Main Flashcards
(36 cards)
Courage
Absence of fear towards object in situation.
Source
The highest concentration of trained odor available.
Residual odor
Odor that remains after the source of the trained odor is removed.
Intent
A canine’s ability and desire to systematically hunt for a trained odor.
Air scent
Drive to follow wind borne odors.
Hunt
Drive to pursue out of sight stimuli.
Tracing
Post alert behavior displayed by the canine while following the odor to source.
Indication
Trained behavior that pinpoints source.
Alert
A change of body posture and increased respiration when the dog first encounters the odors he has been trained to detect.
Confidence
Environmentally conditioned acceptance of safety.
Fixation
When the canine by the chaining of unrelated stimuli with a reward or correction becomes patterned into an incorrect behavior (alerting to the association of material used on source instead of actual source)
Olfactory acuity
The ability to identify and discriminate different odors.
Frustration
Tendency to subconsciously react aggressively when restrained from stimuli.
Scent discrimination
Canine ability to identify a trained odor amongst competing odors in scent picture.
What are the 5 rules of public contact?
a) Never leave a canine alone with small children.
b) Never perform any demonstration off leash.
c) During any contact with public be aware of and control the canine’s head.
d) Never allow the canine to jump on any person.
e) Never leave the canine chained or tied to an object.
What are the two instincts seen in canine?
a) Species preservation
-behavior associated with the survival and reproduction of the species
b) Self preservation
-behavior associated with the survival of the individual dog
What are the advantages of modular training?
a) The training emphasizes only 1 facet at a time until proficiency is obtained in that facet.
b) The proper ratio of praise and reward to correction is maintained through all phases of training.
c) Mental and physical stress on the canine is kept to a minimum.
Know and be able to demonstrate the five tones of voice used in canine training.
a) Command: short monotone (bark)
b) Correction: low growling
c) Praise: high, happy
d) Permissive: high to low (Where’s GIFT)
e) Agitation: (low whisper)
What is the importance of the reward object to a canine?
a) Reward is canine’s paycheck
b) Handler is paymaster
c) The reward must be:
i) Delivered on time.
ii) In the correct amount for the worked performance.
In canine training what are the two things that are never conflicted?
a) Trained odor
b) Correct handling skills
What three factors determine the amount of praise for a canine?
a) Hardness (difficulty)
b) Activity drive (drive)
c) Level of mental stress
What are the five factors to considered regarding scent production?
a) Surface area
b) State (solid or liquid)
c) Molecular weight
d) Temperature
e) Vapor pressure
What are the ways a handler can cue a canine?
a) Provides any repetitious verbal or physical cues to prompt the canine to indicate.
b) Anything beyond allowing the canine to trace to source that he or she was not doing before the canine alerts.
Know the basic rules of systematic searching:
a) Primary Rule: conduct a safe and thorough search.
b) 20-minute rule: never work a canine in systematic search more than 20 minutes without break.
c) Two Strike Rule: only allow the canine to break a search pattern on alert twice.
d) Two Meter Rule: represent 2 meters behind the suspected area.
