IWDBC 2007
Conference Proceedings
The Presentations below are arranged alphabetically by the surname of the presenter. To view an Adobe Acrobat (c) version of the Biographies and Presentation Summaries, please use the links located to the right. The 2007 IWDBC DVD is now available in the Online Store, and includes Presentation Slides by Conference presenters, as well as biographies, presentation summaries, and a complete attendee list. The Presentation Slides and Abstracts and Presentations are available online to IWDBA Members in the Members Only area of our website (visit Join IWDBA for membership information). They may also be obtained on DVD in our Online Store by your donation. The Proceedings will be published in the Journal of Veterinary Beahvior: Clinical Applications and Research.
Conference Program
John Baguley | Royal Australian Airforce Military Working Dog Puppy Foster Program |
Carmen Battaglia | Early Neurological Stimulation |
Whitney Benoit | RCMP Police Dog Service Breeding Program Overview |
John Bradshaw | Dominance in domestic dogs – useful construct or bad habit? |
Nick Branson | Canine Noise Phobia: The Latest Research and Its Implications for Working Dog Selection |
Jeanne Brock | Auburn University Canine Detection Training Center Breeding Program Overview |
Walter Burghardt | Towards the Universal Dog Record - Or Just Getting Data Organized |
John Cole | Discrete time survival analysis of longevity in a colony of dog guides |
Ray Coppinger | Selection for performance in working dogs |
Jeff Cutrer | VMRS Clinical Veterinary Software |
Matthew Devaney | The U.S. Border Patrol Breeding and Puppy Rearing Program |
Deborah Duffy | Behavioral Assessment of Guide and Service Dogs |
Dana Durso | Medical Surveillance of Search Dogs Deployed to the World Trade Center, Pentagon & Staten Island Landfill |
Michelle Fischer | Australian Customs Service - Where are we now |
Roger Foley | A Cost Analysis of Procuring Candidate MWDs through a Selective Breeding Program versus Private Vendors |
Ilan Frank | Oketz – The Israeli Defence Force K9 Unit |
Samantha Gaines | A Practitioner's Guide to Working Dog Welfare |
Robert Gillette | Variation in hematological and serum biochemical values associated with activity anticipation. |
Sam Gosling | Assessing Personality and Temperament in Animals |
Dominique Grandjean | Clinical consequences of cellular oxidative stress in working dogs - impact on work behaviour |
Barbara Havlena | Universal Dog Identification – How does it work and what is the benefit? |
Barbara Havlena | RelDog Lite Datatbasing Software |
Curtis Klages | A comparison of body temperature measurements by conventional methods and implantable microchips |
Eldin Leighton | Current State of Canine Breeding at The Seeing Eye, Inc. |
Eldin Leighton | The dog the whole dog and nothing but the dog. |
Jacqui Ley | Five factors for describing personality in dogs |
Anna-Elisa Liinamo | Breeding for better working dogs with effective utilization of working trial data |
Anna Elisa Liinamo | Genetic and environmental factors affecting behavior test results in Rottweilers |
Frode Lingaas | A study of genetic variation in three breeds of working dogs |
Sarah Marshall-Pescini | Does training make you smarter? The effects of training on the dogs' performance in two socio-cognitive tasks. |
Karen Overall | Update on the CBGP*: Progress in understanding heritable fears and anxieties |
Eranda Rajapaksha | Comparison of performance between imported and locally bred landmine detection dogs in Sri Lanka |
Greg Reinhart | Nutrition's Role in Managing Physiological Stress in Working Dogs |
Kristine Ritter | US Department of Defense MWD Breeding Program |
Jane Russenberger | Novel Temperament Scoring System, Puppy Test and Handler/Dog Relationship Assessment Tool |
Mark Sandford | Canine Trypsin-like Immunoreactivity levels in New Zealand German Shepherd Police Dogs |
Jane Smith | Detector Dogs and the Legal System: An Overview of Case Law & Potential Defense Strategies |
Tyrone Spady | Canine Genomics: Mapping Behavioral traits |
Kraig Stemme | Optimizing Ovulation Timing in the Working Dog Female for Improved Reproductive Performance |
Diana Thomas | Program update - TSA Canine Breeding and Development |
Scott Thomas | Trait Measurement and Behavior Testing in working dogs. |
Lee Titus | US Customs and Border Patrol Canine Breeding Program |
Paola Valescchi | Guide Dogs for the Blind: working dogs or pets? Two sides of the same coin. |
Liesbeth van der Waaij | Genetic analyses of results of a Swedish behaviour test on German Shepherd Dogs and Labrador Retrievers |
Jacquelyn Wahl | A Review of Hereditary Diseases of the German Shepherd Dog |
Bart Wilson | Which way did he go? |
