Good point Nancy. I've never heard this differentiation Bob. What part of the country uses it? I've always used HR to describe a dog that finds any part of a deceased human or the intact body. It seems that such a dog that found only one or the other would have very limited use but a dog that could find both would get a lot more work.
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We've always used the term cadaver and HRD interchangably. HRD, as it was explained to me, is more polically correct. I've never heard that explanation before either.
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John Haudenshield Webboard User Reg: 07-12-2001
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In my experience HRD & cadaver are often used interchangeably. I prefer HRD b/c I think it's more accurate and descriptive of what a single purpose dog does.
In VA, our air scent dogs our required to indicate on a cadaver, since, unfortunately that's what we end up finding in many lost person cases. I don't think its reasonable to expect an air-scent dog to locate old/scattered/fragmented/forensic evidence remains in the same manner as a single purpose HRD dog. I think that HRD is sufficiently complex and important to warrant singularity.
Personally, I believe that Explosives, Human Remains and Arson Detection dogs should be single purpose. Training an air-scent dog to indicate on cadaver, within the context of a missing persons search, is a necessity. Deploying the same dog in a Mass Fatality incident, forensic evidence or scattered remains search, without divulging the serious limitations of such a dog in these scenarios, would be unethical.
I think it all depends on where you learn your lingo.
Indication to me is: When a dog shows a natural interest.
Alert to me is: A trained responce.
Airscent/Tracking to me is: A technique to find something.
Cadaver/Live is: What I'm looking for.
I've heard the same description as Bob on Cadaver/HDR.
I usually say that my dog is more of a forensic detective, because she looks for a lot of trace evidence.
Isn't it funny how where you are from can change the meaning of a word.
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