Dog Law Reporter

Reflections on the Society of Dogs and Men

Sunday, November 28, 2010

Are Terrorist Threats Changing Constitutional Parameters of Police Behavior? Considering an Incident at the Minneapolis/St. Paul Airport

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An opinion of a federal magistrate shows that narcotics detection dogs at airport screening must be deployed before a seizure of a passenger...
Monday, November 22, 2010

Navy Oversight of Canine Operations Needs To Improve: Hazings in Bahrain

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The Log Cabin Republicans sued the United States and the Secretary of Defense, Robert Gates, alleging that the “don’t ask, don’t tell” pol...
Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Using a Bite-and-Hold Trained Dog for Search and Rescue Leads to Lawsuit

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The police receive a call that a boy is lost, drunk, and wearing very little on a cold night. An officer arrives with a dog trained in...
Thursday, November 11, 2010

The Dogs of the Night Watch

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In the urban centers of northern Europe in the Renaissance, a lowly and lonely profession was that of the night watchman. Those wandering t...
Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Canine Remote Explosive Scent Tracing, Long Used in Europe for Screening Air Cargo, Continues to Be Tested in U.S.

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Federal law mandates searching checked luggage, which may be done by canine teams, certain equipment, and other means, but luggage is not t...
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Monday, November 1, 2010

Dispute Over $44 Million Contract Shows War Dogs Are Now Big Business

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Contracts for providing the military with explosives, narcotics, and cadaver detection dogs, as well as patrol and sentry dogs, are becomi...
Saturday, October 30, 2010

Don't Gibber While You Train

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This is me in one of my first obedience classes with Chloe: “All right, we’re going to do this, aren’t we? We’re going to listen to daddy an...
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John Ensminger
John Ensminger is an attorney and member of the bars of the State of New York and the United States Supreme Court. He is the co-editor of Canine Olfaction Science and Law: Advances in Forensic Science, Medicine, Conservation, and Environmental Remediation. His other books include Police and Military Dogs: Criminal Detection, Forensic Evidence and Judicial Admissibility and Service and Therapy Dogs in American Society. His articles on legal and scientific issues have appeared in Applied Animal Behaviour Science, Forensic Science International, Journal of Forensic Sciences, Journal of Animal and Natural Resource Law, Journal of Veterinary Behavior, Journal of Animal Law, ABA General Practice, Tax Notes, and the Journal of Forensic Psychology Practice. John is a Contributing Editor of the Animal Legal & Historical Center of the Michigan State University College of Law.
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