Penn Vet Working Dog Center
@PennVetWDC
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Advancing the work and health of detection dogs to benefit society in the U.S. and around the world. But while we're at it, let's play with that tug toy!
Philadelphia, PA
Joined November 2012
Over the past 11 years we have had 36 puppies born of the TSA lineage into the PVWDC breeding program and graduated into successful working careers.
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The PVWDC is conducting a survey about people's ability to identify dogs' body condition scores based on photographs. You can take the survey at https://t.co/227UwlmsMJ!
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The PVWDC is conducting a survey about people's ability to identify dogs' body condition scores based on photographs. You can take the survey at https://t.co/227UwlmsMJ!
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Just out. Congrats on the work @avmalli @PennVetWDC
New paper in @SpringerANCO! Dogs recognize their own name when the speech is noise-vocoded, which is a degraded version of speech that simulates what people with cochlear implants hear. They can do this with no prior exposure to degraded speech. https://t.co/kB9ToCqZpb
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Penn Upward Bound high school students from West Philadelphia visited @PennovationWork, where they got to see cognitive science in action at the Penn Smart Aviary, @GRASPlab, and Penn Vet Working Dog Center (@PennVetWDC). Read More: https://t.co/jbTj9pvb34
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No Sunday scaries here! Whelan (PVWDC Urban/Groot) and Xoe (Qwick vom Eisenraben x PVWDC) are enjoying the weekend but can’t wait to get back to school tomorrow!
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‼️ All working spots are full! If you would like to be put on the waitlist, please complete the form in the link below. ‼️ Auditor spots are available! https://t.co/g7yIz1p85v *Reminder: 𝗟𝗮𝘄 𝗘𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗢𝗻𝗹𝘆*
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Bio-detection dog handlers, we need your help! If you are a current handler of a working dog trained on biological odor(s) (e.g., human/animal/plant disease, invasive species, endangered species, etc.) please consider filling out @PennVetWDC’s survey: https://t.co/apnwIf6y8J
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Parkinson's disease, animal diseases such as avian influenza, plant diseases such as citrus canker). Please note, this survey is not aimed at personal medical alert dogs.
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The Penn Vet Working Dog Center wants to learn more about bio-detection dog characteristics. This includes any dog trained to detect biological odors (examples include, but are not limited to, invasive/endangered species, human diseases such as cancer, malaria,
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Do you have a working bio-detection dog? We need your help! If you have a working bio-detection dog, please fill out the survey linked below! https://t.co/mfpLRivKjt
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𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝘃𝗲𝘆 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝗶𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗮 𝗱𝗼𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻-𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁: https://t.co/6Lx8sdyw2X
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‼️ There are only 𝟯 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗽𝗼𝘁𝘀 remaining for our LE K9 Seminar later this year with UPSTATE K9 ‼️ 𝙏𝙤 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙜𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙘𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙥𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙚 𝙫𝙞𝙨𝙞𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙠: https://t.co/g7yIz1p85v
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From videotaping trainings and collecting data to filling licksticks and hiding in barrels, we couldn’t do what we do without them! The first step in volunteering is to attend a public tour. Visit this link to learn more! https://t.co/0dpg5WX3vF
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🌟 Volunteer Highlight 🌟 How do our volunteers support the mission of the PVWDC? While potty-walking and getting dogs on deck is a regular activity for some volunteers, there are so many other essential tasks fulfilled by our volunteers that help move our mission forward.
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𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝘃𝗲𝘆 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝗶𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗮 𝗱𝗼𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻-𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁: https://t.co/6Lx8sdyw2X
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✨ Foster Friday ft. Mollee (Apple River Sporting and Detection Dogs) ✨ Interested in being a backup or full-time foster family? Please contact Foster Program Coordinator, Sarah Gally, for more information! (sgally@upenn.edu | 215-898-2200)
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𝗖𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗛𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗹𝗲𝗿 𝗔𝗰𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗺𝘆 (𝗖𝗛𝗔) is the perfect summer opportunity for children who want to develop skills to train their pet dog or aspire to a career working with dogs. Learn more about Canine Handler Academy and register now! https://t.co/qnqJZutsnN
capable-canine.com
Summer 2026
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