dogs with jobs Flashcards

1
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what are some issues with dog racing

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  • controversial
  • welfare concerns
  • dogs raised like livestock
  • racing banned in some countries
  • some unsafe as pets
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2
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what do companion dogs include

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pet, show and sport dogs

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3
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entertainment dogs include

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dogs in movies and on the stage

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4
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detection dogs have 2 types of responses

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passive: sit or lay beside suspect item/ person or follow suspect item/ person

active;
- stay and bark
- scratch or dig at suspect item/ place
- back and forth between handler and item, tug or jump up

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5
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breed that protects aus at the border, why?

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labradors
- used to be beagles and labs because friendly and non threatening (last beagle retired in 2016)
- labs are large, agile, adaptable, stamina, strong retrieve

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3 federal government agencies (that use dogs)

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  • biosecurity
  • australian border force
  • australian federal police
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7
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biosecurity dogs detect ____ risks in average 8 year working career

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9000

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8
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qld department of agriculture and fisheries dogs are trained to detect

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fire ants, electric ants, red-eared slider turtle eggs, organophosphates, organochlorines, cane toads, termites

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what do qld police dogs attend to

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  • narcotic detection
  • explosives and firearm detection
  • urban search and rescue
  • cadaver and blood detection
  • general purpose
  • tactical
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what breeds to use qld police services use

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german shepherd, labs, some springer spaniels

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PADD dogs, what do they do and what breeds

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passive alert drug detection dogs (in corrective services)
- search incoming mail, visitors, staff, vehicles, prison environment
- labs and springer spaniels (cuz friendly and non threatening)

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GP dogs, what and breeds?

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general purpose dogs in corrective services, german shepherds

  • detect drugs, assist w prisoner supervision, control in incidents, patrol, track escapees, high security escorts
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13
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where do military working dogs work

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  • RAAF (royal Australian airforce)
  • Australian army
  • Australian military police
  • work on base, military exercise, on deployment
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SOMWD, what and breeds

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special operations military working dogs
- security and crime prevention work, intruder detection patrols, emergency response
- german shepherd, labs, belgian shepherd malinois

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explosive detector dogs can be (breeds)

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same breeds as SOMWD (german shepherds, labs, belgian shepherd malinois) or others

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16
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qld fire and emergency service dogs

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highly trained, many volunteers, recruiting now

17
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what to keep in mind when treating these highly trained dogs

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  • valuable
  • trained to bite hard, potentially dangerous
  • communication w handler is vital
  • will have specific cues, O’s may need to be present for everything
18
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conservation dogs, what they do and breeds

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  • work w handlers to detect wildlife presence by finding scat
  • koalas, quoll, bandicoot, tasmanian devils, frogs, etc
  • detect pests
  • wear GPS
  • support wildlife surveys
  • can be ANY BREED! - commonly maremma sheepdogs
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working dogs, what and breeds

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  • work w handler direction
  • cattle, sheep, livestock
  • heading, herding, heeling, heeding, hardiness
  • border collie, cattle dogs, kelpies, etc
20
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dual purpose dogs, what and breeds

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herding and guardian
- german, white swiss, dutch and belgian shepherds

21
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what do specialist livestock guardian dogs do

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  • do NOT herd, bond w livestock (imprint), detect predators, expected to kill to defend livestock
  • maremma sheepdog, anatolian, kangal, great pyrenees
22
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research and teaching dogs; what is the code, act and regulation

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  • Australian code for the care and use of animals for scientific purposes
  • animal care and protection act
  • qld animal care and protection regulation
23
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true or false ; reporting outcomes of research using animals is highly recomended

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false its mandatory

24
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what is prohibited in terms of research/ teaching animals, what prohibits them

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  • skin and eye irritancy tests
  • lethal dose 50 or lethal concentration 50 tests
  • testing sunscreen or cosmetics
  • prohibited in qld by animal care and protection act
25
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what are the 3 Rs of animal research

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  • replace the use of animals whenever possible
  • reduce the number of animals needed
  • refine tests to cause animals least amount of distress
26
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nutrition research, what companies, and what breeds

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  • eukanuba and hills, carry out research on colony of dogs that live out their lives in facility or adopted by staff
  • beagles!!!
27
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what do assistance dogs include

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aka service dogs; means dogs trained to perform identifiable physical task and behaviours to assist a person w disability to reduce need for support

includes
- guide dog
- hearing dog

28
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what federal law includes assistance animals

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the disability discrimination act; legal definition of assistance animal as a dog that:
a) is accredited under a state or territory law to assist a person w a disability to alleviate the effects of disability or
b) is accredited by an animal training organization prescribed in the regulation or
c) is trained to assist a person w a disability to alleviate the effects of the disability and meets standards of hygiene and behaviour that are appropriate for an animal in a public place

29
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state law in terms of assistance dogs;

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qld guide, hearing and assistance act and qld guide, hearing and assistance dogs amendment act

30
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what 3 things do people with assistance dogs need to do in order to be accompanied by a assistance dog and lawfully have them in place or vehicle (state law)

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1) undertaken and passed public access test
2) carry an identity card for themselves
3) put an identifying coat or harness on the dog

31
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where are assistance dogs not allowed

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  • specific parts of health facility where hyginene standard is maintained to prevent infection or spread of disease
  • an ambulance
  • food prep areas
  • where presence of dog would present a risk to others ordinarily present or serious risk to plant or animal native to place
32
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if hospitalized what to know about assistance dogs

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  • their cue to eat
  • cue to urinate
  • learn dogs signal in order to defecate
  • similar to other working dogs communication w handlers is vital
33
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what is IMPORTANT about discharging service dogs

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  • ensure handler has support at home in dogs in non-ambulatory OR CANNOT discharge from clinic
34
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therapy dogs

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NOT assistance dogs, do not have public access rights
- provide comfort and affection
- usually well trained
- access is at discretion of workplace

35
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examples of therapy dogs

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  • dogs in court
  • in hospitals
  • in long term care facilities (retirement, rehab, prisons)
  • schools, story dogs
  • counselling etc
36
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emotional support dogs

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  • not recognized under law, no public access right, no requirements or standards, may or may not be trained
37
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examples of many other working dogs

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  • dogs trained to move birds away from aircraft
  • dogs that find truffles
  • dogs that are trained to detect diseases
  • dogs that trained to detect water leaks
  • security, patrol etc
  • termite detector dogs