood detection
- general purpose
- tactical
what breeds to use qld police services use
german shepherd, labs, some springer spaniels
PADD dogs, what do they do and what breeds
passive alert drug detection dogs (in corrective services)
- search incoming mail, visitors, staff, vehicles, prison environment
- labs and springer spaniels (cuz friendly and non threatening)
GP dogs, what and breeds?
general purpose dogs in corrective services, german shepherds
- detect drugs, assist w prisoner supervision, control in incidents, patrol, track escapees, high security escorts
where do military working dogs work
- RAAF (royal Australian airforce)
- Australian army
- Australian military police
- work on base, military exercise, on deployment
SOMWD, what and breeds
special operations military working dogs
- security and crime prevention work, intruder detection patrols, emergency response
- german shepherd, labs, belgian shepherd malinois
explosive detector dogs can be (breeds)
same breeds as SOMWD (german shepherds, labs, belgian shepherd malinois) or others
qld fire and emergency service dogs
highly trained, many volunteers, recruiting now
what to keep in mind when treating these highly trained dogs
- valuable
- trained to bite hard, potentially dangerous
- communication w handler is vital
- will have specific cues, O’s may need to be present for everything
conservation dogs, what they do and breeds
- work w handlers to detect wildlife presence by finding scat
- koalas, quoll, bandicoot, tasmanian devils, frogs, etc
- detect pests
- wear GPS
- support wildlife surveys
- can be ANY BREED! - commonly maremma sheepdogs
working dogs, what and breeds
- work w handler direction
- cattle, sheep, livestock
- heading, herding, heeling, heeding, hardiness
- border collie, cattle dogs, kelpies, etc
dual purpose dogs, what and breeds
herding and guardian
- german, white swiss, dutch and belgian shepherds
what do specialist livestock guardian dogs do
- do NOT herd, bond w livestock (imprint), detect predators, expected to kill to defend livestock
- maremma sheepdog, anatolian, kangal, great pyrenees
research and teaching dogs; what is the code, act and regulation
- Australian code for the care and use of animals for scientific purposes
- animal care and protection act
- qld animal care and protection regulation
true or false ; reporting outcomes of research using animals is highly recomended
false its mandatory
what is prohibited in terms of research/ teaching animals, what prohibits them
- skin and eye irritancy tests
- lethal dose 50 or lethal concentration 50 tests
- testing sunscreen or cosmetics
- prohibited in qld by animal care and protection act
what are the 3 Rs of animal research
- replace the use of animals whenever possible
- reduce the number of animals needed
- refine tests to cause animals least amount of distress
nutrition research, what companies, and what breeds
- eukanuba and hills, carry out research on colony of dogs that live out their lives in facility or adopted by staff
- beagles!!!
what do assistance dogs include
aka service dogs; means dogs trained to perform identifiable physical task and behaviours to assist a person w disability to reduce need for support
includes
- guide dog
- hearing dog
what federal law includes assistance animals
the disability discrimination act; legal definition of assistance animal as a dog that:
a) is accredited under a state or territory law to assist a person w a disability to alleviate the effects of disability or
b) is accredited by an animal training organization prescribed in the regulation or
c) is trained to assist a person w a disability to alleviate the effects of the disability and meets standards of hygiene and behaviour that are appropriate for an animal in a public place
state law in terms of assistance dogs;
qld guide, hearing and assistance act and qld guide, hearing and assistance dogs amendment act
what 3 things do people with assistance dogs need to do in order to be accompanied by a assistance dog and lawfully have them in place or vehicle (state law)
1) undertaken and passed public access test
2) carry an identity card for themselves
3) put an identifying coat or harness on the dog
where are assistance dogs not allowed
- specific parts of health facility where hyginene standard is maintained to prevent infection or spread of disease
- an ambulance
- food prep areas
- where presence of dog would present a risk to others ordinarily present or serious risk to plant or animal native to place
if hospitalized what to know about assistance dogs
- their cue to eat
- cue to urinate
- learn dogs signal in order to defecate
- similar to other working dogs communication w handlers is vital
what is IMPORTANT about discharging service dogs
- ensure handler has support at home in dogs in non-ambulatory OR CANNOT discharge from clinic
therapy dogs
NOT assistance dogs, do not have public access rights
- provide comfort and affection
- usually well trained
- access is at discretion of workplace
examples of therapy dogs
- dogs in court
- in hospitals
- in long term care facilities (retirement, rehab, prisons)
- schools, story dogs
- counselling etc
emotional support dogs
- not recognized under law, no public access right, no requirements or standards, may or may not be trained
examples of many other working dogs
- dogs trained to move birds away from aircraft
- dogs that find truffles
- dogs that are trained to detect diseases
- dogs that trained to detect water leaks
- security, patrol etc
- termite detector dogs
