Terminology Flashcards
Control
Canine’s responsiveness to verbal commands and presentations during the search
Intent
A canine’s ability and desire to systematically hunt for a trained odor
Alert
A change of body posture and increased respiration when the dog first encounters the odors he has been trained to detect
Tracing
Post-alert behavior displayed by the canine while following the odor to source
Walking odor
The canine alerts and walks away
Passive indication
Strong alert and desire to trace odor to source. Quick sit upon reaching source. Intense pinpointing stare at source, regardless of distractions.
Sit, down, point
Active indication
Scratch, bite
Fringe indication
The canine prematurely indicates while tracing odor
Pinpoint
Directing the team to move to source
Threshold problem
The canine walks odor that is not a quantity previously experienced
False indication
The canine displayed a change in behavior that the handler interpreted as an alert and indication in a controlled training environment where it had been previously established that no trained odors were present
Nonproductive alert
The canine displayed an alert in an uncontrolled field environment were no tangible trained substance could be located
Behavior 1: Genetic behavior
Determined by the dog’s genes, born into the dog. A dog’s potential is limited by his genetic makeup
Behavior 2: Environmental behavior
Behavior that is learned through environmental conditioning.
Instinct 1: Species preservation
Behavior associated with the survival and reproduction of the species
Instinct 2: Self preservation
Behavior associated with the survival of the individual dog
Drives
Subconscious impulses to react to stimuli.
Genetic- can be enhanced through training, but never created or eliminated
A canine will revert to his drives, not training when placed under stress
Indication
Trained behavior that pinpoints source
Primary rule
Primary responsibility is to do a safe and thorough search
First pass
Handler and canine move through the search area while the canine searches with minimal direction from the handler
4 drives used in detection work
Hunt, airscent, retrieve, prey
5 tones of voice
Command- short, monotone bark Correction- low growling Praise- high, happy Permissive- high to low Agitation- suspicious whispering
Two meter rule
If during a search the canine alerts and leaves the area or you see and area you did not present, you gain the canines attention and spin in a wide arc. Represent two meters behind the suspected area and maintain proper speed through suspected area
Drives that elicit aggressive behavior
Fight, survival (self-defense), prey, rank, guard, protection
Describe scent
Gaseous, particulate, and aerosol matter emitting from a substance
Source
The strongest concentration of trained odor available
Olfactory acuity
The ability to identify and discriminate different odors
Scent discrimination
The canines ability to identify a trained odor amongst competing odors in the scent picture
Residual odor
Odor that remains after the source of the trained odor is removed
Threshold
Threshold refers to the minimum and maximum levels of odor that the canine will identify or trace to source
Free search
The handler allows the k9 to search the area with no direction
Systematic search
The handler directs the canine through the search area, systematically presenting productive areas
Post
Directional command to the handler to prevent the canine’s forward motion.
Rear tension
Directional command to the handler to apply rearward tension to the leash
Knick
Directional command to a third party to provide slight auditory stimulation from source (tapping, scratching).
Verleitung
German term for diversion. Refers to distraction training. Four types of distractions. Sight, sound, smell, situation
Fixation
When the canine, by the “chaining” of unrelated stimuli with a reward or correction becomes patterned into an incorrect behavior.
Split testing
Purpose- to determine if the dog recognizes each odor individually.
• conflict split
• new toy split
• raw plant
