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Dogs?

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    Votes: 58 23.0%

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BarnBuster

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"In March of this year, Early Times Kentucky Whisky rescued an adorable little dog that they named Earl. Nine months later, this very good boy has officially graduated from his training in the K9s for Warriors program.

K9s For Warriors is the nation’s largest provider of service dogs to military veterans suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and more as a result of military service post-9/11. Pups like Earl that enter their nine-month training program in Ponte Vedra, Florida, are taught simple commands like “sit” and “stay” and socialized to become accustomed to crowds. They’re also given the tools and rewards to learn to manage their energy as they begin their new roles as companions for veterans.

Earl’s training and graduation are part of a four-year partnership over which Early Times has donated over $225,000 to K9s for Warriors. After a rough start to life, Earl, now a year old, ended up at the Kentucky Humane Society. When Early Times came to KHS in search of a candidate for the K9s for Warriors program, they knew right away that Earl was the good boy they were looking for.

“The minute our team met Earl, we knew he was special and we had high hopes he would graduate and be matched with a veteran,” said Dallas Cheatham, Early Times senior brand manager. “50% of the dogs who begin training do not complete the program due to medical or behavioral incompatibilities. It takes a specific personality to become a service dog.”

“Earl has made tremendous growth from the first time I walked into his kennel to the dog he is today,” said K9s For Warriors K9 Trainer, Erik Kolbow. “He learned commands quickly and enjoyed his training sessions because his active brain got to work. He is a very smart dog with incredible affection and positive energy making him a great companion for a warrior.”

After passing all his tests to become a certified service dog, Earl spent three weeks bonding with his new warrior. He’s now off to a new life as the best friend and service dog to an American Hero – and we can all raise a glass to that. To donate to and learn more about the K9s for Warriors program, please click here. "
 
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The male puppy with its arrow-head milky teeth was less than two months old when it died. It was found in summer 2018 inside a lump of a frozen ground near Indigirka River, north-east of Yakutsk, its full body, muzzle, and even whiskers and eyelashes preserved by permafrost. The reason for the puppy’s death has not been determined yet, although its position did not suggest distress, unlike of the earlier discovered Tumat puppies.

Initial genome sequencing carried by Swedish Centre for Palaeogenetics (CPG) surprised researchers in that it failed to define if the 18,000 year old puppy was a wolf or a dog. ‘Love Dalén, professor of Evolutionary Genetics, said that usually first DNA tests make it clear if this is a wolf or a dog.

'The Centre has the Europe’s largest DNA bank of all canines from around the globe, yet in this case they couldn’t identify it from the first try.

The puppy has been named "Dogor", which means "friend" in the Yakut language and is also the start of the question "dog or wolf?" Modern dogs are believed to be descendants of wolves, but there is debate over when dogs were domesticated. A study published in 2017 suggested domestication could have occurred 20,000 to 40,000 years ago. The puppy, whose name was announced earlier this week, remains in Russia. But he has caught the attention of researchers in Sweden and England who want to better understand Dogor’s life and place in a still-mysterious evolution.

Amazingly preserved puppy with whiskers, eyelashes, hair and velvety nose intact puzzle scientists

DNA tests on the 18,000-year-old Siberian canine cannot define if it's a wolf or a dog.
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Siberia: 18,000-year-old frozen 'dog' stumps scientists

Scientists say the specimen could represent an evolutionary link between wolves and modern dogs.
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The US Army takes the protection of all it’s members very seriously, and this now extends to their canine members as well.

Army researchers have developed a type of headgear designed to protect the dog’s sensitive hearing when they are working in noisy conditions or likely to be exposed to explosive blasts or helicopter rides.

This new very high-tech cap is the latest in combat armor and is designed to fit any of the breeds of dog used by the armed forces. It will replace the hard helmet that is currently used. The new soft sound-deadening cap will be simple to fit as the hard headgear presently in use is difficult to put onto the dog.

It is called CAPS, which stands for Canine Auditory Protection System, and it is aimed at stopping the short-term hearing loss that many dogs experience when they work in the vicinity of loud machinery or vehicles. The cap is approximately an inch thick and is made from a soft, very flexible material that absorbs sound and filters out loud noises that can impair or permanently damage a dog’s hearing.

As the military use a variety of breeds of dog, the cap had to be made in such a manner as to stretch or shrink to fit the head of any of the breeds. It is designed to seal properly around the animal’s head to ensure maximum sound reduction.

Working dogs in the military are already equipped with goggles, helmets, and other types of protective headgear, and this new cap will work with all of the existing protective gear.

An Army research technical expert, Stephen Lee, said, “Even a short helicopter flight can affect a dog’s hearing, resulting in impaired performance and inability to hear the handler’s commands, which can hinder the mission. This new technology protects the canine while on missions and can extend the dog’s working life.”

This protective headgear has been developed under a Small Business Innovation Research Grant given by the Army to a collaboration between a biodefense and medical technology company, ZeteoTech, Lieutenant Commander Pete ‘Skip’ Scheifele MD, Ph.D. (Ret), University of Cincinnati professor and leading animal audiology expert.

This cap has been subjected to strenuous testing by both the military and law enforcement agencies to ensure that it adequately protected those sensitive ears and ensured that the dogs could always hear commands given, irrespective of the noise around them.

The use of this new CAPS system will, in the future, allow military working dogs to be used in a broader range of operations. It has the potential to extend the dog’s ability to work in a more extensive range of environments, both with humans or with automated systems. Researchers paid particular attention to dogs that regularly traveled in helicopters. The noise of helicopter engines typically goes above 90db, which is particularly damaging to dogs’ hearing ability.

Dogs’ ears have three times as many muscles as human ears, and they hear up to 50Hz while humans cannot hear sounds above 20Hz.
 
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BarnBuster said:

The US Army takes the protection of all it’s members very seriously, and this now extends to their canine members as well.

Army researchers have developed a type of headgear designed to protect the dog’s sensitive hearing when they are working in noisy conditions or likely to be exposed to explosive blasts or helicopter rides.

This new very high-tech cap is the latest in combat armor and is designed to fit any of the breeds of dog used by the armed forces. It will replace the hard helmet that is currently used. The new soft sound-deadening cap will be simple to fit as the hard headgear presently in use is difficult to put onto the dog.

It is called CAPS, which stands for Canine Auditory Protection System, and it is aimed at stopping the short-term hearing loss that many dogs experience when they work in the vicinity of loud machinery or vehicles. The cap is approximately an inch thick and is made from a soft, very flexible material that absorbs sound and filters out loud noises that can impair or permanently damage a dog’s hearing.

As the military use a variety of breeds of dog, the cap had to be made in such a manner as to stretch or shrink to fit the head of any of the breeds. It is designed to seal properly around the animal’s head to ensure maximum sound reduction.

Working dogs in the military are already equipped with goggles, helmets, and other types of protective headgear, and this new cap will work with all of the existing protective gear.

An Army research technical expert, Stephen Lee, said, “Even a short helicopter flight can affect a dog’s hearing, resulting in impaired performance and inability to hear the handler’s commands, which can hinder the mission. This new technology protects the canine while on missions and can extend the dog’s working life.”

This protective headgear has been developed under a Small Business Innovation Research Grant given by the Army to a collaboration between a biodefense and medical technology company, ZeteoTech, Lieutenant Commander Pete ‘Skip’ Scheifele MD, Ph.D. (Ret), University of Cincinnati professor and leading animal audiology expert.

This cap has been subjected to strenuous testing by both the military and law enforcement agencies to ensure that it adequately protected those sensitive ears and ensured that the dogs could always hear commands given, irrespective of the noise around them.

The use of this new CAPS system will, in the future, allow military working dogs to be used in a broader range of operations. It has the potential to extend the dog’s ability to work in a more extensive range of environments, both with humans or with automated systems. Researchers paid particular attention to dogs that regularly traveled in helicopters. The noise of helicopter engines typically goes above 90db, which is particularly damaging to dogs’ hearing ability.

Dogs’ ears have three times as many muscles as human ears, and they hear up to 50Hz while humans cannot hear sounds above 20Hz.
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Typo at end, Hz should be kHz
 
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