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  2. Therapy dog - Wikipedia

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    Golden Retrievers are often used as therapy dogs due to their calm demeanor, gentle disposition, and friendliness to strangers.. A therapy dog is a dog that is trained to provide affection, comfort and support to people, often in settings such as hospitals, retirement homes, nursing homes, schools, libraries, hospices, or disaster areas.

  3. Tracking (dog) - Wikipedia

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    There are two separate classifications of point source dogs: detector dogs [6] and discrimination dogs. [6] Detection dogs are most often used to identify both non-biological and biological scents of a target object while ignoring other non-target environmental scents [17] Discrimination dogs are most often employed by police forces to identify ...

  4. Remote Air Sampling for Canine Olfaction - Wikipedia

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    The company 'Kent K9 Detection Services' offers a RASCO system, [3] and an evolved version is fielded by Chilport for remote air sampling, known as VODS and described as 'an approved variant of the RASCO System'. [4] Towards assessing best practice, the US Coastguard reviewed the system and wrote a brief summary report in 2006. [5]

  5. Detection dog - Wikipedia

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    Detection dog training in U.S. Navy military for drug detection An English Springer Spaniel on duty as a detection dog with the British Transport Police at Waterloo station. A detection dog or sniffer dog is a dog that is trained to use its senses to detect substances such as explosives, illegal drugs, wildlife scat, semen, [1] currency, blood, and contraband electronics such as illicit mobile ...

  6. Search and rescue dog - Wikipedia

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    Cadaver dogs are working search-and-rescue dogs, specially trained to locate decomposition scent, specific to human decomposition. [5] [6] Also known as Human Remains Detection Dogs (HRDDs), cadaver dogs are employed in forensic contexts to sniff and locate human remains, which can include those that are buried, concealed, or older, as well as body parts, skeletal remains, and soil ...

  7. Diabetes alert dog - Wikipedia

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    The first dog trained to detect hypoglycemia was a Californian dog called Armstrong in 2003. [5] In 2009, a dog named Tinker from Durham City became the first self-taught British assistance dog to be officially registered for a type 2 diabetic owner. He was able to give his owner Paul Jackson up to half an hour warning before an attack occurred ...

  8. Canine cancer detection - Wikipedia

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    Canine cancer detection is an approach to cancer screening that relies upon the claimed olfactory ability of dogs to detect, in urine or in breath, very low concentrations of the alkanes and aromatic compounds generated by malignant tumors. While some research has been promising, no verified studies by secondary research groups have ...

  9. Dog health - Wikipedia

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    Cavalier King Charles Spaniel with bandaged foot A dog's injured leg. The health of dogs is a well studied area in veterinary medicine.. Dog health is viewed holistically; it encompasses many different aspects, including disease processes, genetics, and nutritional health, for example.