What the Dog Knows (50 page)

for Reza's pups,
275

for Solo,
6
,
7
,
8
–9,
100
,
101
,
116
,
134
,
135
,
136
,
142
,
143
,
152
,
153
,
209
,
248
,
252
,
253

Solo's paw preference and,
274

tug,
135
,
142
,
143
,
248
,
253

See also
Kongs

tracking

of Abominable Snowman,
48

by bloodhounds,
39
–45,
48
,
61

court acceptance of evidence gained by,
39
–40,
45

gender of dogs and,
272
–73

sense of smell and,
33

tiredness of dogs while,
140

training for,
40

See also
body dogs

trailing.
See
tracking

trainers

AKC obedience,
12

Cat's relationships with,
12
–13

George's views about,
77

of handlers,
76
–78

and identification of smell of death,
88

See also specific person

training

aids for,
92
–95,
163

blind problems and,
149
–50

of body dogs,
54
–55,
57
,
67

boredom during,
75
–82

building expertise and,
73
–74

of cadaver dogs,
18
–19,
85
–86,
92
–96

and chocolate smell studies,
32

decomposition and,
85
–86,
95
–96

at FOREST,
95
–96

Fort Lauderdale program for,
118
–20

of handlers,
67
,
75
–82,
95
,
118
–20,
161
–67,
170
,
261
,
271

importance of,
32
,
92

as interesting,
75
–79

materials for,
93
–95

need for strengthening,
153

odors used for,
60
–61

order of,
74
–75

of patrol dogs,
166

Rebmann views about,
92

scenarios for,
161
–67,
170
–74

and sense of smell,
33
,
36

shell game and,
75
–79

and smell of death,
88
–89

for submerged bodies,
201
–4

timing importance during,
159
–60

for tracking,
40

of vultures,
227

for water searches,
201
–4,
208
–10,
212

See also specific trainer or dog

treats.
See
Kongs; rewards

Trowbridge, John,
191

trust your dog,
167
,
169
,
177

Turin, Luca,
31
–32

turkey vultures,
180
,
226
–28

Turner, Mary Rose: murder of,
55
,
56
,
58

University of Tennessee: Anthropological Research Facility “body farm” at,
80
,
92

Vass, Arpad,
85
,
86
–87,
88
,
89
,
92
,
164
,
184
,
228
–29,
241
,
242
,
245

Veterans Health Administration,
259

veterinarians: Solo's visits with,
12
,
257

Vietnam War,
33
,
49
,
50
,
54
,
192
–97,
199
,
258

Vita (German shepherd, Solo's mother),
1
,
2
,
4
,
6
,
218

vocabulary for dogs,
105
–8

volatile organic chemicals,
29
,
31
,
85
,
87
–88,
89
,
92
,
228
,
242

volunteers,
111
,
115
,
159
,
172
,
180

Wag (fictional dog),
265

war

and recovery of dead soldiers,
191
–97

uses for dogs during,
189
–90,
259

water searches during,
213
–16

wounded in,
190
–91

See also specific war

War of 1812,
233

Warren, Cat

ambitions of,
110
–11

career background of,
218

and Cat's views about being a handler,
176
–83

childhood of,
4
,
11
,
203

and comparison of human and dog noses,
28

as defining herself,
112

fiftieth birthday of,
109
–10

handler abilities of,
105
–6,
116
,
117
–18,
168
,
169
–72,
176
–77,
268
–69

as journalist,
65
,
111
,
218

media viewing habits of,
180

motivation of,
176

as one-dog wonder,
269

reactions to cadaver work of,
176
–80

and relationships with other dog owners,
12
–13

retirement of,
254

and selection of Solo's successor,
267
–79

sense of smell of,
84
–85

and Solo's “cancer,”
255
,
257

Solo's relationship with,
12
,
97
,
100
,
116
,
135
,
168
,
169
,
253
,
267

Solo's retirement and,
262
–63

and training of Solo's successor,
266

Warren, Charles,
4
,
5
,
10
–11,
25
,
97
–98,
99
,
100
–101,
103
,
109
,
110
,
112
,
204
,
266
,
277

Warren, Dan,
204

Warren, Mark,
204
,
277

“Warwick nose,”
220

Washington State: and missing-children homicide case study,
173

water searches

alcohol/food role in,
208

alerts and,
211
,
212

body float charts and,
208
,
216

and characteristics of water,
209
–10

dog's cues during,
211

of Ferguson,
205

handlers and,
209
–10

of Higgins,
206
–7

land searches compared with,
209
–10,
211

in Louisiana,
212

in Ohio River,
210
–11

scent and,
209
,
210
,
212

Solo and,
201
–4,
209
–10,
211

three-dimensional problems of,
208
,
210

training for,
201
–4,
208
–9,
210
,
212

in war zones,
213
–16

Weakley-Jones, Barbara,
232

Weimaraners,
39

Weld Square victims (Massachusetts),
186
–88

West Virginia: historic human remains searches in,
237
–41

Western Carolina University: FOREST program at,
95
–96

whippets,
53

Whiskey (East European shepherd),
74
,
80
,
81
,
101

Whitney, Leon,
44

whorls,
273
–74

Winfrey, Megan,
157

Winthrop Point scenario,
170
–74

Wired
magazine: fake nose story in,
221
–22

Wolff, Art,
163
,
166
,
211

Wolfie (German shepherd),
102

Wolfinger, Norman,
155

wolves,
51
–52

working dogs

aging of,
252
–54

and animals as model for study of human disease,
258

bonding of handlers and,
149
,
256

characteristics of good,
34
,
72
–73

“demise” of,
218
–19

exposure to toxins of,
257

gender issues and,
272

identical twin study and,
35
–36

imitation and,
176

independence of,
149

jobs for,
34

as leaders,
79

as learning from observing other dogs,
276

physical condition of,
256

research about,
35
–38,
276

retirement of,
259

rewards for,
115

See also specific breed or specific dog

working scent

Cat and,
28

dogs as,
27
–28

Solo's nose and,
2

World War I,
190

World War II,
190
,
192

yellow-tape scenario,
166
–67

Yom Kippur War,
54

Young, Ken,
105

Youssef, Nancy,
225

Zarrella, Matt,
192
–97

Zev (German shepherd),
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
,
8
,
12
,
16
,
21
–22,
71

Zinicola, Lorraine,
56
,
58

Zodiac (Belgian Malinois),
211

zombie handlers,
168
–69,
174

Zoroastrians,
20
–21

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What the dog knows : the science and wonder of working dogs / Cat Warren.

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