What the Dog Knows (48 page)

Mayhew, Lisa,
111
–12,
267

Mazda, Ahura,
19

McCain, John,
193

McConnell, Debbie,
187

McConnell, Patricia,
5
–6,
272

McDonald, Kha,
235
,
236
,
237

McDougall, Duncan,
89

Medeiros, Debra,
185

Medford, June,
224

media

body dogs and,
62
–63

and Cat's viewing habits,
180

and false claims about dogs,
150

See also
popular culture

Megan (Irish setter),
4
,
7
,
8
,
9
–10,
12
,
71
,
97
,
98
,
100
,
102
,
180
,
265
–67,
275
,
279

Menache, Sophia,
23

Mendes, Dawn,
187

“mercy dogs,”
190

Mesloh, Charlie,
121
,
122

military, U.S.

and animals as model for study of human disease,
258
–59

body dog program for,
60
,
61

detection dogs for,
33
,
49

detection study by,
47
–51

exposure to toxins of dogs in,
257

fake nose and,
221

first cadaver-dog project of,
192
–97

and killing of dogs and handlers in Afghanistan,
212
–13

and replacements for detection dogs,
221
,
225

retirement of working dogs from,
259

training of dogs for,
33
,
61

See also
Army, U.S.; Montanarelli, Nick

Military Working Dog Center (Lackland Airforce Base),
259

Minamata, Japan: sentinel animals in,
258

Miss Marple (vulture),
227

missing persons searches,
232

missing-toddler scenario,
162
,
163
–64

Mississippi Delta

Cat as handler on search in,
169
–72

Higgins training of handlers in,
169
–74

Solo's historic human remains search in,
242

Mitchell, Daniel S.,
49

Mobility Equipment Research and Development Center, U.S. Army,
49

Molli (Labrador),
170

Montanarelli, Nicholas,
37
–38,
49
,
50
,
52
,
54
–55,
59
,
222

Morgan, Nancy,
101
–2

Morganza Spillway (Louisiana): water searches along,
206
–7

Muir, John,
131
,
197
–98

Mullikin, V.G.,
44

multipurpose dogs,
41

multitasking,
74

murders: body dogs and,
55
–56

Murphy, Marcia,
244

mutts,
39
,
52
,
190

Myers, Larry,
30
–31,
36
–37,
153
,
254

names: for Solo's successor,
267
–68

narcotics dogs,
72

NASA (National Aeronautical and Space Agency),
48

national cemeteries,
191

National Institute of Justice,
37
,
228

National Police Bloodhound Association,
40
–41,
154
,
157

National Search Dog Alliance,
163

negative searches,
152
–53,
163
,
164
–65

Nero (Belgian Malinois),
260
–61

Neuharth, Allen H.,
218

New Bedford, Massachusetts: body searches in,
185
–88

New York State Police: Hatch murders and,
55
–56

New York Times
,
150
,
151
,
155
,
156

Nick Carter (bloodhound),
44

Nikki (German shepherd),
210
–11

North Carolina

animals in,
183

appearance of bodies in,
181
–82

Cat-Solo walks in Piedmont woods of,
231
–32

Cat's training with handlers in foothills of,
105
–6

military canine training base in,
225

murder rate in,
180

Solo's search of swamp in,
131
–38,
139
–43

time frame for searches in,
184

See also
Durham Police Department

nose

and aging of dogs,
254

artificial/fake,
218
–19,
220
–22,
226

biotechnology and,
217
–22,
226

comparison among species of,
29
–30,
36
–37

dogs as trusting their,
160

electronic,
218
–19,
220
–21,
226

history of,
28
–29

human noses compared with dogs,
28
,
36
–37

research on human,
31
–32

size of,
28

of Solo (German shepherd),
2
,
6
–7,
37

See also
smell, sense of;
specific breed

nursing home dogs,
23

Oakland Park, Florida: Sprouse training program in,
125
–30

Oates, Michael,
225

obedience handlers,
7

obedience trainers,
12
,
115

odor.
See
scent; smell, sense of

Oesterhelweg, Lars,
91
–92

Ohio River water search,
210
–11

Old Spanish Trail: historic human remains on,
241
–42

olfactory system.
See
nose; scent; smell, sense of

Ollie (golden retriever),
24

Oneida County, New York: Suffolk body dogs search in,
57
–59

Oppel, Kent,
62

Oppel, Robin,
62

Ortiz, Benjamen,
162
,
163
–64

other dogs

Solo's relationship with,
12
–13,
16
,
18
,
102
–3,
118

working dogs as learning from,
276

O'Toole, Peter,
265

Otto, Cynthia,
256

owners, dog: Cat's relationship with other,
12
–13

Paiva, Nancy,
185
–86

Palman, Deborah,
40
,
138
–39

Panama Canal: bugs as detectors test in,
223

Panzer (shepherd),
192
–93,
194
–96,
197

Patent Office, U.S.,
64

patrol dogs,
61
,
76
,
114
,
119
–20,
121
–23,
166
,
250
,
254
,
272
,
274
,
275
.
See also
law enforcement; police dogs;
specific dog

paw preferences,
273
–74

Pearl (Labrador),
57
,
58

Pegues family plantation,
243
–45

Penn Vet Working Dog Center,
256

pet dogs,
35
,
79
,
87
,
121
,
256
–57

Peterson, Michael,
258
–59

Pfungst, Oskar,
146

Phillips, David,
195
–96,
197

Piedmont woods (North Carolina): Solo-Cat walks in,
231
–32

pigs,
50
–51,
54
,
60
,
88
–89

Pikett, Keith,
154
,
155
–57,
158

Pip (Chihuahua),
37

Plott hounds,
39

Pluto (Disney dog),
43

police dogs (K9 units)

bite sleeves and,
123
–25

bites of,
121
–23

bloodhounds as,
41
,
44

development of programs for,
33

in Durham,
114
–15

German shepherds as,
3

handlers for,
261

misuse of,
121
–23

public image of,
121

retirement of,
250
,
251
,
252

sense of smell and,
33

Polonis, Jim,
50
–51,
53

popular culture

bloodhounds in,
42
–43

dogs in,
23
–25

Preston, John,
155

prison bloodhounds,
42
,
44

privacy: dog-sniff cases and,
151

Puffin (Maltese puppy),
53

puppies

as imitators,
275
–76

paw preferences of,
273
–74

and Solo as puppy,
6
–11

PVC pipe training,
80
–81,
277

Pyle, Ernie,
192

Quando (German shepherd, Solo's father),
7

Quinn (German shepherd),
138

raccoons/possums,
51
,
52
,
183

Radimir (Belgian Malinois),
211

Rains, Glen,
219
–20

Rands-Warren, Anges,
10

raptors,
51

Ray, James Earl,
44

Rebmann, Andy

and Cat as handler,
168

commands of,
106
–7

Crafts case and,
63
–64

and gender of dogs,
273

L'Ambiance Plaza disaster and,
64
–65

and negative searches,
163

New Bedford murder search of,
186
–88

Oppel case and,
61
–63

Pikett case and,
157

professional background of,
45
,
115

reputation of,
59

retirement of,
67
,
188

and self-deployment of volunteers,
181

seminars of,
214

Suffolk's relationship with,
60
,
63
,
107

training of body/cadaver dogs by,
60
–63,
67
,
92
,
107

training of handlers by,
67
,
169
,
181

writings by,
18
–19,
66
,
210

Zarrella's relationship with,
195

Reese, Richard,
194

Reichl, Ruth,
109

religion: dogs' connections with,
19
–20,
22
–23

Renzo (German shepherd),
240

retirement: of dogs,
250
–52

Revolutionary War,
233
,
243
–48

rewards

accidental,
94
–95

Baker's training program and,
117

for bees,
48

for bloodhounds,
41
–42

false alerts and,
147
,
148

food as,
166
,
219

“go out” and,
149

and Hook's training of Solo,
70
,
71
,
72

importance of,
115

for lack of fear,
96

negative searches and,
152
,
153

and personality of dogs,
186

self-,
253

for Solo,
70
,
71
,
72
,
101
,
116
,
134
,
135
,
136
,
142
,
143
,
147
,
148
,
152
,
153
,
209
,
247
,
248
,
253

toys as,
101
,
116
,
117
,
134
,
135
,
136
,
142
,
143
,
152
,
153
,
165
–66,
209
,
248

for “Wasp Hound,”
219

weaning dogs off,
165

for working dogs,
115

Reza (German shepherd),
275

Rhodes, Robin,
187
–88

Rick (German shepherd),
123
–24,
125

Rin (German shepherd),
250

Robby's Law,
259

Rocco (shepherd),
240

Rotter, Ephraim,
236

Rufus (German shepherd),
61
,
62
,
186

sagdid
(Zoroastrian rite),
20
–21

Sagebiel, John,
89

“sanitary dogs,”
190

Sanson, Greg,
199
,
214

Sassoon, Siegfried,
189
,
190

Scamp (schnauzer),
23

scavengers,
20
,
24

scenarios,
161
–67,
170
–74

scent

of animals,
61

artificial nose and,
220
–21

of buried bodies,
87

comparison of human with dog,
169

of death/decomposition,
18
,
21
,
61
,
80
–82,
83
,
84
–89,
96
,
200