Working Dog Magazine on Tracking and Trailing: Beyond the Find In a 2026 double-blind mantrailing study, teams reached the wrong person more than twice as often as the correct target. During the scent-discrimination trials, teams located the correct person in 9 percent of searches and an incorrect person in 19 [...]
Working Dog Magazine: Delayed Gratification and Detection Accuracy Impulse Control Before Commitment Detection accuracy is often discussed through odor recognition, drive, reward, and search stamina. Those pieces matter, but they do not explain every clean find or every false response. A dog also has to manage the urge to answer [...]
Officers can release police dogs on violent, fleeing suspects – but if a warning is feasible, skipping it can be a problem By Ken Wallentine for Police1 | police1.com CAMERON v. CITY OF DES MOINES, 2026 WL 535206 (8th Cir. 2026) Police dog cases often turn on timing – not just [...]
Enter the Working Dog of the Month Contest – Your Dog’s Moment to Shine! At Working Dog Magazine, we believe every working dog has a unique story — and it’s time to share yours with the world. Our Working Dog of the Month (WDOM) Contest is open, offering handlers across [...]
Rising to the Rescue: The Surge in SAR Dog Deployments From Working Dog Magazine | workingdogmagazine.com When a building collapses, when floodwaters sweep through neighborhoods, or when wildfires roar through towns, one of the first tools responders reach for is a dog. Search and rescue (SAR) teams have become [...]
Red Light Therapy from Working Dog Magazine Working dogs are the unsung heroes of our communities. Whether they’re guiding individuals with disabilities, searching for missing people, detecting contraband, or serving in military operations, these dogs give their all every single day. Their jobs demand incredible strength, stamina, and resilience, [...]
By Eukanuba Pro Staff for workingdogmagazine.com How much water should your dog drink? Drinking water is important for everyone, and it’s especially important for dogs. Water supports all body systems, helps maintain temperature, improves absorption of nutrition and many other things. But is there a particular amount of water [...]
Article by Simon Lissa for Working Dog Magazine For dogs, there is no worse injury than one to their paws. Dogs are constantly active, and paw injuries can take a long time to heal because they continue to walk on their feet, despite the pain, and re-injure themselves or slow [...]
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