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Started by Tom, February 06, 2005, 02:43:12 PM

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Tom

I wss watching a cable channel today on some animal channel and they had an article about dogs sniffing power poles.

It seem that, in Sweded, dogs have been trained to smell/detect the rot in wood power poles with excellent effeciency and accuracy.  who'd-a thunk it. :)

Frank_Pender

We could probably begin to use that out here for out Douglas Fir that is beginning to deteriate.   Lets see, does that work for all kinds of trees; hardwoods and softwoods?  ::) I am also wondering how the dog would mark or identify the tree once they have detected the rot. ;D
Frank Pender

Tom

Well Frank,

Since they are depending on the dog to "sniff" the rot, I guess it would work on anything.  As far as marking it, I was of the mind that the dog would mark it the same as dogs have marked things for thousands of years.  But, I was chagrined to find that the dog just got real excited land started digging at the base of the pole.

When I saw on the Farms, the cow dogs mark my truck and I have to mark it back.  DanG dogs, laying claim to my truck like that. :-\

tnlogger

 :D now tom bad enough marking yer truck buts could be worser, DanG thing coulder marked  you  ;D. now lets see dog marks truck,tom marks truck dog marks tom. tom chases DanG dog :D DanG dog wins  ::)
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Kevin

Let me know when they find one that detects nails.

My dog has the job of taste testing all my food in case someone tampered with it.
I didn't even train him to do that!

Roxie

Dogs are amazing!  I don't know how they train them to do things like that, but our Blue Heeler had a very annoying characteristic that actually turned out to be helpful.
Zip likes everything in it's place.  If I were to place the stapler on the floor right now, he would bark at it until I put it back.  If I walk away from it, he will pick it up and bring it to me.  Annoying, right?  Well, have you ever been working on a piece of equipment in a field, in the dark, and dropped an important nut or bolt or tool?  The dog will get right down there and sniff it out and bark and paw at it until we pick it up!  I can't tell you the number of "DanG's" this has saved us the past year!   :D
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Paschale

Speaking of dogs nosing around...apparently, some dogs have been trained to smell for melanoma on people!   :)  They can apparently accurately pinpoint if a spot on a human is potentially cancerous or not.  Pretty cool!

http://www.canoe.ca/HealthNews/980910_jones.html
Y'all can pronounce it "puh-SKOLLY"

Faron

Roxie, would you consider that heeler smart enough to be kind of spooky?  I have had heelers for 20 some years, and you have to be on top of your game to stay ahead of them.
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Jeff

Good place to make a post about our new animal photo archives. ;D

https://forestryforum.com/imagearchive_menu.shtml
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sprucebunny

That's FANTASTIC , Jeff ;D ;D
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Paschale

My gosh, Jeff...is this what you've been up to?!?!  That's a LOT of work!!!!

Thanks!  Hmm...maybe there can be an option for us when posting pics to add it to a gallery, saving you a lot of work.
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Jeff

This is what I am thinking,

  We are basically going back to the old system with a couple steps changed. We will be more basic, instead of clicking buttons to copy code, you must copy and paste code manually. You can see the code examples on all of the archive galleries.  THe additional step, will be in uploading. You will be give a choice of which catagory to upload your photo(s) to, so the sorting will be done by the people uploading.  The only thing I will have to watch out for is the size of the directories, and when it reaches what I will call full (between 150 and 200 images), i'll swithc out to the next.  Then I just add the old one to the archive list where all the pictures are still searchable and still re-usable.

Yes, I have a ton of hours in this part now, as does Tammy in some of the sorting since I had surgery.  We came up with between 9,000 and 10,000 images so far on the forum.  :)
Just call me the midget doctor.
Forestry Forum Founder and Chief Cook and Bottle Washer.

Commercial circle sawmill sawyer in a past life for 25yrs.
Ezekiel 22:30

Quartlow

It amazes me the things you can teach a dog to do, saw one on the tv, a lab that they trained to sniff out this form of rot in bee hives. Apparently you can smell  it yourself but at that point its to late. They just walked the dog through the hives and if he smelled a bad one he just sits down.

My labs are really smart, they trained themelves to sleep behind the woodstove in the shop on cold days, also tought themselves to sleep on the couch when we aren't looking. :D :D :D :D
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Roxie

Yes, Faron....that heeler is so smart it is scarey.   :D
If you own them, you know.  Before I got this fella, people would tell me how smart they were, and I'd think "well, I've had lots of smart dogs"....but as you know, these dogs go beyond smart.  They are not for the feint of heart!!   ;D
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Wudman

I once contracted a job with Columbia Helicopters to log a cypress tract in South Carolina.  They had a "safety dog" on the job.  They painted a line on the ground that was the safety buffer around the log yard.  The dog monitored this line to be sure that no one encroached into the area.  You could stand behind the line and he would just lay in the shade and watch.  Step across the line, and he'd come out to escort you back. I thought it was pretty cool.

Wudman 
"You may tear down statues and burn buildings but you can't kill the spirit of patriots and when they've had enough this madness will end."
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Murf

My main pooch, Deputy Dog, has been in full-time training since he was about 4 months old. He trains formally at a facility 4 days a week, for 1 -1.5 hours per session. He trains with us at home a minimum of 1 hour per day on top of that. He also is part of a 'visiting dog' program where he & I visit old age homes and childrens hospital wards to encourage rehab. and activity. It also brings a huge amount of cheer to both those groups when they see the dogs.  ;D

Presently he is doing 3 main categories, agility, flyball and obedience. All are aimed at one main thing, keeping his brain and body both busy. He learns new things far faster now than ever before. Starting this spring he will doing acting lessons, he's already a big ham so it will be something he likes I'm sure.

Long term I (and the missus) would like to get him involved in SAR (search and rescue) work, the nature of a terrier is such that crawling down a tunnel after something is good sport not scary at all. They also have a hounds nose for following a scent and their small size makes them able to reach places a bigger dog like a German Sheppard could never reach. Unfortunately I think my health (or lack thereof) will prevent that.

All in all, they have abilities that are just astounding, as my wise old Grandfather liked to say, "The more I learn about humanity, the more I like my dog.".

I aspire to one day be as great a person as my dog already believes me to be.
If you're going to break a law..... make sure it's Murphy's Law.

Roxie

I have a friend that raises Companion pups unitl they are a bit over a year old, then they go off for training for the blind and handicapped.  My friend then gets a new puppy to start all over again. 
I can't tell you how much I admire his unselfish and giving nature to be able to raise a pup and let it go because someone else needs it more.  Most of the pups he gets are Labs (his current one is chocolate) and they are wonderful, wonderful dogs.  He has to socialize them and housebreak them and the basic obedience commands. 
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