Dog Training Articles & Analysis
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It is no secret that dogs have long been used for purposes other than companionship. Because of an acute sense of smell, dogs can be trained in medical arenas to detect cancer, diabetes, and other chronic diseases or conditions. ...
Identification techniques in the field have typically relied on visual inspections, and in some cases, through the use of dogs trained to smell their presence. Unfortunately both of these techniques are prone to false positive and false negative conclusions. ...
She was later contacted by Morris Frank, a blind American man seeking a guide dog. After bringing Frank to Switzerland and providing him with a dog, Eustis returned to the United States, and in 1929, they established The Seeing Eye to help blind people achieve greater independence, dignity and self-confidence through the use of Seeing Eye dogs. ...