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About IWDBC 2007

The Fifth International Working Dog Breeding Conference was held at the Kelly Club in San Antonio, Texas, USA from 5 - 8 November 2007.  This conference attracted 145 attendees represeting almost 100 different canine programs, universities, and companies from 16 different countries! The 2007 IWDBC featured a program of over 40 presentations, posters, and group-discussions spread over a 4 day meeting, and included a day off to tour the US DoD and TSA Canine Programs and sample local San Antonio flavor.

IWDBC 2005 Documents

2007_Biographies.pdf

2007_Summaries.pdf

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?

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