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.
- Update frequency
- every 10 days
- Average duration
- 57 minutes
- Episodes
- 230
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
Incursion Dogs with Ruan & Tina De Flamingh
In this episode of K9 Conservationists, Kayla speaks with Ruan and Tina De Flamingh form Green Trax about incursion dogs.
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Science Highlight: Domestic Dog Scent Marks Tri…
Toy Play to Modulate Arousal with Crystal Wing
In this episode of K9 Conservationists, Kayla speaks with Crystal Wing about toy play to modulate arousal.
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Science Highlig…
Phytophthora and Pigeons with Ryan Tate
In this episode of K9 Conservationists, Kayla speaks with Ryan Tate about Phytophthora and pigeons.
Links Mentioned in the Episode: Evaluating scent detection dogs as a tool to detect pathogenic Phyt…
In the Weeds: Sticky Sage with Sarah Jackson
In this episode of K9 Conservationists, Kayla speaks with Sarah Jackson from New York-New Jersey Trail Conference about sticky sage.
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Science Highlight: Impact of va…
Gundogs and Conservation with Jo Laurens
In this episode of K9 Conservationists, Kayla speaks with Jo Laurens from The Force Free Gun Dogs about gundogs.
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Science Highlight: Switching to marine prey leads t…
Large Search Area Strategy with Lauren Wendt
In this episode of K9 Conservationists, Kayla speaks with Lauren Wendt from Momentum K9 about large search area strategy.
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Science Highlight: Comparison of mechanic…
Part Two: When Your Dog's Body Can't Keep Up with their Brain with Tiff Shao and Sage Gustafson
In this episode of K9 Conservationists, Kayla is back for part two with Sage Gustafson and Tiff Shao about the challenging topic of life with high-energy, high-drive, and/or high-arousal dogs who are…
Part One: When Your Dog's Body Can't Keep Up with their Brain with Tiff Shao and Sage Gustafson
In this episode of K9 Conservationists, Kayla talks with Sage Gustafson and Tiff Shao about the challenging topic of life with high-energy, high-drive, and/or high-arousal dogs who are injured or sic…
Spatial Ecology (and Sharks) with Brett Sweezy
In this episode of K9 Conservationists, Kayla talks with Brett Sweezy about spatial ecology and sharks.
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Science Highlight: Efficiency and Bias in Strip and Line Transec…
Breaking into the Field of Conservation Detection Dogs
In this episode of K9 Conservationists, Kayla talks about breaking into the field of conservation detection dogs.
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CWD Dogs with Brenna Aizen
In this episode of K9 Conservationists, Kayla speaks with Brenna Aizen from the Penn Vet Wildlife Futures Program about dogs sniffing out chronic wasting disease.
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Getting into Grad School with Dr. Charles van Rees
In this episode of K9 Conservationists, Kayla is back with Dr. Charles van Rees to talk about getting into grad school.
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Science Highlight: Trail vs. thicket: Evaluating…
Cheetah Conservation Fund Dogs with Tim Hofmann
In this episode of K9 Conservationists, Kayla speaks with Tim Hofmann, the Scat Dog Handler, Research Manager and Research Coordinator at Cheetah Conservation Fund about his PhD research using detect…
Hot Takes with Paul Bunker & Meg Barnes
In this episode of K9 Conservationists, Kayla speaks with Paul Bunker and Meg Barnes about hot takes in the conservation dog training community.
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Science Highlight: Non…
Plants & Puppies with Kat Serafina
In this episode of K9 Conservationists, Kayla speaks with Kat Serafina about plants and puppies.
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Science Highlight: An approach to identify bias in scent detection do…
Detecting Tea-tree Fingers Fungus with Dr. Nick Rutter and Shari Barmos
In this episode of K9 Conservationists, Kayla speaks to Zoos Victoria Wildlife Detection Dog Officer Dr Nick Rutter and Human Surveyor Shari Barmos about Detection Dog Daisy searching for the critica…
Sensitivity and Specificity Gone Wrong with Courtney Brown
In this episode of K9 Conservationists, Kayla speaks with Courtney Brown from Einstein K9 about search and rescue, handler scent discrimination, and sensitivity and specificity.
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Genetic Gobledeygook: HOW Do We Learn From Scat? with Ellen Dymit
In this episode of K9 Conservationists, Kayla speaks with Ellen Dymit from Oregon State University about Metabarcoding, SNPs, and microsatellites.
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The Conservation Cost of the War on Drugs with Nicholas Magliocca
In this episode of K9 Conservationists, Kayla speaks with Nicholas Magliocca about jaguars, Central American conservation, and the drug war.
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Boarding "Extra" Dogs with Kerry Ryan
In this episode of K9 Conservationists, Kayla speaks with Kerry Ryan from Dog Adventures Northwest about dog boarding.
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Science Highlight: Evaluating and integrating s…