K9 Conservationists
Hosted by Kayla Fratt · Kayla Fratt
4.9from 136 ratings
- 256
- Episodes
- 15
- Transcribed
- 136
- Ratings
- Bi-weekly
- Cadence
- 2019
- First episode
About K9 Conservationists
Welcome to the K9 Conservationists podcast, where we’re positively obsessed with conservation detection dogs! Join us every week as we discuss detection dogs, ecology, conservation, dog behavior, training, and much more. K9 Conservationists is hosted by Kayla Fratt, CDBC and co-founder of K9 Conservationists. Along with her two co-founders, she trains dogs to detect data. Support the work we do at patreon.com/k9conservationists.
- Publisher
- Kayla Fratt
- Category
- science
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 8 Feb 2019
- Latest episode
- 8 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
15 of 256 episodes have a transcript.
8 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
The Effects of Breakfast on Detection Dog Performance
24 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
From Scat to SNP: Unlocking Prey Identities in Carnivore Diet with Dr. Charles van Rees
11 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
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The Effects of Breakfast on Detection Dog Performance
Published 8 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Interestingly, the dogs were actually better at making correct rejections as the day went on with more correct Rejections happening as they get further from 9 a.m. This was true for dogs that both had and had not had breakfast. So it doesn't seem like breakfast is the factor there. And this is kind of interestingly underlined by the fact that the interaction term, so the time between or the time since 9 a.m. and breakfast, no breakfast, that interaction was not significant. But that time since 9 a.m. did improve correct rejection rate for these dogs. So let's go back to those logged equations that we talked about earlier. […]
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- Charles van Rees
- Lauralea Oliver
- Melissa McCue-McGrath
- John Schoen
- Liza Rothkoff
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.8 / 5
- 92 ratings
- Spotify
- 5.0 / 5
- 44 ratings
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- 91
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 96
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