Dog Science
Pack Events
Pack Events are educational videos on YouTube about the Dog Aging Project. The study provides dog science updates and goes over the research the study is conducting to help better lives for dogs and their owners.
I host and help create the pack appreciation events for the DAP (community science). Below are the events I’ve hosted:
2023 Pack Events
Fall Pack Event: A Tour of Our New Website
At this Pack Event, our team provides a tour of our new website, updates you on our latest findings, and answers your questions about the project.
Dog Aging Project: 1-2-3 Treat Activity Zoom Event (Overview + Q&A)
NOT A PACK EVENT
This special 1-2-3 Treat Event was created to help explain the activity. Our team demonstrates how to make the boxes needed for the activity and walks through all the setup steps together so you can feel confident and ready to play this fun game with your doggo!
March Pack Event: Measurement & Mobility Activities
Our team has designed a set of activities called the Measurement & Mobility Activities that are designed to collect information about how the activity levels of dogs change with age and health status. Watch the video to learn about the three parts of this activity: measuring your dog, jog & run activity, and stair climb activity.
Winter Pack Event: Connecting with our Community
Watch this video to learn about the ways we connect with our Pack Members from the Dog Park to our social media accounts (#DogAgingProject)! Get a tour of the Dog Park as well as all the other support and community resources we offer!
2022 Pack Events
October Pack Event: Peek inside our Annual Meeting
In September, the DAP team met at the University of Washington in Seattle for our all-team meeting. The annual meeting allowed the team to reconnect, celebrate our accomplishments, share scientific progress, and plan for the future. Watch the Pack event for a recap of our meeting and a look at some things our team has been working on.
Summer Pack Event: All about the Annual Follow-Up
Most DAP Pack members celebrate their Pack Anniversary Day in the fall. That's when the study asks participants to complete their Annual Follow-Up Survey. Watch the Pack Event to learn all about the Annual Follow-Up, the kinds of data the project collects annually, and how the DAP team integrates that with veterinary electronic medical records. (See highlights here)
June Pack Event: Measuring Change
The DAP tracks changes in your dog's condition mainly through surveys that you complete at home. The project developed a set of at-home activities that will allow our researchers to go further and track the subtle physical changes that take place as dogs age. This helps the study get a sense of the mobility changes through a brief series of measurements along with timed jogging, running, and stair climbs. These activities are called the Measurement & Mobility Activities, and you can watch the event to learn more.
May Pack Event: Dog Mobility
One of the most fascinating things about studying dogs is the incredible variety among our canine companions. From dachshunds to wolfhounds, dogs come in all shapes and sizes. The DAP research team is very interested in studying how physical activity and mobility are related to dog morphology (their shape and size) and how these characteristics influence the physical aging we observe in dogs. Watch this event to learn about activities designed to help answer some of these scientific questions.
April Pack Event: Canine Cognition
Ever wondered what your dog is thinking about? Dogs are great communicators, even if they can’t use words. Even though we’re often in sync with our dogs, they experience the world far differently than we do. If you’ve ever been curious about what’s going on in that cute doggie noggin, this pack event is for you!
March Pack Event: Project Update with Dr Promislow
Dr. Promislow goes over the past, present and future of the Dog Aging Project.
February Pack Event: avalanche-dogs!
This Pack Event takes a look on how avalanche rescue dogs are trained with special guest Elizabeth Rusch. (See blog post)