Detect and Protect

By: Australian Biosecurity
  • Summary

  • Welcome to Detect and Protect - an Australian biosecurity podcast. This exciting podcast gives listeners an opportunity to get engaged and informed on the different aspects of Australia’s biosecurity system. Listeners will hear from leaders in biosecurity, as well as gain an insight into the work of those across the country who underpin our biosecurity system.
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Episodes
  • The Transition: From Beagles to Labradors
    May 14 2023

    Leanne Kendra joined the department and the detector dog program at a very interesting time in 2009, when the program was transitioning from beagles to Labradors. She outlines some of the differences between the breeds discussing both pros and cons. She was also one of the very few handlers who have transitioned a detector dog from their initial training and worked them all the way to retirement.

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    28 mins
  • Taking the Lead: From Kennel Assistant to Technical Supervisor
    May 14 2023

    Sarah Tibbetts first worked as a kennel hand, assisting the biosecurity detector dog program. She has since joined the department, has progressed her career and is now a technical supervisor for the detector dog teams in Sydney. In this episode she outlines the role of a technical supervisor, maintaining both handler and detector dog proficiency and motivation. Sarah also talks us through multi-handling detector dogs, and different techniques for keeping our detector dogs motivated.

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    25 mins
  • Pup 2 Pup: From Seal Handler to Dog Handler
    May 14 2023

    Kelvin Wong recently joined the detector dog program in 2022 and has now found his feet with detector dog Udell at his side. In this episode Kevin outlines learning and development techniques, team culture and changing your working style to match your detector dog. Kevin previously worked at Taronga Zoo and covers the similarities of training seals and how we train our biosecurity detector dogs.

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    31 mins

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