Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Testing: Day 12 (K9)



DOG
Syn
DATE
08.29.2012
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 1Day 5
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
Sample 1
All new hydrated cotton, HC1 Day 1 from Donor 2

INTENSITY (# of holes
Saltshaker cap
Saltshaker cap
Saltshaker cap
CONTAINER TYPE
Saltshaker in tin can
Saltshaker in tin can
Saltshaker in tin can
PRESENTATION (hand/surface/wheel)
Wheel
Wheel
Wheel
# of CONTAINERS
6
6
6
6
6
5
# of SCENT OPTIONS
1
1
1
1
1
1
REPS
10
10
10
10
10
10
% SUCCESS
100
100
100
100
60
70
COMMENTS



A*
B*
C*
TARGET in #
4
4
4
4
4
4
EASE OF FIND
1 Very easy    2 Easy  3 Normal
4 Difficult     5 Very difficult
3
3
3
5
5
5
TIME
1:41
1:46
2:07
1:49
1:53
1:51


A* Interesting. Disappointing. We did some rounds before we started counting. Syn went around the wheel 5 times and found nothing. Excellent duration of hunt, but no recognition of anything.

I took the target out and had her touch it 5 times in my hand, then started this round. 100%. (I also picked up and fondled the other 5 bottles)

B* Same setup, but at 5 she picked #2 (no reason?), and stuck with it for the next 3, then got one right, and another one wrong. I took #2 out.

C* Very good without the attractive nuisance. Then after 6 she got 3 wrong in a row (always #6, which we haven’t worked in a week), and then one right.

5 comments:

  1. I like that you have added "Ease of Find" to the Session Report AND that 4 and 5 are in red. AND that you have identified your Comments and joined them to the particular session with A*, B* and C*.

    I would like to have known if anything changed during the A,B, and C trials. From the chart it looks to me that trial A was done in the second session.

    That's why the colored columns, too, are an important addition to the form.

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  2. Was the blue session done with the same new HC sample?

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  3. Is this a HC from Donor 2? Which sample was the HP? Age when hydrated? Date of hydration? etc etc etc

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  4. a) no, follow the the colours. Blue was done with the original.
    b) The HC is from Lily, from originals taken that day out of the original bag of original frozen bits. I soaked 2 of them in distilled water for half an hour, then soaked new clean balls in the water. The fact that she found 60% correctly - I dunno, it didn't look at all successful to me, confirmed by the fact that she couldn't find diddly from them the next day.

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  5. Putting the results aside.....we must figure out a way that that creation information is notated and that each sample has a name on the report.

    ie Day 3 of Sample 5; Day 1 of HC1

    Rather than having it only found by understanding the color coding. Unless I'm missing something that is already there.....which is very possible.

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