Your Dog — November 2017

10 Your Dog November 2017 http://www.yourdog.co.uk

IT’S A

DOG’S

WORLD

NEWS.

CHAT.

INTERVIEWS.

PICTURES.

COMPETITIONS.

The International Canine

Health Awards are returning

for the sixth year to celebrate

some of the world’s fi nest

researchers and scientists,

whose work has had a positive

impact on the health and

well-being of dogs.

The awards are run by the

Kennel Club Charitable Trust,

with a prize fund totalling

£66,000 donated by Vernon

and Shirley Hill, founders of

Metro Bank, to go towards

new or continued research.

Judges will be drawn from

the veterinary profession

and the world of scientifi c

research, including experts

in each of the short-listed

nominees’ selected fi elds.

The four awards are:

● International Prize in

Canine Health for outstanding

contributions in the fi eld of

canine health and welfare.

● Lifetime Achievement

Award.

● UK Student Inspiration

Awards, which will be

presented to under-graduate

and post-graduate students

studying at a British

veterinary school.

● Breed Health Coordinator

Award — a new award for

individuals from a breed

club or council, who have

demonstrated dedication to

supporting health and welfare

within their breed over the

previous year.

Caroline Kisko, Kennel

Club secretary, says: “The

awards are a fantastic way

of recognising those who

work extremely hard and go

the extra mile to improve

canine health. We encourage

anyone to nominate a peer

or colleague, or perhaps

themselves.”

Nominations should

be made online before

January 30, 2018. Visit http://www.

thekennelclub.org.uk/ICHA

Police in Devon and Cornwall have

announced that two sniffer dogs have

been trained to help catch paedophiles,

terrorists, and fraudsters, by sniffi ng

out hidden digital storage devices,

such as USB sticks, SD cards, and

hard drives.

Tweed, a 19-month-old Springer

Spaniel, and Rob, a 20-month-old black

Labrador, are said to be the UK’s fi rst

digital detection dogs.

Chief superintendent Jim Nye,

commander for the Alliance Operations

Department which works across the two

forces, says: “These dogs will give the

police a new way to fi ght the threat of

terrorism, paedophiles, and fraudsters.”

The dogs have already proved

themselves to be very successful. On

one warrant, Tweed indicated that

something was hidden inside a cola can

— further investigation revealed that it

was actually a money box with

a number of SD cards hidden inside.

Rob has also indicated a small device

hidden in a drawer, which could easily

have been missed by the human eye.

Both dogs live at home with their

new full-time police dog handlers and,

if they continue to do well, will pave the

way for other dogs to be trained.

UK unveils fi rst digital

detection dogs

Canine Health

Awards 2018

Tweed is one of the

country’s two digital

detection dogs.

DID YOU KNOW...

The fi rst dogs in the world to train in Digital Storage Detection were

trained at the pioneering Connecticut State Police Dog unit, in the USA.

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