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When are y’all starting obedience and agility/S&C work with your search dogs? Curious to see whether current-day practices still match the reported data from ~20 years ago.
 TLDR: A 2007–2008 survey of 177 U.S. search-dog handlers found that obedience generally began earlier than agility, reported active-equipment use increased with dog age, and more weekly training was associated with certification.

📖 Alexander, Friend, & Haug 2011; DOI: doi.org/frcdnv

📸 U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jake Carter

#workingdog #searchdog #dogtraining #SARdog #BK9F by @beaux.nose

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2 months ago

Have y’all ever noticed any meaningful performance differences between single- vs. dual-purpose dogs?

TLDR: Single-purpose and dual-purpose narcotics teams showed no significant differences in target detection or false-alert outcomes, although the study did not establish equivalent performance.

📖 Rice & Velasco 2021; DOI: doi.org/rkxg

📸 U.S. Army Photo by Sgt. Nickson Schenk [Ft. MWDs Jack, Cuni, & Iilona]

#workingdog #drugdog #k9unit #policek9 #BK9F by @beaux.nose

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Do y’all like to feed before or after scent work, and have you ever noticed your dog perform differently depending on when they last ate?

TLDR: Eating breakfast before testing reduced false alarms without significantly changing hit rates, overall discrimination, response bias, or session duration.

📖 Yee et al. 2026; DOI: doi.org/rmdw

📸 U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Joshua Hastings [Ft. MWD Faro]

#workingdog #workingdogwednesday #nationaldogday #dogfood #BK9F by @beaux.nose

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Have you noticed your dog consistently favoring one direction when they first encounter a track?

TLDR: Experienced tracking dogs with no prior directional-discrimination training followed the track-layer’s direction on ~61% of trials when introduced at a 90° angle to the track midpoint, but this was not reliably better than a random guess.

📖 Mackenzie & Schultz, 2003; DOI: doi.org/bpgtjr

📸 U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Savannah Carpenter

#workingdog #mantrailing #trackingdog #k9unit #BK9F by @beaux.nose

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Thank you, ATK9.

Attending as a vendor and classroom attendees allows us to dial in and learn even more about what you do, and how we can help you.

At Muscatatuck Training Center we got to sit next to handlers who do this for a living and see how the work really gets done.

Our biggest win was the conversations.
Board members, attendees, vet med experts, and handlers of active working K9s and wounded K9s all took time to tell us what their dogs need.
A lot of them want to help us find solutions through our ongoing research. That’s fuel to our fire heading into 2027.

Pictured: @mediocrek9handler and K9 Hondo.
Thank you both for the work you do, and for being a real one.

A BIG thank you to @essek9collective
You partnered with us at the end of 2025 and encouraged us to be at this event.
You believe in what we do, in the results our products are getting, and in the bigger goals behind our mission.
That means a lot to us. WAY more coming.

And to @atk9usa : The organization, the communication, and the care you put into making this event a success showed all week. Thank you for having us, and for the great conversations.

To everyone we talked with between the vendor booth and the class sessions: we can’t wait to work more with you.

Onward.

#ATK9 #K9Handler #WorkingDogs #K9Unit #PetMatRx taken in Muscatatuck Urban Training Center by @beaux.nose

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When your dog hits a track, do they usually commit to a direction immediately or work back and forth before deciding?

TLDR: Dogs appeared to determine track direction by comparing consecutive scent impressions and following a directional odor gradient, rather than the physical orientation of individual footprints.

📖 Steen & Wilsson, 1990; PMID: 2248032

📸 U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Angelica Winther [Ft. MWD Caos]

#workingdog #mantrailing #trackingdogs #k9unit #BK9F by @beaux.nose

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How much have y’all seen changing or inconsistent wind conditions affect your dog’s ability to locate the source?

TLDR: Scent-adsorbing clothing did not prevent SAR dogs from locating hidden subjects, while variable wind was associated with longer search times.

📖 Shivik, 2002; tinyurl.com/shivik2002

📸 U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Delanie Brown [Ft. MWD Cchuy]

#workingdog #searchdog #SARdog #K9unit #BK9F by @beaux.nose

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How are y’all typically presenting target odors during training?

TLDR: Dogs trained with variable odor mixtures maintained target detection across familiar and novel backgrounds, while target-only training did not reliably transfer to complex mixtures.

📖 Hall & Wynne, 2018; PMID: 30582032

📸 U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Kevin McCormick Jr

#workingdog #detectiondog #bombdog #k9unit #BK9F by @beaux.nose

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How many footsteps does your dog usually work before deciding which way the track goes?

TLDR: Trained dogs could accurately determine track direction from just five sequential footsteps, but performance fell to chance with only three.

📖 Hepper & Wells, 2005; PMID: 15741595

📸 U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Nello Miele

#workingdog #detectiondog #mantrailing #k9unit #BK9F by @beaux.nose

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4 days ago

Violence is the answer.

#workingdog #decoy #bitesuit #bitework #BK9F by @beaux.nose

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5 days ago

Here’s this week’s recap!

Unrelated fun fact: ~95% of the time, circle pits run counterclockwise.

Go bite somebody. See y’all at ATK9 next week 👀

📸 U.S. Army photo by Spc. Derek Mustard [Ft. MWD Boss]

#workingdog #k9unit #dogscience #dogtech #BK9F by @beaux.nose

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Shelter, rescue, and foster folks: what changes do y’all notice as dogs begin settling into their new/temp kennel life?

TLDR: Wearable sensors detected disrupted nighttime rest after shelter intake that improved over two weeks but did not fully return to pet-dog levels.

📖 van der Laan et al. 2023; PMID: 37319231

📸 U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez [Ft. Retired MWD Ddesmond]

#workingdog #shelterdogs #rescuedogs #fosterdogs #BK9F by @beaux.nose

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