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Are dogs unreliable? My highly trained Malinois is more reliable than most people.
by briandear 5y ago
Are dogs unreliable? My highly trained Malinois is more reliable than most people.
- summm 5y agoUnreliable for use as medical sensors, at least that's what the study says. About your general sentiment: I am sorry that you feel you don't have reliable humans in your life.
- awillen 5y agoHave you seen a highly trained Malinois? Even if you're surrounded by highly reliable humans, they're probably not as reliable as the dog.
- chupchap 5y agoIt doesn't matter how well trained a dog is, a lot of people are scared of dogs.
- Sophistifunk 5y agoA lot of people are scared of needles, too. And yet we still inject people all the time.
- trentgreene 5y agoBecause there are medications that "must" be administered intravenously or in the muscle. There's no test that can only be performed via canine.
- mulmen 5y agoDevil’s advocate: “yet”.
- Bost 5y ago> There's no test that can only be performed via canine. Because we haven't developed any.
- franga2000 5y agoWell yes, but clearly some tests dont't need to be performed with a needle anymore - we can use a dog
- awillen 5y agoThat's true, but it's not relevant here... we're talking about reliability.
- fastball 5y agoDepends on how you define "reliable". I'm sure the Malinois can be relied upon to do the things it has been trained to do, but I can rely on humans to do things they have not been trained to do.
- fulafel 5y agoThere are multiple linked studies, the first BMJ infection article at least seems to be positive in its conclusions about it. ("CONCLUSION: A trained dog was able to detect C difficile with high estimated sensitivity and specificity, both in stool samples and in hospital patients infected with C difficile.")
- givemeethekeys 5y agoHaha. They're reliable as dogs, but perhaps less reliable as machines ;).
- cookiengineer 5y agoCounter argument: I've never seen any trained chihuahua. It seems that most if not all owners who want to own a chihuahua or another small "lap dog" are incapable of training them. The sheer amount of untrained dogs is just way too high to use a trained dog as an argument. I'd guess less than 10% actually go to dog school/training.
- dustymcp 5y agoThis i tell my kids to not go near any dog they dont know, too many bad dog owners..
- Bost 5y ago> The sheer amount of untrained dogs is just way too high to use a trained dog as an argument. The sheer amount of stupid people is just way too high to use a smart person as an argument.
- elliekelly 5y agoHave you never seen a 90s Taco Bell commercial?
- conradfr 5y agoNo animal is 100% reliable (in the general sense, not the medical one like in the article). Which is why a lot of the cute videos with dogs and children (especially babies) should actually not be encouraged, there's many accidents every year.
- Bost 5y agoAnd now tell me please which doctor or test IS 100% reliable?
- cfn 5y agoHighly trained is the operational word here, untrained Malinois are a nightmare. I agree with the above for most dogs, trained they are fine but most dogs are not trained and not very easy to control in unfamiliar surroundings.
- Bost 5y agoTrained people are fine, but most people are not trained and not very easy to control in unfamiliar surroundings.