Puppy in Hawaii
Image by NathanaelB
A puppy we met at Kolekole beach park just out of Hilo on our last day on the Big Island. Her mother died when she was 2 weeks old, just a baby.
The original owner couldn't handle the puppies without their mother so had to get rid of them. So we met the new owner taking this pup out for a walk. She's going to get her trained as a service dog.
Unfortunately it's common for dogs to not be well looked after in Hawaii ... owners will simply rope them to a pole in the yard. No exercise, no stimulation, no play.
But not this puppy! Very playful, and an owner who understood how to raise a puppy properly.
Although this puppy was also a little bitey ... nipped me a few times, and made Jenny's hand bleed a bit. But besides that, a lot of fun! We'll remember this particular little puppy.
Overview: I went to Hawaii with my girlfriend Jenny aka Allyeska for three weeks in July-August 2009. We spent a couple of days in O'ahu, almost a week on Kaua'i, a couple of days on Moloka'i, four days on Maui and a week on the Big Island.
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YEMAC Mine Dog Detection Center and Mine Risk Education
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Text for Mine Detection Dog Center:
Established in 2001, with the help of the government of Germany and Mine Action Afghanistan, the Dog Training Center has become an integral part of YEMAC's clearance operations. In the field each dog works with a handler who directs the dog toward the area to be searched and gives orders during the search process. The dogs are trained to detect the smell of explosives and are most useful in areas where high levels of metal are present in the rocks as well as areas mined with plastic mines.
Often large areas of land are marked as contaminated while in reality only a small percentage contains landmines. A dog team is capable of determining the actual areas of contamination in less than half the time that a traditional team needs.
Most Yemeni minefields are small in size, making it unnecessary to deploy a full clearance unit of 54 men at one time. YEMAC, therefore, relies heavily upon its mine-detection dogs and currently operates eleven technical survey teams supported by mine dogs and dog handlers. While dogs cannot be used in all types of terrain, they have proven to be both faster and less expensive than manual teams under many circumstances.
TRAINING
The center has grown remarkably since its establishment. It now offers courses to train dog handlers, para-vets, dog trainers, and veterinarians. The center's laboratory facilities and technicians are so advanced that the Yemeni National Zoo has asked them for assistance. Additionally, a successful breeding program has led to the birth of several generations of puppies having been born in Yemen that have been trained at the center and are now working in the field.
ACHIEVEMENTS
Yemen's Dog Training Center is the largest and most successful of its kind in the Middle East. It is also the first in an Arab country to develop a breeding and training program.
Photograph by Simon Tauer
Text for MIne Risk Education (MRE):
MRE is an important element of YEMAC's efforts to prevent landmine casualties. The goal of this section is to educate populations living near mine-contaminated areas about the risks associated with landmines and how to minimize their risk of injury.
IMPLEMENTAION
The program is implemented over the course of several stages in collaboration with provincial authorities. Stage one of Mine Risk Education starts in the capital city with a large workshop and exhibition. Participants in the MRE workshop include security and health officials and provincial governors and council members. Efforts are made to ensure the event is covered by the media so as to reach as wide an audience as possible.
MRE instructors serve as guides at the informational exhibit, which contains models of landmines, videos, and posters, as well as information on safe behavior, recognition of mines/MRE, and mine incidents. When the workshop and exhibit end, the MRE teams travel to affected communities to educate villages about what the de-miners will be doing.
FIELD WORK
Upon arrival in the affected communities, MRE teams conduct specialized training for various target groups; such as, men, women and children. Due to high levels of illiteracy among women, female MREs give oral presentations to women. Children are given special presentations and are given written materials about how to reduce the risk of accidents.
Children are asked to draw pictures of mines, which helps them express their feelings about mines, and it is also useful for MRE instructors to assess how well the children understand the dangers of landmines. Meanwhile, men are taken to watch the de-mining efforts and are given a chance to ask questions about the de-mining process.
The photograph is of a Yemeni child holding an landmine education booklet designed and produced by YEMAC.
Lizzie made today`s Daily Puppy !
Image by mbgrigby
here`s the link Click on it and then her picture !
www.dailypuppy.com/dogs/Lizzie-the-Havanese_2008-11-15
Travelling Companion
Image by ttyS0
This puppy followed me for most of the day. I think she had some crazy notion that I knew where I was going. Looking at this picture again, perhaps she knew I was clueless, hence the sad puppy dog eyes.
http://sl.ttys0.net/berea_pinnacles
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