dogs with jobs

Question 1

what are some issues with dog racing

Answer 1

• controversial
• welfare concerns
• dogs raised like livestock
• racing banned in some countries
• some unsafe as pets

Question 2

what do companion dogs include

Answer 2

pet, show and sport dogs

Question 3

entertainment dogs include

Answer 3

dogs in movies and on the stage

Question 4

detection dogs have 2 types of responses

Answer 4

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

Question 5

breed that protects aus at the border, why?

Answer 5

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

Question 6

3 federal government agencies (that use dogs)

Answer 6

• biosecurity
• australian border force
• australian federal police

Question 7

biosecurity dogs detect ____ risks in average 8 year working career

Answer 7

9000

Question 8

qld department of agriculture and fisheries dogs are trained to detect

Answer 8

fire ants, electric ants, red-eared slider turtle eggs, organophosphates, organochlorines, cane toads, termites

Question 9

what do qld police dogs attend to

Answer 9

• narcotic detection
• explosives and firearm detection
• urban search and rescue
• cadaver and blood detection
• general purpose
• tactical

Question 10

what breeds to use qld police services use

Answer 10

german shepherd, labs, some springer spaniels

Question 11

PADD dogs, what do they do and what breeds

Answer 11

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)

Question 12

GP dogs, what and breeds?

Answer 12

general purpose dogs in corrective services, german shepherds

• detect drugs, assist w prisoner supervision, control in incidents, patrol, track escapees, high security escorts

Question 13

where do military working dogs work

Answer 13

• RAAF (royal Australian airforce)
• Australian army
• Australian military police
• work on base, military exercise, on deployment

Question 14

SOMWD, what and breeds

Answer 14

special operations military working dogs
- security and crime prevention work, intruder detection patrols, emergency response
- german shepherd, labs, belgian shepherd malinois

Question 15

explosive detector dogs can be (breeds)

Answer 15

same breeds as SOMWD (german shepherds, labs, belgian shepherd malinois) or others

Question 16

qld fire and emergency service dogs

Answer 16

highly trained, many volunteers, recruiting now

Question 17

what to keep in mind when treating these highly trained dogs

Answer 17

• 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

Question 18

conservation dogs, what they do and breeds

Answer 18

• 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

Question 19

working dogs, what and breeds

Answer 19

• work w handler direction
• cattle, sheep, livestock
• heading, herding, heeling, heeding, hardiness
• border collie, cattle dogs, kelpies, etc

Question 20

dual purpose dogs, what and breeds

Answer 20

herding and guardian
- german, white swiss, dutch and belgian shepherds

Question 21

what do specialist livestock guardian dogs do

Answer 21

• do NOT herd, bond w livestock (imprint), detect predators, expected to kill to defend livestock
• maremma sheepdog, anatolian, kangal, great pyrenees

Question 22

research and teaching dogs; what is the code, act and regulation

Answer 22

• Australian code for the care and use of animals for scientific purposes
• animal care and protection act
• qld animal care and protection regulation

Question 23

true or false ; reporting outcomes of research using animals is highly recomended

Answer 23

false its mandatory

Question 24

what is prohibited in terms of research/ teaching animals, what prohibits them

Answer 24

• 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

Question 25

what are the 3 Rs of animal research

Answer 25

- replace the use of animals whenever possible - reduce the number of animals needed - refine tests to cause animals least amount of distress

Question 26

nutrition research, what companies, and what breeds

Answer 26

- eukanuba and hills, carry out research on colony of dogs that live out their lives in facility or adopted by staff - beagles!!!

Question 27

what do assistance dogs include

Answer 27

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

Question 28

what federal law includes assistance animals

Answer 28

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

Question 29

state law in terms of assistance dogs;

Answer 29

qld guide, hearing and assistance act and qld guide, hearing and assistance dogs amendment act

Question 30

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)

Answer 30

1) undertaken and passed public access test 2) carry an identity card for themselves 3) put an identifying coat or harness on the dog

Question 31

where are assistance dogs not allowed

Answer 31

- 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

Question 32

if hospitalized what to know about assistance dogs

Answer 32

- their cue to eat - cue to urinate - learn dogs signal in order to defecate - similar to other working dogs communication w handlers is vital

Question 33

what is IMPORTANT about discharging service dogs

Answer 33

- ensure handler has support at home in dogs in non-ambulatory OR CANNOT discharge from clinic

Question 34

therapy dogs

Answer 34

NOT assistance dogs, do not have public access rights - provide comfort and affection - usually well trained - access is at discretion of workplace

Question 35

examples of therapy dogs

Answer 35

- dogs in court - in hospitals - in long term care facilities (retirement, rehab, prisons) - schools, story dogs - counselling etc

Question 36

emotional support dogs

Answer 36

- not recognized under law, no public access right, no requirements or standards, may or may not be trained

Question 37

examples of many other working dogs

Answer 37

- 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