The performance of German Shepherd and Belgian Shepherd Malinois dogs in obedience, obstacle course, defense and tracking tests

• Autorzy: Lipka M. , Strychalski J. , Jastrzebska A. , Gugolek A.

Warianty tytułu

PL

Porównanie owczarków niemieckich i owczarków belgijskich malinois w zakresie posłuszeństwa, pokonywania przeszkód, obrony i tropienia

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

In Poland and other countries, the two breeds that are most commonly trained for police operations are the German Shepherd (GS) and the Belgian Shepherd Malinois (BSM). The purchase, training and maintenance of police dogs are very expensive. Appropriate preselection can lower those costs. Therefore, the aim of the study was to compare GS and BSM dogs based on their performance in obedience, obstacle, defense and tracking tests. The study was performed on 222 dogs which participated in patrol-tracking training, patrol training and tracking training at the Kennel of the Police Training Center in Sułkowice. In many exercises: stay in obedience, stair climbing, balance beam, wooden wall and an obstacle course in obstacle completion, pursuit with a muzzle, pursuit without a muzzle and guarding detainees in defense, as well as field search, indoor search and vocalization in tracking, BSM were scored significantly better than GS.

PL

W Polsce i na świecie dwiema najczęściej szkolonymi rasami na psy patrolowo-tropiące, patrolowe i tropiące są owczarki niemieckie (GS) oraz owczarki belgijskie malinois (BSM). Zakup, szkolenie oraz utrzymanie psów policyjnych jest bardzo drogie. Odpowiednia preselekcja zwierząt może obniżyć te koszty. Celem pracy było porównanie GS i BSM oparte na wynikach zwierząt w testach posłuszeństwa, pokonywaniu toru przeszkód, obronie i tropieniu. Badaniami objęto 222 psy, które uczestniczyły w kursach na psa patrolowo-tropiącego, patrolowego lub tropiącego odbywających się w Zakładzie Kynologii Policyjnej Centrum Szkolenia Policji w Sułkowicach. W wielu ćwiczeniach: zostawanie w posłuszeństwie, schody, kładka, drewniana ściana i pokonywanie grupy przeszkód, pościg w kagańcu, pościg bez kagańca i konwojowanie osób w obronie, a także przeszukiwanie terenu, przeszukiwanie pomieszczeń i wokalizacja w tropieniu, BSM osiągnęły statystycznie istotnie wyższe wyniki niż GS.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

performance; dog; police dog; patrol dog; German Shepherd breed; Belgian Shepherd Malinois breed; obedience; obstacle course; defense; tracking test

• Wydawca: -
• Czasopismo: Polish Journal of Natural Sciences
• Rocznik: 2017
• Tom: 32
• Numer: 3
• Opis fizyczny: p.451-459,fig.,ref.

Twórcy

autor

Lipka M.

• Department of Fur-bearing Animal Breeding and Game Menagement, University of Warmia and Mazury, Olsztyn, Poland

autor

Strychalski J.

• Department of Fur-bearing Animal Breeding and Game Menagement, University of Warmia and Mazury, Oczapowskiego 5, 10-718 Olsztyn, Poland

autor

Jastrzebska A.

• Department of Fur-bearing Animal Breeding and Game Menagement, University of Warmia and Mazury, Olsztyn, Poland

autor

Gugolek A.

• Department of Fur-bearing Animal Breeding and Game Menagement, University of Warmia and Mazury, Olsztyn, Poland

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