Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Testing: Day 11 (K9)




DOG
Syn
DATE
08.28.2012
WHAT ARE WE DOING?
Testing if dog seizure scent is detectable by a dog who has been taught to find human seizure scent
DONOR ID #
2
ORIGIN
Lily (K9)
SCENT TYPE (saliva/spit/sweat/other
bile/vomit
SEIZURE TYPE
tonic clonic
DATE of CAPTURE
07.24.2012
TIME of CAPTURE (before/during/after)
after
SAMPLE STATE (cotton/gauze pad/clothing/other
cotton squares
STORAGE CONTAINER (covered test tube/etc)
bagged
SAMPLE CONDITION (frozen/refrigerated/room temp/other)
room temp, refrigerated in between
AGE when USED
Sample 1 Day 4
MEDICATIONS
potassium bromide, phenobarbital given just prior to seizure
SUMMARY
K9 tonic/clonic seizure; bile samples collected on cotton squares; potassium bromide, phenobarbital given just prior to seizure activity.
SAMPLE SUMMARY & DIFFERENCES
K9 scent with one of my chewed gauzes & 4 hydrated ones
K9 scent, 1 of mine, 4 hydrated

INTENSITY (# of holes
Saltshaker cap
Saltshaker cap

CONTAINER TYPE
Saltshaker in tin can
Saltshaker in tin can

PRESENTATION (hand/surface/wheel)
Wheel
Wheel

# of CONTAINERS
6
6
6
6
6

# of SCENT OPTIONS
2
2
2
2
2

REPS
10
10
10
10
10

% SUCCESS
50
100
90
70
100

COMMENTS
A*
B*
C*
D*
E*

TARGET in #
3
3
3
3
3

EASE OF FIND
1 Very easy    2 Easy  3 Normal
4 Difficult     5 Very difficult
4
2
3
4
2

TIME
2:05
2:06
2:12
2:11
2:15



A* Next time I’m going to try bringing her to my side and holding her for a second to see if that will calm her down instead of sending her right from the stay she’s in while I’m getting the wheel ready.

She rushes in all excited, catches the scent on the fly, and is lying down before she has a chance to be accurate. She got 3 wrong, 1 right, 1 wrong, and another right, and I stopped her.

I added my own scent to one of the neutral gauzes but, aside from giving it a fraction of a second more attention than the others, she wasn’t fooled by it a bit and it had no bearing on her mistakes.

B* And when she has a chance to calm down for 30 seconds, she goes back and works perfectly. Still no problem with my scent on the wheel (of course my scent is all over the wheel anyway).

C* Not much problem. I started her from my side with a calming pet. The error was yesterday’s can.

D* Now she’s thinking again. The error was consistently yesterday’s can. I need to get an extra can to replace the hot one from the day before. When she was done this round, I blew in each can, hoping to dissipate the scent from yesterday.

E* And it worked. This round was fast and accurate. She checked yesterday’s can several times and started to alert, but each time changed her mind and kept looking.

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