International Working Dog Association | Site-Wide Activity https://www.iwdba.org/activity/ Activity feed for the entire site. Wed, 13 May 2026 17:43:32 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v=2.14.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 74342e2845d25b1790f88db9d8d9bd90 daniadmin posted a new post. https://www.iwdba.org/?p=16086 Mon, 02 Mar 2026 02:30:31 +0000 0 e224ab8756aac825d164d091396ba4d4 daniadmin posted a new post. https://www.iwdba.org/?p=15968 Wed, 03 Dec 2025 02:52:28 +0000
Transforming Lives: Recent Scientific Evidence Into the Benefits of Service Dogs for Children With Autism

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a lifelong neurological and developmental condition which affects the way that individuals communicate with others and interact with the world around them. In the United …

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May 30th to June 1st

Leader Dogs for the Blind is proud to host our next 2024 BCL Workshop, presented by IWDR’s Helen West & Rachel Goldammer. We’re excited to offer a the first BCL workshop since 2019 of this depth, with the opportunity to delve into troubleshooting the BCL,…

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]]> 0 18f6482dabc97258b5325d2f0825b210 Rachel Goldammer posted an update: Your member benefits2024 Webinar Series: Free […] https://www.iwdba.org/activity/p/690/ Sat, 10 Feb 2024 00:15:09 +0000 Your member benefits

2024 Webinar Series: Free Registration for Members

IWDA members are eligible to enjoy our 2024 Webinar series for free, included in your membership! You can find out more about each webinar. Register using the links ion the member homepage!

  • Veterinary Genetics with Dr. Angela Hughes, DVM, PhD

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Short Term/Dual Career Breeding Stock as a Management Tool

Using short term or dual career breeding stock can greatly benefit a working dog’s breeding program via selective breeding, allowing for quicker generational turnover, and keeping a good effective population …

]]> 95dd2fbf1059b3fb67c37bab2fd341f6 DeeDe Baker: @dlroberts Hi, David, we met in Fort Collins. I […] https://www.iwdba.org/activity/p/669/ Mon, 30 Oct 2023 01:03:47 +0000 @dlroberts

Hi, David, we met in Fort Collins. I approached you about your research and was very interested. I somehow misplaced your business card, so thought I’d try this to connect. ~DeeDe, Dog Tag Buddies, Montana

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Perez Studies Reveal Dogs May Help Identify Crime Suspects

IWDA Member Margot Perez, who since 2017 has held a researcher position at the National Forensic Police Department in Ecully, France, is studying whether dogs can help law enforcement identify …

]]> 8108e15ae791ac830555d2646d549ed5 daniadmin posted a new post. https://www.iwdba.org/?p=11037 Thu, 08 Dec 2022 03:27:14 +0000
IWDA’s Farr Assesses Working Dog Fitness

Is your working dog performing at its optimum ability? IWDA member and United States Army Major Brian Farr, DVM, as part of his engagement with the Penn Vet Working Dog …

]]> 7a6ca7c3a8e85f6a31f83584ff53f6d1 daniadmin posted a new post. https://www.iwdba.org/?p=11057 Thu, 01 Dec 2022 02:35:21 +0000 Meet Our Board: Bess Pierce

IWDA Board Member Dr. Bess J. Pierce DVM, DABVP, DACVIM, DACVSMR, has been selected to help launch a new clinical service program at the University of Missouri’s College of Veterinary …

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IWDA’s Cobb Ushering Working Dogs into the Digital Age

IWDA member and popular speaker Dr. Mia Cobb pictures the day when the digital age, which we humans are more and more involved in, enters the world of working dogs. …

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IWDBA’s Cotton on Controlling Gastroenteritis in A Kennel Environment

During her talk at IWDC 2021 last October, Dr. Nicola Cotton, Veterinary and Reproduction Manager at Seeing Eye Dogs-Vision Australia, Kensington, Victoria, Australia, explained how her facility worked to control …

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IWDBA’s Roache Analyzes Military Dog Tail Injuries

IWDBA member Dr. Marty Roache, the Chief of Behavioral Medicine at the LTC Daniel E. Holland Military Working Dog Hospital at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas, noticed …

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IWDBA’S Lytle on Cutting Edge of Canine Cancer Detection with Liquid Biopsy

“So many working dogs have both their working careers, and, in turn, their lives cut short by cancer we find at too late a stage,” said Lytle. “We feel we have something that can detect canine cancer in its…

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Working Dogs May Assist Medical Specialists in Future

By Jed Weisberger IWDBA Communications Would you be uncomfortable with a trained working dog assisting your oncologist or diabetes specialist in making a diagnosis? Such canine assistants just might be …

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IWDC 2021 Recordings offer Research, Knowledge

By Jed Weisberger IWDBA Communications As mentioned previously, the entire IWDC 2021 program is now available to our members. A click on the IWDC Archives tab on the top of …

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IWDC 2021 Presentations Available On-Line for Members

By Jed WeisbergerIWDBA Communications Many easily recall the plethora of cutting-edge information involving the Working Dog industry IWDC 2021 provided attendees. As we had mentioned, the conference presentations – both …

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IWDBA Members Among Those Proving Dogs Can Detect Covid

By Jed WeisbergerIWDBA Communications Last week, an NBC News report cited a study proving scent-detection dogs, with their extraordinary sense of smell, can detect people infected with Covid, not to …

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IWDBA's Heyer Assures Dogs Stay In Step

By Jed Weisberger IWDBA Communications Alena Heyer’s love for dogs began when she was 16, the day a German Shepherd puppy arrived at her home near Frankfurt, Germany. “It didn’t …

]]> 321e6673b5ec9397f3e24505dbd58e6d Jed Weisberger posted a new post. https://www.iwdba.org/?p=9498 Thu, 12 May 2022 19:21:52 +0000
IWDBA's Hall, Aviles-Rosa Research Dog's Sense of Smell

By Jed Weisberger IWDBA Communications Both Nathaniel Hall and Edgar Aviles-Rosa, a pair of highly regarded researchers and IWDBA members at Texas Tech University’s Canine Olfaction Research and Education Laboratory, …

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IWDBA Group Membership Discounts Announced

By Jed Weisberger IWDBA Communications The IWDBA has received several requests for group memberships from both the private and academic areas. Per those requests, we are offering a group discount …

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IWDBA Spring 2022 Newsletter

IWDBA Spring Newsletter – Apri 21, 2022 IWDBA Members In The News IWDBA’s Kennedy, Bray Research Maternal Style’s Effect on Assistance Dogs –…

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A Canadian "Pawsitive' Development

By Jed Weisberger IWDBA Communicatiions Are you a dog trainer, or are you interested in how a service dog could help a Veteran you know who has issues with PTSD …

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IWDBA's Ramos, Zoran among speakers at PennVet Working Dog Conference

By Jed Weisberger IWDBA Communications The University of Pennsylvania’s Penn Vet Working Dog Center will be hosting its virtual and interactive 2022 Working Dog Conference, “True Grit – Resilience and …

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"You Can Be Featured Lineup" Taking the Field

By Jed Weisberger IWDBA Communications If you are a baseball fan, you have likely seen a Spring Training game or two of your favorite team televised. If you happen to …

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IWDBA Member Lazarowski Part of $24 Million Project at Auburn

By Jed Weisberger IWDBA Communications Dr. Lucia Lazarowski, an Assistant Research Professor in the College of Veterinary Medicine at Auburn University with the Canine Performance Sciences program, admits she had …

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You Can Be Featured

By Jed Weisberger IWDBA Communications Starting next week, you can be featured. Beginning the week of March 14, we will be publishing bi-monthly features – the second and fourth week …

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Veterinary Students - We Have a Lot to Offer for $75

The IWDBA welcomes veterinary and other interested students as members. Our group is diverse and international with one goal in common – a mission to provide tools, educational materials, and …

]]> 98605b68d2689e4a4bd7b37b4c0a495c Jed Weisberger posted a new post. https://www.iwdba.org/?p=9175 Wed, 26 Jan 2022 17:18:30 +0000 0 46c8ad9446fbdbd9b2880b98d7c3cae9 Kim replied to the discussion Obedience training on working dogs in the forum Canine Behavior https://www.iwdba.org/forums/topic/obedience-training-on-working-dogs/#post-9174 Wed, 26 Jan 2022 01:06:24 +0000 Reply to Obedience training on working dogs

“To sit and lie down on command means the dog is physically passive. By training these commands with the intention to condition a relaxing response (each training session starts when the dog have relaxed) two things are achieved.”
This is really interesting to me, as well as how this has fallen apart a bit with competition training. It makes a… Read more

]]> a2c2623db6745f87d7f0668295c59048 Jed Weisberger posted a new post. https://www.iwdba.org/?p=9169 Tue, 18 Jan 2022 19:58:37 +0000
Consider Becoming an IWDBA Member

By Jed Weisberger Many of you attended IWDC 2021, and, even with it being a virtual event, an incredible amount of important information was distributed and discussed. In 2022, the …

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