Season 3 Episode 43: The mind of a puppy with Dr. Emily Bray

On this podcast, we get to finally discuss the cognition testing and research on how predictable the cognition tests on puppies are in determining if they are potential detection or working dogs.  Many of us who work breed or train dogs always know its a crap shoot at times to know if the puppy we are working with can or will turn out to do what we hope.   Dr. Emily Bray conducted her post-doctoral research associate at the Arizona Canine Cognition Center (in the School of Anthropology at the University of Arizona) and Canine Companions for Independence, where I study how early developmental, behavioral, and cognitive factors impact later life outcomes.   I earned my PhD in Psychology at the University of Pennsylvania where I worked with Robert Seyfarth, Dorothy Cheney, and James Serpell. For my dissertation, I partnered with The Seeing Eye, Inc.  to conduct a longitudinal study investigating puppy development, which involved tracking a cohort of 138 puppies from birth until completion of the program.   Prior to UPenn, I earned a B.A. in Psychology and English from Duke University, where I worked at the Duke Canine Cognition Center studying inhibitory control in pet and Canine Companions for Independence® assistance dogs with Evan MacLean and Brian Hare.   Show Sponsors:   Scent Wheels   Are you looking for Scent wheels for detection training?? Some of the best in the business are made sold by Pat Nolan, go visit Pat Nolan's website.     www.tacticaldirectionalk9.com    SciK9    Home of the TADD (Training Aid Delivery Device). Protect your training aid and give your dogs one of the best and safest ways to be trained to detect odor.    Go visit www.scik9.com     Precision Explosives   Do you want a great source for explosive training aids as well as a way to train on REAL explosives and do so safely and not need various licenses?  Go check out the Scent imprint pads from Precision Explosives.  Todd Wilbur and his staff follow strict protocols to ensure you get the industry's best training aids.   Go visit www.pre-exp.com    FORD K9 LLC.   www.fordk9.com   LOOKING FOR YOUR NEXT DOG? Contact us here at Ford K9 to purchase your next fully trained Detection Dog.  Email [email protected]    Ford K9 MOBILE CLASSROOM - We come to YOU.  Any one of our classes and seminars can come to you and your area.  Contact us today to schedule.   FORD K9 in LAS VEGAS:  Attend any one of our classes or seminars.  Ford K9 now offers the new CSDT (Certified Sport Detection Dog Trainer) classes.  We offer Level 1 and Level 2.