What the Dog Knows (45 page)

Some early shots of Kathy Holbert's litter of pups, including Coda, can be found at
http://www.chiodokennels.com/chiodo_kennels/REZA_ARKO_PUPPY_PAGE.html
.

On imitative behavior among corvids, see, for example, “Social Learning Spreads Knowledge About Dangerous Humans Among American Crows,” by Heather N. Cornell, John M. Marzluff, and Shannon Pecoraro,
Proceedings of the Royal Society B
279, 2011: 499–508. Friederike Range of the Department of Cognitive Biology, University of Vienna, and head of the Clever Dog Lab at the Messerli Research Institute, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, was among the first researchers to look at imitation or social learning in dogs; see, for example, “Automatic Imitation in Dogs,” by Friederike Range, Ludwig Huber, and Cecilia Heyes,
Proceedings of the Royal Society B
278, 2011: 211–217.

The other group studying social learning in dogs at Eötvös University in Budapest has authored such articles as “Dog as a Model for Studying Conspecific and Heterospecific Social Learning,” by Enikö Kubinyi, Péter Pongrácz, and Ádám Miklósi,
Journal of Veterinary Behavior
4, no. 1, 2009: 31–41; and “When Rank Counts—Dominant Dogs Learn Better from a Human Demonstrator in a Two-Action Test,” by Péter Pongrácz, Petra Bánhegyi, and Ádám Miklósi,
Behaviour
149, 2012: 111–132.

The South African study that I found so evocative—“Early Prediction of Adult Police Dog Efficiency—A Longitudinal Study,” by J. M. Slabbert and Johannes S. J. Odendaal,
Applied Animal Behaviour Science
64, 1999: 269–288—has not been replicated, to my knowledge.

Aaron (German shepherd-Malinois),
271
,
275
–76

abandoned properties/outbuildings searches,
183

Abominable Snowman: bloodhound tracking of,
48

Afghanistan War,
198
–200,
212
–15,
225
,
258
,
260

age: for search-and-rescue dogs,
195

aging: of dogs,
250
–54

Airedales: as war dogs,
190

alcohol: water searches and,
208

alerts

false,
146
–50,
152
,
159
,
164
,
177

of Solo,
72
,
95
,
101
,
104
,
116
,
146
–47,
148
–50,
185
,
211
,
247
,
263

water searches and,
211
,
212

Alonso, German,
227

Alzheimer's victims searches,
182
–83

“ambulance dogs,”
190

ambush detectors: insect,
222
–23

Anderson, Sandra M.,
158
–59

Andersonville prison,
234
,
235

Andreasen-Webb, Joan,
1
–3,
6
,
7
,
9
,
10
,
13
,
82
,
102
,
218
,
267
,
273

anger management,
5

Animal Planet,
29
–30

animals

dead,
164

oder of decomposing,
61
,
86
–87,
89

in search areas,
183

sentinal,
257
–58

worship of,
23

See also type of animal

Anthropological Research Facility “body farm” (University of Tennessee),
80
,
92

Anubis,
20

Apache (German shepherd),
107
–8

apprehension work,
119
–25

archaeology,
233
,
241
,
242
.
See also
historic human remains

Argus (German shepherd),
63

Army, U.S.

cat experiments of,
59

detecting reports from,
47
,
51

disaster dogs and,
64

and dogs as detecting animals,
52
–53

“insect ambush detectors” of,
222
–23

Morganza Spillway search and,
206

shepherd breeding program of,
52
–53

See also
military, U.S.

Auerbach, David

bee hives of,
49

and Cat-Solo relationship,
13
,
168

Cat's relationship with,
11
,
109
–10,
111

and Coda's homecoming,
279

and comparison of human and dog noses,
28

Durham as home for,
113

German shepherds as favorite of,
5

Megan comes to live with,
4

naming of Solo by,
5

and neutering of Solo,
102

and selection of Solo's successor,
266
,
267
,
268
,
274
,
277
,
278
,
279

Solo as finding,
10
,
137

and Solo-Megan relationship,
10

Solo's birth and,
2

Solo's blind searches and,
152
–53

and Solo's “cancer,”
257

and Solo's homecoming,
7
,
8

and Solo's intelligence,
9

Solo's personality and,
108

Solo's relationship with,
12
,
100
,
137
,
280

Solo's training and,
94
,
97

and Warren's (Charles) death,
98

and water searches,
201
,
203

Axel, Richard,
29

Baker, Adeline,
23

Baker, Mike

appearance of,
114

and Cat-Solo swamp search,
133

Cat's early meetings with,
112
–18

“detail” and,
159

evaluation of dogs by,
269
,
274

false alerts and,
147

and gender of dogs,
272
,
273

as head of Durham Police Department K9 unit,
112

and making training interesting,
81

retirement of,
270

and selection of Solo's successor,
270
,
272
,
273

Solo's blind searches and,
153

and Solo's honesty,
148

Solo's retirement and,
262
–63

and Solo's training,
112
–18

and submerged body searches,
204

and training of Gooch's dogs,
250

tug toys idea of,
134

“bark and hold” system,
122

barks,
119
–20

Baron Von Ricktagfan (German shepherd),
57
–59

Bass, Bill,
206

Baum, L. Frank,
170
–71

bears,
30
–31,
166
,
183

bed-bugs,
150
–51,
222
,
223

biotechnology

and advantages of dogs,
224
–25

conenose bugs and,
223

electronic noses and,
218
–19,
220
–21,
226

and ferns as bomb detectors,
223
–24

GPR systems and,
228

IED detectors and,
225

“insect ambush detectors” and,
222
–23

LABRADOR project and,
228
–29

military applications of,
222
–23,
225

and replacements for dogs,
217
–29

and “The Wasp Hound” patent,
219
–20,
223

turkey vulture experiments and,
226
–28

bite

Hook's specialization of dogs who,
201

of patrol and police dogs,
121
–25

“bite and hold” system,
122

bite sleeves,
117
,
123
–25,
251
,
269

blind problems,
149
–50,
153

blind searches,
152
–53

bloodhounds

Abominable Snowman tracking by,
48

at Andersonville Prison,
235

baying of,
42

as best trackers,
61

as cadaver dogs,
59
,
235

characteristics of,
41
–42

at crime scenes,
57

Cuban,
43
–44,
235

gender of,
273

handlers of,
40
–41,
42

intelligence of,
40

in law enforcement,
40
–41

noses/sense of smell of,
30
,
37
,
38
–39,
40
,
59

Oppel case and,
62

personality of,
42

Pikett claims about his,
154
,
155
–57

as police dogs,
41
,
44

in popular culture,
42
–43

prison,
42
,
44

purity of,
39
–40

as search-and-rescue dogs,
44

slavery and,
43
–44

temperament of,
40

tracking reputation of,
39
–45,
57

training of,
40

bodies

age of,
87

appearance of,
181
–82

and attitudes of handlers about cadaver work,
176
–77

bloodhounds as tracking to,
45
,
57

dead animals on top of,
164

difficulty of getting rid of,
184

dogs as eating,
20
–21,
24
,
51

and dogs on leads,
24

flies and,
84

historic human,
232
–48

importance of finding,
184

and preparation for appearance of body,
181
–82

and recovery of dead soldiers,
191
–97

search-and-rescue dogs and,
54

smell of,
80
,
86
–87,
89
,
96

in water,
201
–16

See also
body dogs; cadaver dogs; clandestine burials;
specific search

Bodies: The Exhibition
(museum show),
93

body dogs

at crime scenes,
61
–64

disasters and,
54
,
55

German shepherds as,
55

idea for,
54

media and,
62
–63

murders and,
55
–56

in Oneida County, New York,
57
–59

Rebmann as trainer of,
60
–63

Suffolk presentation about,
60

and Suffolk's legacy,
67

training of,
54
–55,
57
,
67

vocabulary and,
107

in war zones,
54

See also
cadaver dogs

“body farm” (University of Tennessee),
80
,
92

body float charts,
208
,
216

bombs/weapons

dog detection of,
33
,
34
,
37
–38,
47
,
58
,
72
,
90

fake noses and,
219

ferns as detecting,
223
–24

honeybee detection of,
48
–49

Bonaventure Cemetery (Savannah, Georgia),
197

Bone Room (Berkeley, California),
93

Bones
(TV show),
23
–24,
85

Bothelho, Sandra,
188

Bowling, Tracy,
150

Boyce, Mary,
20
,
21

Boyle, Robert,
38
,
39

Bradshaw, John,
34
,
35

bragging about dogs,
150
–53

brain: sense of smell and,
84
,
87

Brieger, Ludwig,
60

Buchanek, Michael,
156

Buck, Linda,
29
,
31

Byrd, Robert,
238

Cablk, Mary,
89
,
241
–42

Cadaver Dog Handbook
(Rebmann),
18
–19,
66
,
79

Cadaver Dog Program, Kentucky State,
232

cadaver dogs

accuracy of,
90
–92

alerts of,
86
–87,
89
–90

background about,
19
–25

bloodhounds as,
59
,
235

books about training,
18
–19,
66
,
79

Cat's decision to train Solo as,
18

Cat's early research about,
19
–25

dead sheep alerts of,
86
–87

at disasters,
64
–65

gender issues and,
272
–73

Hamburg case and,
90
–92

handlers effect on reliability of,
90

historic human remains and,
233
–35,
241
–43

importance of,
184

Labradors as,
59

and lack of resources for law enforcement,
114
–15