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..:: Programme ::..

The 6th Leads International Seminar on Detection Dogs
was held on 3 - 5 June 2005

Scottish Police College, Tulliallan Castle, Kincardine, Fife, Scotland, FK10 4BE

“Search Dogs: Searching for Ability and Value”
..:: Friday 3 June ::..
1600 – 1800 Delegates arrive. Registration. Rooms available from 1700
1845 Reception for delegates
1930 Dinner: self-service
2300 Bar closes
..:: Saturday 4 June ::..
0700 – 0830 Breakfast
0900 – 0930 Keynote Address
Assistant Chief Constable Peter Vaughan - Chair ACPO (GPC) (Dogs)
0940 – 1010 Canine olfactory system – structure and function
Professor Ed Morrison - Auburn University USA
1010 – 1030 Coffee

 

SIMULANTS
1040 – 1120 Contamination issues for the improvement of non-hazardous training aids
Dr Allison Curran – Florida International University USA
  Paws for thought. Real or pseudo, what's the difference
Ross Harper - Florida International University USA
1125 – 1155 K-9 NESTT simulant properties
Robert Augur - XM Division USA
1155 – 1215 Questions and discussions
1215 – 1330 Lunch

 

RIGHT DOG, RIGHT TASK

1345 – 1420 Selective breeding for right dog right task
Scott Thomas - Transportation Security Administration, Lackland USA
1430 – 1520 Indicators of stress in working dogs and their use in evaluating methods of enriching the kennelled environment
Dr Nicola Rooney - Bristol University UK
1520 – 1545 Coffee
1545 – 1610 Scent article method – Investigative tool?
Alun Williams Dyfed-Powys Police UK

 

CANINE CARE 1

1615– 1700 The vetinary care of military working dogs at the Defence Animal Centre
Major Ian Rose, Defence Animal Centre UK
1900 Reception
2000 Les Watson, former World Champion Scottish piper call to dinner. Formal dinner
..:: Sunday 5 June ::..
0730 – 0845 Breakfast
0900 – 1015 Keynote address
Dr Karen Overall - Research Associate Center for Neurobiology and Behavior, Psychiatry, Penn Med USA
1015 – 1040 Coffee
By 1100 All bedrooms to be cleared, keys returned

 

CANINE CARE 2

1045 – 1115 Housing, husbandry, physiology and behaviour of police dogs
Sam Gaines - DSTL, Fort Halstead UK

 

QUALITY ASSURANCE FOR DRUGS/EXPLOSIVES/GENERAL PURPOSE ANIMALS
1120 – 1200 The need for standardization within the canine community
David Konty - Director, National Explosives Detection Canine Program, TSA, USA
1200 – 1300 Lunch
1300 – 1330 Quality assurance
Warrant Officer Mal Brown - Defence Animal Centre UK
1340 – 1410 Conditioning and training the search dog
Phil Ray - Canine Defensive Search Specialists Ltd UK
1415 – 1500 Forensic searches: dog vs machine
Professor Ken Furton - Florida International University, USA
1500 Concluding remarks
1515 Tea and depart