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The internet provides many useful guidelines and open-science articles on detection work. Check out our selection here.
We start with links to some professional detection dog trainers (in the Netherlands and Belgium).
Check also the links to some inspiring international detection groups!
Ecological detection dog trainers in Belgium and The Netherlands
- Simon Prins Animal Consultancy and Training (The Netherlands)
- K9 Scentwork Coaching Nick Meuris (België)
- Dogs in Balance (detectielessen algemeen) (België)
- Canis optimus (detectielessen algemeen) (België)
- Epona (detectie bedwantsen) (België)
- Habitus Detectie Centrum (België)
- Scent Detection Academy (The Netherlands)
- DogSense (België)
- TwoK9 (België, Wallonië)
Some useful guidelines and articles on scent detection work:
- Training methodology for scent detection (Matthew & Relton, 2021)
- Back to basics with conservation detection dogs (De Matteo et al., 2019)
- Nosework induces positive judgment bias (Duranton & Horowitz, 2018)
- Methodological considerations in detection research (Lazarowski et al., 2020)
- Good practice guidelines (UK - CPNI)
More fundamental nose and behaviour stuff:
- Dog nose (Buzek et al., 2022)
- Fatigue and detection (Gazit & Terkel, 2003)
- Olfaction and animal welfare (Nielsen et al., 2015)
- Persistent behaviour and scent discrimination (Dalall & Hall, 2019)
- Canine Olfaction Physiology (Kokocinska-Kusiak et al. 2021)
- Olfactory System and the Brain (Andrews et al., 2022)
- Dogs sniff out social rank in wolf scat (Bottaro & Marucco, 2024)
- Dogs sniff out human stress (Wilson et al., 2022)
Some inspiring international groups working on ecological detection:
Comparison of methods:
- Detecting small and cryptic animals by themography & dog (Karp, 2020)
- Survey of detection dogs (Grimm-Seyfarth, 2021)
- Dogs versus e-DNA to detect invasive fish (Collins et al., 2022)
- Conservation detection dogs efficacy and methodology (McKeague et al., 2024)
- Wildlife carcasses: detection dogs, thermal imaging and drones (Sandor et al., …