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
Leveraging Terrier Instincts with Miriam Ritchie
In this episode of K9 Conservationists, Kayla speaks with Miriam Ritchie from the New Zealand Department of Conservation about leveraging your dog’s instincts to conduct a job.
Science Highlight: Imp…
Collaboration, Invasive Plants, and Insects with Arden from New York New Jersey Trail Conference
In this episode of K9 Conservationists, Kayla speaks with Arden from the New York New Jersey Trail Conference about her work helping build coalitions and use detection dogs to mitigate invasive insec…
Clean Training for High Drive Dogs with Sarah Owings
In this episode of K9 Conservationists, Kayla speaks with Sarah Owings from Cyber Dog Online Training about clean mechanics for training and working with high drive dogs.
Science Highlight: Detecting…
Intelligent Disobedience and Cue Hierarchies with Tony Harvey
Poop is Brown Gold with Misa Winters & Tara Wilson
Kenya & K9 Conservationists Update
Breeding Detection Dogs Part 2 with Kate Graham
In this episode of K9 Conservationists, Kayla is back for part two with Kate Graham from Katalyst Kennels about breeding detection dogs.
Science Highlight: Effects of maternal investment, temperament…
Breeding Detection Dogs Part 1 with Kate Graham
In this episode of K9 Conservationists, Kayla speaks with Kate Graham from Katalyst Kennels about breeding detection dogs.
Science Highlight: Effects of maternal investment, temperament, and cognitio…
A Possible Solution for the Bat and Wind Farm Crisis with Jo Lock
In this episode of K9 Conservationists, Kayla speaks with Jo Lock of Nose No Limit and Conservation Dogs Collective regarding her paper about using antecedent arrangement to help reduce bat fatalitie…
Action for Cheetahs in Kenya - BONUS Episode
Unusual Sniffer Dogs and Blood Tracking with Lindsay Ware
In this episode of K9 Conservationists, Kayla speaks with Lindsay Ware of Science Dogs of New England about breed selection for unique uses, big game tracking, and more!
Science Highlight: Effects of…
Conservation Canines: How Dogs work for the Environment
In this episode of K9 Conservationists, Kayla speaks with Isabelle Groc about her book Conservation Canines: How Dogs Work for the Environment.
Science Highlight: Performance of detection dogs and vi…
Panel Discussion with Ken Ramirez, Kim Brophy, Laura Holder, Dr. Erim Gomez, Ursa Acree, and Dr. Charles van Rees
In this episode of K9 Conservationists, Kayla hosts a panel of conservationists, dog behavior consultants and trainers, and ecologists. Our panel guests this episode are Dr. Charles van Rees, Ken Ram…
Training an "All Clear" for Detection Dogs with Paul Bunker of Chiron K9
In this episode of K9 Conservationists, Kayla speaks with Paul Bunker about all clear procedures.
Science Highlight: An assessment of the effects of habitat structure on the scat finding performance …
James Davis on Field Safety, Mentorship, and Dealing with Charismatic Invasive Species
In this episode of K9 Conservationists, Kayla speaks with James Davis about his work with Padfoot
Science Highlight: Detecting Small and Cryptic Animals By Combining Thermography and a Wildlife Detec…
Do Our Working Dogs Owe Us Work?
In this episode of K9 Conservationists, Kayla speaks with Sarah Stremming and Erin Jones regarding what we owe our working dogs, and what they owe us.
Science Highlight: Buzzing with possibilities: T…
Conservation Dogs of Hawaii with Kyoko Johnson and Dr. Charles van Rees
In this episode of K9 Conservationists, Kayla and Charles speak with Kyoko Johnson about her work at Conservation Dogs Hawaii.
What are some threats that Hawaii is facing?
- Hawaii is in the middle o…
Difficult Dogs and Conservation with Rogue Detection Teams
In this episode of K9 Conservationists, Kayla talks to Jennifer Hartman and Heath Smith from Rogue Detection Teams about working with behaviorally “challenging” dogs for conservation dog work.
Episod…
Errors, Mistakes, and Failure in Conservation Dog Training
In this episode of K9 Conservationists, Kayla talks about mistakes, failure, and errors.
This week’s science highlight: You Are Not My Handler! Impact of Changing Handlers on Dogs’ Behaviours and Det…
What to Know Before Hiring a Conservation Detection Dog Team, Part 2
In this episode of K9 Conservationists, Kayla is back for part two with Kyoko Johnson from Conservation Dog Hawaii and Jennifer Hartman from Rogue Detection Teams to continue their talk about things …