Hunting Tests US
Vol. XIII, Week 39 Sep 30, 2024
Dunking to Cool off
From the penntoday.upenn.edu website
Most of us know that dogs rely on panting to cool off. And most of us have experienced times when our dogs are at least somewhat overheated. Remedies include putting the dog in an air conditioned truck, splashing water on its underside, squirting water in its mouth to break up sticky saliva, applying isopropyl alcohol to pads. Since full-on heat stroke has about a 50% survival rate, the topic is one researchers have focused on.
Those methods help, but researchers at the University of Penn School of Veterinary Medicine
has come up with an effective method for when you're in the field: "Training dogs to voluntarily dunk their heads into water that is 22 degree Celsius (or about 71 degrees Fahrenheit)." This method is cited as "the only intervention to decrease core body temperature in the first 30 seconds, and it led to the lowest temperatures six to 40 minutes after the intervention."
This approach was coupled with:
- Securing two ice packs on a collar around the dog's neck
- Putting a wet towel around the dog's neck
- Placing two wet towels under the dog's armpits
To learn to dunk, dogs were taught to fetch a toy or food from the bottom of a bucket of water. The training session took about five minutes. You can see a video here. (Start at about the 2:50 minute mark.)
AKC Canine Health provided some of the funding for this research.
You can read more here.
Week 39
Atlantic Flyway Retriever Club (AtlFwRC) - see full results
Sand & Sage Hunting Retriever Club (S&SHRC) - see full results
Talbot Retriever Club (TalbotRC) - see full results
Tulsa Retriever Club (TRC) - see full results
Milestones
Windbreaker's Resawood Premium Select QA2-MH50 (GM, 10.6 yo) owned by Nancy Murillo has earned 50 Passes
Straight Passes to Earn Initial MH,SH, or JH Title
5 dogs earned their SH in Straight Initial Passes
Childers' Big Woody Chasin Charli SH (YLF, 2.7 yo), owned by Taryn Childers, earned its SH title in straight initial passes at Tulsa Retriever Club (TRC)
Reaching For Shooting Starr's SH (CLM, 2.4 yo), owned by Carlton Coblentz, Melissa Coblentz, earned its SH title in straight initial passes at Tulsa Retriever Club (TRC)
Tilly Runnin And Rockin In The Wind SH (BLF, 2.3 yo), owned by Brian Ponte, earned its SH title in straight initial passes at Sand & Sage Hunting Retriever Club (S&SHRC)
Ardentts Lucky Alliance SH (BLF, 4 yo), owned by Kerry Camm, Kathleen Camm, earned its SH title in straight initial passes at Talbot Retriever Club (TalbotRC)
Big Bertha Of The Sea SH (BLF, 2.5 yo), owned by Jonathon King, earned its SH title in straight initial passes at Tulsa Retriever Club (TRC)
16 dogs earned their JH in Straight Initial Passes
Concordcreek Don't Worry About A Ting At Pinewood JH (CF, 7.3 yo), owned by Jana Hope, Dan Hope, earned its JH title in straight initial passes at Talbot Retriever Club (TalbotRC)
Maryland's Willy Wonka JH (CLM, 2.2 yo), owned by Allyson Bauer, earned its JH title in straight initial passes at Talbot Retriever Club (TalbotRC)
Wild Games Hullabaloo JH (CLF, 2.7 yo), owned by Bobby Whitson, earned its JH title in straight initial passes at Atlantic Flyway Retriever Club (AtlFwRC)
Her Lady Sadie Mae JH (BLF, 2.5 yo), owned by David Eldridge, earned its JH title in straight initial passes at Atlantic Flyway Retriever Club (AtlFwRC)
Ace Wf Jkson Frst JH (BLM, 1.3 yo), owned by Daniel Jackson, earned its JH title in straight initial passes at Tulsa Retriever Club (TRC)
Benden's Raydiant Magic JH (GM, 2.3 yo), owned by Richard Cathcart, Sharon Bolton, earned its JH title in straight initial passes at Tulsa Retriever Club (TRC)
Big Bertha Of The Sea SH (BLF, 2.5 yo), owned by Jonathon King, earned its JH title in straight initial passes at Tulsa Retriever Club (TRC)
Blackthorn's Evening Mai Tai JH (BLF, 2.6 yo), owned by Kristine Powell, Brad Powell, earned its JH title in straight initial passes at Sand & Sage Hunting Retriever Club (S&SHRC)
Foothill Hunters Hunting Remi JH (PP, 1.4 yo), owned by Thomas Hunter, earned its JH title in straight initial passes at Atlantic Flyway Retriever Club (AtlFwRC)
Gd's After All This Time JH (YLF, 1.2 yo), owned by Garrett Davis, earned its JH title in straight initial passes at Tulsa Retriever Club (TRC)
Longview Lucy JH (BLF, 1.1 yo), owned by Espanta Steppe, earned its JH title in straight initial passes at Tulsa Retriever Club (TRC)
Mo's: I Was Rr Running Petey Pete JH (YLM, 1.5 yo), owned by Nathan Morales, earned its JH title in straight initial passes at Atlantic Flyway Retriever Club (AtlFwRC)
Neuse Ridge Gangster Hank-ster JH (YLM, 0.8 yo), owned by Zak Davenport, earned its JH title in straight initial passes at Atlantic Flyway Retriever Club (AtlFwRC)
Old Town's Lady JH (CLF, 0.7 yo), owned by Trevor Brightwell, earned its JH title in straight initial passes at Atlantic Flyway Retriever Club (AtlFwRC)
Riverview Farm Baxter JH (BLM, 1.1 yo), owned by Michael Fernandez, earned its JH title in straight initial passes at Tulsa Retriever Club (TRC)
Shire Springs The Gardener's Wife At Bag End JH (GF, 3.2 yo), owned by Theresa Boyll, earned its JH title in straight initial passes at Tulsa Retriever Club (TRC)
New Master Hunters
HRCH Harpole's Little Gem MH (CLF) owned by Cody Harpole and handled by Logan Thomas (Breeze Hill Retrievers) titled at TRC
(FC-AFC Gunstock's Topshelf Snap Decision x Guns & Rose's Rose )
HRCH Harpole's Little Gem MH (CLF, 4.6), Cody Harpole (TRC)
(Benjamin's Legend Streak x Mylee's High Rollin Ally MH )
Rattlinridge's Bobbie Dazzler MH (BLF, 4.8), Doug Augspurg, Joan St. Hilaire (S&SHRC)
(FC-AFC Waluke Stryder x Skookum Creek's Another Chapter MH39 )
Sunny Skies Ring Of Fire MH (BLM, 3.4), Sunny Aundrea Freeman (S&SHRC)
(FC-AFC Silvertip Secret Weapon QFTR x Gator Pts Storm's Riptide Razzle Dazzle )
