Workingdogproject.org Website Review

despite decades of pedigree an*lysis and focused breeding programs, the success rate for service dogs still only hovers around 50%. for high-performing scent dogs, success rates are even lower. genetic tests focused on behavior or temperament would help solve the central challenge: accurate prediction at an early age of potential for successful training. the goal of the working dog is to find the. genetic loci as*ociated with key behavioral traits of military and service dogs.  . the broad institute of mit and harvard was launched in 2004 to use genomics to advance science and human health.  in 2005, broad scientists led an international team to decode the dna of tasha, the first ever dog sequenced.  since then, scientists have compared the dna of hundreds of dogs and found millions of differences.   hidden in this complexity are the genetic variants shaping each dog's we have a unique opportunity today to apply cutting edge technology to identify the genes driving dog behavior.  this is a first critical step.  with the key genetic factors found, we can strategically select better working dogs, which saves time, energy and dollars.  rarely do we have the opportunity to make such an impact for both our national security and our disabled americans.  please consider supporting the effort.  funding for the working dog project has been provided by the theriogenology foundation.