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He has impressed everyone with how quickly he can learn Sponsor Dover Dover is a sleek yellow Labrador and loves cuddles and was named in commemoration of the 80th Anniversary of VE Day. He loves to explore new and interesting objects. Sponsor Mary Mary is sleek yellow Labrador and quite an independent young lady. She is a water baby and loves to splash in her water bowl before tipping it over. ponsor Dover For yourself As a Gift Assistance Dog Training Manager JOB TITLE: Assistance Dog Training Manager LOCATION: Great Horwood, Buckinghamshire SALARY: £33,000 - £37,000 based on experience JOB TYPE: Full-time permanent, with occasional evenings and weekends required REPORTS TO: Head of Canine Supply, Training and Welfare TO APPLY – Please send your current CV with covering letter (no longer than one A4 sheet) stating why you would like the role to [email protected] The Job Header Image aspect ratio respected (so ensure your text fits within image at all browser widths). 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Oxford Half Marathon Register London Landmarks Half Marathon Register Tough mudder Register Skydive Register 23 April 2026 – Kulgod, A., & Guest, C., et al, Canine Olfaction Combined With Bayesian Modeling for Multicancer Detection From Breath Samples: A Phase II Study in India. In Journal of Clinical Oncology. 00,1-10. 14 July 2025 – Rooney, N., Trivedi, D, P., & Guest, C. Trained dogs can detect the odor of Parkinson's disease. In Journal of Parkinson’s Disease. 15, 6. 9 April 2025 - Bistre Dabbah, S., Mendl, M. T., Guest, C. & Rooney, N. J., An exploratory study of associations between judgement bias, demographic and behavioural characteristics, and detection task performance in medical detection dogs PLOS ONE 20(4). 19 December 2024 - Pesterfield, C., Guest, C & Brainch, S., Medical Detection Dogs in the Management of Postural Tachycardia Syndrome European Journal of Arrhythmia & Electrophysiology. 2024: 10, 1, p.3-5 6 December 2024 - Desmas-Bazelle, I., Rooney, N. J., Morant, S., Harris, R., Volckaert, V., Goodfellow, M., Aziz, S. & Guest, C., Trained dogs can detect canine urothelial carcinoma of the bladder Veterinary Oncology. 1, 10p., 12. 1 November 2024 - Bistre Dabbah, S., Mendl, M. T., Guest, C., & Rooney, N. J., Survey on the importance of different traits for medical detection dogs Journal of Veterinary Behaviour: Clinical Applications and Research. 76, p. 40-52 13 p. 1 September 2024 - Parr-Cortes, Z., Rooney, N. J., Wheatstone, M., Stock, T., Pesterfield, C., Guest, C. & Muller, C., 1 Sep 2024 Evaluating and contextualizing volatile organic compounds in dog training breath samples from a patient with type 1 diabetes Journal of Veterinary Behaviour: Clinical Applications and Research. 75, p. 62-75 14 p. 22 July 2024 - Parr-Cortes, Z., Muller, C. T., Talas, L., Mendl, M. T., Guest, C., & Rooney, N. J.,, The odour of an unfamiliar stressed or relaxed person affects dogs’ responses to a cognitive bias test Scientific Reports. 14, 1, p. 1-17 17 p., 15843. 8 December 2022 - Guest, C., et al, Expert considerations and consensus for using dogs to detect human SARS-CoV-2-infections Frontiers in Medicine. 9. 24 March 2022 - Guest, C,. et al. Using trained dogs and organic semi-conducting sensors to identify asymptomatic and mild SARS-CoV-2 infections: an observational study Journal of Travel Medicine. 29, 3. 17 February 2021 - Guest, C. M., Harris, R., et al. , Feasibility of integrating canine olfaction with chemical and microbial profiling of urine to detect lethal prostate cancer PLoS One.16, 2. 12 August 2020 - Jones, R. T., Guest, C., et al. , Could bio-detection dogs be used to limit the spread of COVID-19 by travellers? Journal of Travel Medicine. 27, 8. 8 July 2020 - Guest, C., Harris, R., Anjum, I., Concha, A. & Rooney, N. J., , A lesson in standardisation – subtle aspects of the processing of samples can greatly affect dogs’ learning Frontiers in Veterinary Science. 7. 27 February 2020 - Guest, C., Otto, C. M., , Editorial: Canine Olfactory Detection Frontiers in Veterinary Science. 7. 6 February 2020 - Wilson, C. H., Kane, S., Morant, S. V., Guest, C. M. & Rooney, N. J., Diabetes alert dogs: Objective behaviours shown during periods of owner glucose fluctuation and stability Applied Animal Behaviour Science. 223, 10p., 104915. 7 November 2019 - Davies, J. C., Alton, E., Simbo, A., Murphy, R., Seth, I., Williams, K., Somerville, M., Jolly, L., Morant, S., Guest, C., Training dogs to differentiate Pseudomonas aeruginosa from other cystic fibrosis bacterial pathogens: not to be sniffed at? European Respiratory Journal. 54, 5. 1 June 2019 - Guest, C., et al, Trained dogs identify people with malaria parasites by their odour The Lancet Infectious Diseases. 19,6, p - 578-580. 27 March 2019 - Wilson, S., Morant, S., Kane, S., Pesterfield, C., Guest, C., & Rooney, N. J., An Owner-Independent Investigation of Diabetes Alert Dog Performance Frontiers in Veterinary Science. 6, Mar, 11p., 91. 22 January 2019 - Concha, A., Guest, C. M., Harris, R., Pike, T. W., Feugier, A., Zulch, H., Mills, D, S., , Canine Olfactory Thresholds to Amyl Acetate in a Biomedical Detection Scenario Frontiers in Veterinary Science. 5. 15 January 2019 - Rooney, N., Guest, C. Swanson, L. & Morant, S., , How effective are trained dogs at alerting their owners to changes in blood glycaemic levels?: Variations in performance of glycaemia alert dogs PLoS ONE. 14,1,16 p., e0210092. 8 January 2019 - Kasstan, B., Hampshire, K., Guest, C., Logan, J.G., Pinder, M., Williams, K., D’Alessandro, U. and Lindsay, S.W., , Sniff and tell: the feasibility of using Bio-Detection Dogs as a mobile diagnostic intervention for asymptomatic malaria in sub-Saharan Africa Journal of biosocial science, pp.1-8. 11 September 2014 - Concha, A., Mills, D, S., Feugier, A., Zulch, H., Guest, C. M., Harris, R., Pike, T. W., , Using Sniffing Behavior to Differentiate True Negative from False Negative Responses in Trained Scent-Detection Dogs Chemical Senses. 39, 9, p.749-754. 7 August 2013 - Rooney, N. J., Morant, S. & Guest, C., Investigation into the Value of Trained Glycaemia Alert Dogs to Clients with Type I Diabetes PLoS ONE 10.1371/journal.pone.0069921 1 May 2010 - Willis, C. M., Britton, L., Guest, C. M., Harris, R. & Wallace, J., , Volatile organic compounds as biomarkers of bladder cancer: Sensitivity and specificity using trained sniffer dogs Cancer Biomarkers 8, 3, p. 145-153. 23 September 2004 - Willis, C. M., Church, S. M., Guest, C. M., et al. , Olfactory detection of human bladder cancer by dogs: proof of principle study The British Medical Journal 329:712. 15 September 2001 - Church, J. & Williams, H., , Another sniffer dog for the clinic? The Lancet 358, 9285. Not found an event here that catches you eye? Search more events and places here or let us know what you are looking for and we can come back to you with some suggestions. Get in touch Search for more events Assistance Dog Trainer (Puppy & Advanced) JOB TITLE: Assistance Dog Trainer (Puppy & Advanced) LOCATION: Based out of our Training Centre in Great Horwood, near Milton Keynes with responsibility for puppies placed with socialisers in Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, and Northamptonshire (with possible travel outside these areas from time to time) SALARY BAND: £23,800 to £27,000 JOB TYPE: Full-time permanent, with occasional evenings and weekends required REPORTS TO: Assistance Dog Training Manager TO APPLY – Please send your current CV with covering letter (no longer than one A4 sheet) stating why you would like the role to [email protected] The Job Canine Olfaction Combined With Bayesian Modeling for Multicancer Detection From Breath Samples: A Phase II Study in India Kulgod, S., Patil, P. R., Kallappa, S., Rakesh, R., Kulkarni, K., Somashekhar, S. P., Majumdar, S. D. M., Singh, A., Guest, C., Harris, R., Aviram, I., Shanbhag, S., Parashar, A., Ramaswamy, S. S., Bitan, I and Kulgod, A., 23 Apr 2026, In: Journal of Clinical Oncology. 00,1-10. Trained dogs can detect the odor of Parkinson's disease Rooney, N., Trivedi, D. P., Sinclair, E., Walton-Doyle, C., Silverdale, M., Barran, P., Kunath, T., Morant, S., Somerville, M., Smith, J., Jones-Diette, J., Corish, J., Milne, J., & Guest, C., 14 Jul 2025, In: Journal of Parkinson’s Disease. 15, 6, p. 1111-1115 5 p. An exploratory study of associations between judgement bias, demographic and behavioural characteristics, and detection task performance in medical detection dogs Bistre Dabbah, S., Mendl, M. T., Guest, C. & Rooney, N. J., 9 Apr 2025, In PLOS ONE. 20, 4. 25 p. Trained dogs can detect canine urothelial carcinoma of the bladder Desmas-Bazelle, I., Rooney, N. J., Morant, S., Harris, R., Volckaert, V., Goodfellow, M., Aziz, S. & Guest, C., 6 Dec 2024, In: Veterinary Oncology. 1, 10p., 12. Survey on the importance of different traits for medical detection dogs Bistre Dabbah, S., Mendl, M. T., Guest, C., & Rooney, N. J., 1 Nov 2024, In: Journal of Veterinary Behaviour: Clinical Applications and Research. 76, p. 40-52 13 p. Evaluating and contextualizing volatile organic compounds in dog training breath samples from a patient with type 1 diabetes Parr-Cortes, Z., Rooney, N. J., Wheatstone, M., Stock, T., Pesterfield, C., Guest, C. & Muller, C., 1 Sep 2024, In: Journal of Veterinary Behaviour: Clinical Applications and Research. 75, p. 62-75 14 p. The odour of an unfamiliar stressed or relaxed person affects dogs’ responses to a cognitive bias test Parr-Cortes, Z., Muller, C. T., Talas, L., Mendl, M. T., Guest, C., & Rooney, N. J., 22 Jul 2024, In: Scientific Reports. 14, 1, p. 1-17 17 p., 15843. Expert Considerations and consensus for using dogs to detect human SARS-Cov-2-infections Meller, S., Al Khatri, M. S. A., Alhammadi, H. K., Álvarez, G., Alvergnat, G., Alves L,C., Callewaert, C., Caraguel, C. G..B., Carancci, P., Chaber A. L., Charalambous, M., Desquilbet, L., Ebbers, H., Ebbers, J., Grandjean, D., Guest, C., Guyot, H., Hielm-Björkman, A., Hopkins, A., Kreienbrock, L., Logan J, G., Lorenzo, H., Maia R. C. C., Mancilla-Tapia, J. M., Mardones, F. O., Mutesa, L., Nsanzimana, S., Otto, C. M., Salgado-Caxito, M., de los Santos, F., da Silva, J. E. S., Schalke, E., Schoneberg, C., Soares, A. F., Twele, F., Vidal-Martínez, V. M., Zapata ,A., Zimin-Veselkoff, N., & Volk, H. A., 8 Dec 2022, In: Frontiers in Medicine. 9. Using trained dogs and organic semi-conducting sensors to identify asymptomatic and mild SARS-CoV-2 infections: an observational study Guest, C,. Dewhirst, S. Y., Lindsay, S. W., Allen, D. J, Aziz, S., Baerenbold, O., Bradley, J., Chabildas, U., Chen-Hussey, V., Clifford, S., Cottis, L., Dennehy, J., Foley, E., Gezan, S. A., Gibson, T., Greaves, C. K., Kleinschmidt, I., Lambert, S., Last, A., Morant, S., Parker, J. E. A., Pickett, J., Quilty, B. J., Rooney, A., Shah, M., Somerville, M., Squires, C., Walker, M., Logan, J. G., 24 March 2022. In : Journal of Travel Medicine. 29, 3. Artificial neural networks for classifying the time series sensor data generated by medical detection dogs Withington, L., Pardo De Vera, D. D., Guest, C., Mancini, C. & Piwek, P., 1 Dec 2021, In: Expert Systems with Applications. 184. Feasibility of integrating canine olfaction with chemical and microbial profiling of urine to detect lethal prostate cancer Guest, C. M., Harris, R., Sfanos, K. S., Shrestha, E., Partin, A. W., Trock, B., Mangold, L., Bader, R., Kozak, A., Mclean, S., Simons, J., Soule, H., Johnson, T., Lee, W. Y., Gao, Q., Aziz, S., Stathatou, P. M., Thaler, S., Foster, S., & Marshin, A., 17 Feb 2021, In: PLOS ONE.16, 2. Could bio-detection dogs be used to limit the spread of COVID-19 by travellers? Jones, R. T., Guest, C., Lindsay, S. W., Kleinschmidt, I., Bradley, J., Dewhirst, S., Last, A., & Logan, J. G., 12 Aug 2020, In: Journal of Travel Medicine. 27, 8. A lesson in standardization – subtle aspects of the processing of samples can greatly affect dogs’ learning Guest, C., Harris, R., Anjum, I., Concha, A. & Rooney, N. J., 8 Jul 2020, In: Frontiers in Veterinary Science. 7. Diabetes Alert Dogs: objective behaviours shown during periods of owner glucose fluctuation and stability Wilson, C. H., Kane, S., Morant, S. V., Guest, C. M. & Rooney, N. J., 6 Feb 2020, In: Applied Animal Behaviour Science. 223, 10p., 104915. Editorial: Canine Olfactory Detection Guest, C., Otto, C. M., 27 Feb 2020, In: Frontiers in Veterinary Science. 7. Training dogs to differentiate Pseudomonas aeruginosa from other cystic fibrosis bacterial pathogens: not to be sniffed at? Davies, J. C., Alton, E., Simbo, A., Murphy, R., Seth, I., Williams, K., Somerville, M., Jolly, L., Morant, S., Guest, C., 7 Nov 2019, In: European Respiratory Journal. 54, 5. Trained dogs identify people with malaria parasites by their odour Guest, C., Pinder, M., Doggett, M., Squires, C., Affara, M., Kandeh, B., Dewhirst, S., Morant, S. V., D’Allesandro, U., Logan, J. G., & Lindsay, S. W., 1 June 2019, In: The Lancet Infectious Diseases. 19,6, p - 578-580. An Owner-Independent Investigation of Diabetes Alert Dog Performance Wilson, S., Morant, S., Kane, S., Pesterfield, C., Guest, C., & Rooney, N. J., 27 March 2019, In: Frontiers in Veterinary Science. 11p., 91. Canine Olfactory Thresholds to Amyl Acetate in a Biomedical Detection Scenario Concha, A., Guest, C. M., Harris, R., Pike, T. W., Feugier, A., Zulch, H., Mills, D, S., 22 Jan 2019, In: Frontiers in Veterinary Science. 5. How effective are trained dogs at alerting their owners to changes in blood glycaemic levels? Variations in performance of glycaemia alert dogs Rooney, N., Guest, C. Swanson, L. & Morant, S., 15 Jan 2019, In: PLOS ONE. 14,1,16 p., e0210092. Using sniffing behavior to differentiate true negative from false negative responses in trained scent-detection dogs Concha, A., Mills, D, S., Feugier, A., Zulch, H., Guest, C. M., Harris, R., Pike, T. W., 11 Sep 2014, In; Chemical Senses. 39, 9, p.749-754. Investigation into the Value of Trained Glycaemia Alert Dogs to Clients with Type 1 Diabetes Rooney, N. J., Morant, S. & Guest, C., 7 Aug 2013, In: PLOS ONE. 10.1371. Volatile organic compounds as biomarkers of bladder cancer: sensitivity and specificity using trainer sniffer dogs Willis, C. M., Britton, L., Guest, C. M., Harris, R. & Wallace, J., 1 May 2010, In: Cancer Biomarkers 8, 3, p. 145-153. Olfactory detection of human bladder cancer by dogs: proof of principle study Willis, C. M., Church, S. M., Guest, C. M., Cook, A. W., McCarthy, N., Bransbury, A. J., Church, M. R. T., & Church, J. C. T., 23 Sep 2004, In: The British Medical Journal 329:712. Another sniffer dog for the clinic? Church, J. & Williams, H., 15 Sep 2001, In: The Lancet 358, 9285. Presentation / Conference Sensing the shape of canine responses to cancer Johnston-Wilder, O., Mancini, C., Aengenheister, B., Mills, J., Harris, R., and Guest, C., 16 November 2015, (Accepted/In Press) ACE ’15: Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Advances in Computer Entertainment Technology. 63:1-4p. Exploring assistive technology for assistance dog owners in emergency situations Robinson, C., Mancini, C., van der Linden, J., Guest, C., and Swanson, L., 1 July 2015, (Accepted/In Press) PETRA ’15: Proceedings of the 8th ACM International Conference on Pervasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments. 92:1-2p. Re-Centering Multispecies Practices: A Canine Interface for Cancer Detection Dogs Mancini, C., Harris, R., Aengenheister, B., and Guest, C., 18 April 2015, (Accepted/In Press) CHI ’15: Proceedings of the 33rd Annual ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. 2673-2682p. Canine-centered interface design: supporting the work of diabetes alert dogs Robinson, C, L., Mancini, C., van der Linden, J., Guest, C., and Harris, R., 26 April 2014, (Accepted/In Press) CHI ’14: Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. 3757-3766p. Empowering assistance dogs: an alarm interface for canine use Robinson, C, L., Mancini, C., van der Linden, J., Guest, C., and Harris, R., 4 April 2014, (Accepted/In Press) ISAWEL ’14: Intelligent Systems for Animal Welfare. 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