Distinguishing between the 2 twins was the most incredible thing to me. You gotta think, they probably use the same soap and shampoo. Probably stay in the same room, live in the same house, and have probably been next to each other almost their entire lives. And she's didn't even hesitate.
One thing I didn't think about until recently - just because twins have the same DNA doesn't mean they have the same DNA expression. That's part of the reason why identical twins don't always look exactly alike. So I guess Zinka was able to pick up on this small difference.
Some dogs are just smart like that. My family has a labrador retriever who plays quite rough with most people. However since my dad had a stroke, she's the sweetest most gentle girl around him. When he got back from the hospital she kept booping his paralyzed hand and leg. Now that he joined play sessions again, she always brings him the ball instead of stopping slightly out of reach and making him fight for it, which she used to do with everybody.
I did SAR with K9s for 10 years. It takes a LOT of work to get a dog trained to this level, and few dogs are cut out for it, but it really is amazing to see them use their nose. For the advanced dogs, we would train by trailing 1 person through a Costco and by doing a 24 hr aged scent trail in the desert. If you’re lost, there’s dogs like this that will be looking for you.
almost like meticulously planning a whole video and then trapseing around the city and the forest sockless because you keep spontaneously giving your socks away!
As a retired command police officer my comment is that dogs are a great tool, but it's the K-9 team that makes the magic happen. A K9 team goes through a tremendous amount of training even before being deployed & that training continues daily from there on out. They become ONE UNIT, I have seen these units to some pretty amazing things in my 25 years. My hat off is to both K and handler, you are a very special breed when paired together.
He went from working 9 years at NASA and landing something ON ANOTHER PLANET to creating squirrel mazes and tricking dogs. What a trip Mark! Keep up the spirit.
I’ve been training with K9s for four years between two departments. Zinka is far more impressive at tracking than I think a lot of people realize. The amount of training Shay has put into that dog is remarkable. Such a great video explaining what they’re actually scenting
Just listened to a podcast by stuff you should know on how search and rescue dogs work and zinka is certainly on the higher end with the urban search and rescue skills as well as the insane search at the end. However I was surprised to here in the podcast that the handler needs more then double the hours of training then the dog needs so let’s not forget the amount of times zinka was re directed and the fact they are a unstoppable team
I'm just happy that Zinka gets to practice finding alive people. Lots of search and rescue dogs get super stressed after disaster searches when they find dead people.
Shay is a HUGE reason why they won. This is one of the BIGGEST reasons search-and-rescue teams succeed. She keeps Zinka on track and knows EXACTLY what happens, pulling her back from distractions, which would otherwise distract Zinka.
@@alpheendominationbut it is accurate they are a Team. Zinka does most of the following and Shay is there to use her human brain and work things out whenever a problem or distraction occurs it’s not a 1 dog show
So, as a volunteer Search and Rescue dog handler, I love this so much and can confirm this is all accurate. I have been volunteering for the past 4 years with my dog, a Belgian Malinois which is similar to German Shepards but a bit more hyperactive and energetic. The training process with these dogs is intense and takes a ton of discipline and focus. Super cool that you did this video. I will sent separately what it looks like to start the training from the puppy ages, to teach, and socialize them with humans and families.
i remember they did this test with k9 police unit back in the 90's. the k9 unit said not all dog can be train this way and not always successful. they only kept the most discipline dog and most successful one. they show it on the tv show and some dog couldnt find what they search for. the one that can do it is amazing, like this one in the video where its tracked him in a big puzzle area. mind blown
I think what really happened was that Mark didn't think of many ways to trick Shay (the handler), and pretty much only focused on tricking Zinka. They're a team, two halves of a master tracker.
Well, I think he intended to show how amazing the smell of dogs is and that compared with a handler they are a powerfull team. He could easily have rented an helicopter and let them drop him off somewhere. But there is neither fun nor amazement in that.
Yes! I think it's clear from the video that anyone who can do parkour (take unexpected routes to traverse a space) would be able to fool the dog, and would have a much better chance fooling the handler as well.
@@marksecker6606 | Well obviously Mark Rober is going to take the fun approach for any video idea, and it works great, because this video is very fun as always. But it IS titled "How To Escape a Bloodhound", and to do that, you also need to escape the handler.
You don't just have to fool the dog you have to fool the handler as well. The teamwork of the two is a pretty potent combo, not infallible but pretty strong.
I once saw a video of a fox that was able to lose the trackers. He came up to a dead-end on a bridge, then backtracked. The dogs never figured the fox had backtracked, and they kept yelping at a closed fence because they couldn't get across.
@@stephen-dev Yes, backtracking but only ONCE YOU REACH SOME OBSTACLE is a better choice. Also, when you have backtracked and it's time to vveer off trail again, you JUMP out of the way to minimize your scent trail there.
@@patrickrannou1278 My thinking is that a person might do something similar with a deep cave... maybe take their shirt off somewhere inside, backtrack and jump off the route. It would take them hours to search the cave, I doubt they would have flashlights with them.
Adam is always dropping gems the creators didn't think about. Like the Veritasium video where they're trying to hit a target from a helicopter and Adam casually comes in and say "did you forget the fins on the darts?"😅. As soon as he said that, and Derek said no, he knew it was a lost cause. (It's one of the worst videos from Veritasium). Also, mad props to Shae, she kept up without a sweat or ventilating and the doggo is amazing. Crazy how he rules out everyone present and goes straight to find the one missing.🤯 True pros!
Gave me a new appreciation for the team work between handler and dog. The way zeeka barked when she lost him and then shay would help her find the trail again. Neither could work without the other.
@@pvic6959 I thought that too, until I realized that a true criminal won’t have fans, drones with delayed take offs, and specialty RC cars, but even with those gadgets, you don’t stand a chance. What I learned is that a criminal might as well give up now because he/she is NEVER going to get away!
The scent discrimination aspect of this was amazing! I'd never seen that before. It was remarkable how quickly and easily Zinka picked up the trail. And, huge props to Shay! She's a true hero for dedicating so much of her life to helping distraught families.
Shay and Zinca are absolutely incredible and the time and effort they give to help families searching for their loved ones is admirable. Thank you for volunteering!
It was really impressive to me how Zinca actually decided to not agree with Shay's urge to turn her around, following Shay for a few seconds before stopping again and then turning back around. With how she trusted her for a moment, though, shows how trusting Shay and Zinca are with each other as they work hand in hand.
The fact she can pick up the missing person in the group and find them from the same small sample is insane!!! I didn’t know it was possible I thought you needed something who only had the target scents on ! It’s so impressive 🤯
I've been volunteering in a very similar way for a few years and it's nice to see this kind of work get talked about by someone larger than a local newspaper. The amount of expertise search and rescue handlers accumulate over years if not decades still stays, for the most part, overlooked and underfunded. Amazing video.
Did you hear about the 4 children that were lost for 40 days in Colombia after that little plane crashed? One of the SAR dogs was lost :( I'm glad the children were found but am very sad about the dog.
I truly love Mark Rober, his ideas, & his team. The things he comes up with, the way explains them, & the filming are truly amazing & absolutely enjoyable to watch. Please keep this up for as long as possible!
One of the big differences between a bloodhound and a German Shepherd or other similar breed is that the bloodhound sniffs the ground and follows the scent on the ground which is why they have a hard time when a person goes through water vs German Shepherds and similar breads which use the open air to find their target. Your scent sticks around for something near 72 hours on a calm day. Air sniffing dogs trained for search and rescue are not usually trained to find a specific persons scent. A police dog would be, but not most SAR dogs as they search for any victims. Some are also trained specifically to find dead things such as dead people for recovery operations in which case they can even find the smell of blood in a drain that has been washed many times, sometimes even with chemicals.
I ran from three german shepherd’s that were police dogs for SPD and got away … I had to wonder why and the only reason I can think of is my shoes had vents and I went through water … I was also heavily intoxicated and they never found me and I was in the area 😂❤ so idk how that fits into your theory on german Shepherds … btw they had my friend detained and knew what was happening on their end which I didnt learn til later … even after they released her because they realized there really was no law to hold her they were still out there for me til the end of their shift and I eventually went out a different way then anyone would ever expect but literally laid out there for hours
@@rachelharmon6489 they're not all human tracking dogs. they can see a target and go after someone or drug sniffing, but not searching. they're just all trained for different things
This guy takes 19 minutes to get to what we're all waiting to see but still keeps it entertaining the whole way through. Amazing video as always, Mark!
@@zedwpdeh, yes and no. He was unsuccessful, but he showed that the dog can be tricked or confused, and only the intelligence of the handler got her back on track. So what you really need to do is confuse both of them at the same time
Шикарный канал, сама по себе физика очень увлекательна и интересна! Дети любят эти видео ) Помню как раньше любила смотреть разрушителей легенд , Адам и Джими в моем сердце ❤ навечно )))
Zinka's tail really gets wagging! It's cool to see something so helpful is so rewarding for her. I'm going to look up how these dogs and handlers are trained now!
Bit of extra trivia on facial recognition that I learned a while back: humans have a specific area in their brain solely dedicated to facial recognition, and if that specific area is compromised for whatever reason by disease or injury, then a human would be facial blind and loses the ability to recognize people. Even recognizing your close friends and family is a complete struggle.
i have this, it's called prosopagnosia! there's also one for different voices as well, called phonopragnosia, which i believe i have as well. very hard to recognize people lol
Seeing Adam just show up in people's videos is great. I remember he showed up on Veritasium a couple times. Great guy with excellent on-camera (and probably off-camera) energy.
As a retired K9 SAR Handler I’m so proud of Shea & K9 Zinka for representing our community so well!! ❤❤❤ Great video Mark! Thank you for bringing awareness to K9 Search & Rescue.
I love how every superhero has a weakness ... squirrels for Zinka and a secret treehouse swing in the middle of the woods for Mark 😂😂😂 What a fun video and remarkable display of the dog's capability ❤
My takeaway is the strategy that might works is a combination of elevation change and a false trail. Get to a place where you can jump down, lay a false trail and then back track and jump down. The handler won't be able to easily pinpoint where false trail splits from the real one and identify the jump spot. Even better use a place that is windy so that the scent is all over the place. I'm actually curious if it would throw a trained dog off the scent.
Great video! In a time where it's easy to be stressed out, here comes Mark showing an attempt to outsmart a dog then prove how great dogs are. Thanks Mark! I needed this today!
He didnt just have to outsmart the dog he had to outsmart the dog owner aswell. Without her the dog wouldve gone down both ventilator paths and fallen for the the other traps the owner had pulled her out of.
It’s super cool that she uses positive reinforcement to train the pup! That’s awesome! I trained military dogs and we used negative reinforcement and found it didn’t work nearly as well as positive reinforcement. The take away is simple. Love Is And Always Will Be THE ANSWER!!
I also learned something as such in psychology class that in behaviorism, the most effective way to get an animal to do something is through positive reinforcement as it's a lot more motivating
Negative reinforcement is actually as effective as positive reinforcement. What you're calling negative reinforcement is actually positive (and/or negative) punishment. This is well known and well studied. Reinforcement always reinforces.
I think the flaw with a lot of the distractions is that the intensity of the scent suddenly changes. All she has to do is pick the path closest to what she already followed
"All she has to do" ... hahahaha - Germans have a saying : "Das mach mal nach.". It seems appropriate here :) The dog/handler team is superb. - If dogs could talk, they could probably identify the last 50 people to sit in a seat.
I think it might have to do with more. I think the dog might be going off of the whole scent, and not just the pure scent of his body. The scent of the clothes he was wearing that have their own scents on them from whatever they've been near combined with his natural body scent makes a pretty unique signature to follow, so you can't just throw the dog off by leaving some BO somewhere, you need the "whole" smell.
@@oddball1336 It means "Try to repeat this" in an appraising way. I assume in English the equivalent might be sth. along the line of "You'll have a hard time trying to repeat that".
Every video I watch, I find myself, laughing, smiling, and fully enjoying every bit of content. It's not only what he's doing, but his humor and light heartedness that make it so well done.
Having worked as a SAR K9 handler you made one mistake Mark. And you touched on them to give you the credit you deserve. The two most important rules: the Dog - Human communication and the Handlers trust in their dog. When you watch an awesome Team like Shay and Zika work it is beautiful. But it's it also both magic and voodoo rolled into one. Excellent content. Thank you.
Zinka seemed so happy to find him Wagging her tail It's why sometimes retired dogs need to go out and do training stuff like this so they know they are still the best of boy ☺️
It's something we keep on us pretty much all the time and depending on materials absorbs a lot of our scent especially since you tend to sit on it all day, so both funny and legit.
Never forget the handler is just as much a search expert as the dog. They are a team, after all. 2:42 Edit: Thank you for making sure to say that. 21:13
@@rokyhawk6753 Went through SERE (POW training), and they told us "don't try to beat the dog; beat the handler" (e.g., go through stuff the handler won't want to).
@@rokyhawk6753 He almost did with the first fans! She pull the dog off the second real trail for just a moment. If he had made three trails, I think it could have worked!
these are the types of videos he's made. have you never seen any other videos? or you just mean there needs to be a channel that's just search dogs finding mark rober? either way, f*Kin weird ask... and so far, 367 people also agree with some weird, indirection fan-boy request.. Gotta love being a thinker amongst the thought provoking....
I love ❤️ how Shay gives Zinka a lot of slack. Like eating the snacks is not what a puppy trainer would allow. But Zinka is a PRO so she can apparently be given respectful autonomy.
And she knows that Mark wouldn't be putting poison in the food, like crims being hunted might do. PS: I thought she snickered at the food trap though, lol.
I have helped training search and rescue dogs and its honestly mind blowing what they can do especially dogs trained for avalanches. its incredibly fun to see them at work especially when they find you. playing fetch is often used as a reword/payment when they find someone this helps encouraging the dog to track because it know that and the end of the trail there is some type of reward. dogs are simply incredible
Thank you, Mark, for making science fun. Thank you to all SAR volunteers. You save lives as well as bring closure to families who suffer painful losses.
The teamwork of woman and dog, it's a textbook example of spreading out so you need to fail not once but twice in unique ways. Zinca has an amazing nose to do the most leg work, but almost anything that may fool her Shay can try and puzzle together. And if Shay gives a wrong call, Zinca is smart enough to check around but then go back to the original trail. Absolutely beautiful
Dogs smell the difference in people, but can also sense DNA. My kangal shepherd doesn't let people in my yard, but when he met my son who was 21 at the time was friendly towards a stranger for the first time. Also he allowed my dads brother in the yard. They know
Incredible! I trained with my dog for about a year so I can appreciate the hard work that goes into making a search dog. Here in BC, you have to re-qualify every year, and it’s rare to have a dog older than 4-5 years back on the scen trail. So as a handler, you basically have to start over. Kudos to Shae, and thank you for this fantastic video! Search dogs are the best!
That moment when you showed the handler telling her no but the dog saying “yes mom this is the way” and the trainer trusted the dog, that was when I realized these people do not get enough credit. Fabulous video again mark🎉!
I was really amazed how Zinka did that. How she first followed Shay for a bit also showed how trusting they are with each other as they work in tune very closely.
It's really interesting how the human involved also clearly is a professional at her job. I know I wouldn't have been able to tear my attention away from those squirrels.
@@jasonm949yeah, unfortunately I actually had an officer in my city tell me that it's possible to signal to the K-9 officer to act as if something was found.
Mark, After watching your interview with Colin and Samir, I felt compelled to let you know of yet another example of the dramatic impact that you have on your viewers. Not to specify for personal clout, but to highlight the range of people you reach, I figured I'd mildly introduce my own position. As a mechanical engineering PhD student at Ohio State, your message of outreach, inspiration, assuming leadership despite innate reluctance, and your personal experience speaks to exactly what motivates me. Your message ranging from motivating and empowering others to personally controlling perspective, is touching. You are the role model that inspires us to stand within our own sphere and motivates us to be the role model that encourages learning and perspective control. Thank you for doing what you do and being who you are regardless of the inconveniences. One of many impacted by your story, Reed F.
Side note, not the type to leave comments like this. But in the spirit of inspiring others, I wanted to just put something positive into the world even if nothing comes of it.
Scent trailing dogs are indistinguishable from magic. Come join me at Camp CrunchLabs all summer long!! campcrunchlabs.com
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Zinka is incredible, but people aren't giving enough recognition to Shay. Their trust and teamwork are amazing
Having seen search and rescue dogs work a skilled handler is almost as important as the dog itself.
@@DarthAxolotl it really is. Just look at how Shay got Zinka back on track when she headed the wrong way
Incredible job Shay! Thank you for this incredible demonstration and the important role that you fill in this world!
I agree, she has 30 years of giving behind her in these efforts and that is something to be proud of for her to reflect on.
she's also shredded
Distinguishing between the 2 twins was the most incredible thing to me. You gotta think, they probably use the same soap and shampoo. Probably stay in the same room, live in the same house, and have probably been next to each other almost their entire lives. And she's didn't even hesitate.
Looks like identical twins are still not identical enough to be the same person. Still another person with their own smell
One thing I didn't think about until recently - just because twins have the same DNA doesn't mean they have the same DNA expression. That's part of the reason why identical twins don't always look exactly alike. So I guess Zinka was able to pick up on this small difference.
@@baerdred what? Whatever you just said means absolutely nothing. Identical twins do look alike. That's literally what identical means...
@@Imugi007 you missed a couple key words like always and exactly
@@baerdred so they have the same genotype and different phenotype?
I love how zinka was barking whenever she found mark but was just happy when she found the children
I wonder if she might even know that little kids would be scared by her barking at them?
@@MaddyBlu9724I bet that's something they teach the dogs
@@kaboomgaming4255, a lot of dogs are pretty intuitively gentle around kids, too. Could be either.
Some dogs are just smart like that. My family has a labrador retriever who plays quite rough with most people. However since my dad had a stroke, she's the sweetest most gentle girl around him.
When he got back from the hospital she kept booping his paralyzed hand and leg. Now that he joined play sessions again, she always brings him the ball instead of stopping slightly out of reach and making him fight for it, which she used to do with everybody.
@@Skirakzalusdogs are awesome 😊
This has gotta be one of my fav videos on your channel. Seriously blown away by how smart and gifted dogs are.
I did SAR with K9s for 10 years. It takes a LOT of work to get a dog trained to this level, and few dogs are cut out for it, but it really is amazing to see them use their nose. For the advanced dogs, we would train by trailing 1 person through a Costco and by doing a 24 hr aged scent trail in the desert. If you’re lost, there’s dogs like this that will be looking for you.
Yeah, Shay has been around awhile. All her dogs have been insane.
Usually if they’re looking for you, you are dead.
Which is honestly great to know. One thing for those people who are lost to think about for morale.
@christopherwharton6022 and if you aren’t then without the dog you very well might, without them so many more families would be missing loved ones.
It would be cool if they worked underwater *cough* *cough* the Titanic submarine.
Zinka's thinking, "This guy is a sweetie, but he sure gets lost a lot." Lol ❤
The dog definitely wasn’t thinking that stop!..
@@HouseArrestTingz1Yeah! Your sweet comment offends me!!
@@salamantics I reallly don’t care🤣😂get out ur feelings
@@HouseArrestTingz1 Im sure youre fun at parties
HAHAHHAAH😂
Zinka being distracted by squirrels and food has the same energy as Mark being distracted by the swing 🤣
almost like meticulously planning a whole video and then trapseing around the city and the forest sockless because you keep spontaneously giving your socks away!
@@mrlithium69😂😂
😂😂😂
Character and training. Look at guide dogs as an extreme example of restraint.
Agree
As a retired command police officer my comment is that dogs are a great tool, but it's the K-9 team that makes the magic happen. A K9 team goes through a tremendous amount of training even before being deployed & that training continues daily from there on out. They become ONE UNIT, I have seen these units to some pretty amazing things in my 25 years. My hat off is to both K and handler, you are a very special breed when paired together.
It’s so funny that out of all of the sophisticated traps Mark laid out, nothing was more successful than chicken and cheese 😂
At the end of the day, she's still a dog 😂
Food is always the best distraction lol
I'd fall for that too
LOL 😂
I've heard that pepper spray and/or finely ground pepper can work
Humans and dogs using both of their intelligence and knowledge together is amazing
German shepherds are the 2nd most intelligent dog and humans are the most intelligent thing so two and two go together
@@The_whales The general public seems to tell me otherwise
@@The_whaleswhat’s the first?
Two instincts are better than one
@@kovy689 border collie
So great to have you at the cave again!
It’s really him!
Do more collabs please Mark and Adam!
No way
thought its tesla 💀
Love you Adam and all the work you do!
I completely thought driving off in your car was going to cause the dog to lose the trail. That was incredible.
Quạt trong xe thảy mùi ra ngoài.
Thank you for supporting comment miners. You are my best friend.
he used HIS car though. Maybe a neutral one ?
No wonder they are used in investigations. Immaculate mix of friendliness for companionship and intelligence for investigations.
@@FishNuggetsYum under 100 iq moment
@@FishNuggetsYumLobotomy moment
You forgot about the main thing their sense of smell
@@Hornfellasme too I don't have 100iq
@@FishNuggetsYum you should probably learn to read then
He went from working 9 years at NASA and landing something ON ANOTHER PLANET to creating squirrel mazes and tricking dogs. What a trip Mark! Keep up the spirit.
I Was Hunted By A Bloodhound
Yeah he definitely went upwards not downwards
Yeah
@@LavaCreeperPeople how did it go
@@friedchicken9973 I died ;)
I’ve been training with K9s for four years between two departments. Zinka is far more impressive at tracking than I think a lot of people realize. The amount of training Shay has put into that dog is remarkable. Such a great video explaining what they’re actually scenting
Would you say the average searching dog would be able to do what this one does?
(In the final search in the video)
Yes only thing lacking is the food and squirrel distractions.
Just listened to a podcast by stuff you should know on how search and rescue dogs work and zinka is certainly on the higher end with the urban search and rescue skills as well as the insane search at the end. However I was surprised to here in the podcast that the handler needs more then double the hours of training then the dog needs so let’s not forget the amount of times zinka was re directed and the fact they are a unstoppable team
12:20 I love how Mark instantly locked on to the T-Rex Skull
I'm sure college students weren't at all afraid of a scent sniffing dog running around campus lmao
"By the way you might get visited by a bloodhound"
"... Huh..."
LMAO this needs to be the top comment
That’s one way to worry college students
The whole campus smells like Trees ;) gob ears!
And now we learned there's noO way to escape them...
"If she gets discouraged, let me know and I'll come down there"
Zinka: "YOU UNDERESTIMATE MY POWER"
literally😭
this time Mark doesn't have a HIGH GROUND.
Zinka after the chicken : “I gotta find him now. I want more chicken”
I 💕 how Zinka gets filled with excitement everytime she finds him
Just living her dream life, running around following scents
She clearly enjoys her job!
So cute! Love her excitement too! She’s so happy she finds him.😄😊
She happy because if she found someone it's mean she also finally save them too.
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Amazing!! Respect to Zika and Shay.
I love how mark knows how to “almost” get away with anything using the power of engineering.
i agree, gdjb-fi-hi7508
That’s what she sa
I am always on Mark's side against porch pirates, etc. But this time I was praying that he would be found ASAP. Gotta love the canines.
He's the real life Ishigami Senku
The trick is to always carry around a steak filled with cyanide...
I'm just happy that Zinka gets to practice finding alive people. Lots of search and rescue dogs get super stressed after disaster searches when they find dead people.
Yeah, it's just as upsetting to them as it is to us. Especially if the body is mangled. They can actually develop PTSD just like humans.
@PunakiviAddikti thank you for doing it anyway. You're true heroes.
@@rainkat1873doing what
@@kcchiefsproductions8687 training and handling search and rescue/cadaver dogs.
@@kcchiefsproductions8687 Take a wild guess genius.
Shay is a HUGE reason why they won. This is one of the BIGGEST reasons search-and-rescue teams succeed.
She keeps Zinka on track and knows EXACTLY what happens, pulling her back from distractions, which would otherwise distract Zinka.
Yup! If Shay wasn’t there she would’ve stayed at the squirrel trap the whole time but I do like their partnership together
Yeah it isn't really accurate, because obviously a human can instantly work out what Mark has done
@@alpheendominationbut it is accurate they are a Team. Zinka does most of the following and Shay is there to use her human brain and work things out whenever a problem or distraction occurs it’s not a 1 dog show
@@ShinyRISYup, it's exactly accurate. It's never a 1 dog operation
@@cheezkitty-r3onot necessarily, dogs are totally capable of a minor distraction and then continuing on the main task again
the quality of your videos is incredible! it must take so much time.. respect!
So, as a volunteer Search and Rescue dog handler, I love this so much and can confirm this is all accurate. I have been volunteering for the past 4 years with my dog, a Belgian Malinois which is similar to German Shepards but a bit more hyperactive and energetic. The training process with these dogs is intense and takes a ton of discipline and focus. Super cool that you did this video. I will sent separately what it looks like to start the training from the puppy ages, to teach, and socialize them with humans and families.
It is completely blowing my mind the ability that these dogs have. Super cool
would you answer a random question of how long after can such dog follow a scent ? Assuming eg. no rain and not very windy.
@@arso4893 from a hunting perspective: my experience is dry is much harder than rain.
i remember they did this test with k9 police unit back in the 90's. the k9 unit said not all dog can be train this way and not always successful. they only kept the most discipline dog and most successful one. they show it on the tv show and some dog couldnt find what they search for. the one that can do it is amazing, like this one in the video where its tracked him in a big puzzle area. mind blown
wait so if it rains, it is better for the scent tracking part for dogs?
I think what really happened was that Mark didn't think of many ways to trick Shay (the handler), and pretty much only focused on tricking Zinka. They're a team, two halves of a master tracker.
Well, I think he intended to show how amazing the smell of dogs is and that compared with a handler they are a powerfull team. He could easily have rented an helicopter and let them drop him off somewhere. But there is neither fun nor amazement in that.
Yes! I think it's clear from the video that anyone who can do parkour (take unexpected routes to traverse a space) would be able to fool the dog, and would have a much better chance fooling the handler as well.
@@anniedaynoww Or even just someone who is in much better shape as the dog can only move as fast/far as the handler
@@marksecker6606 | Well obviously Mark Rober is going to take the fun approach for any video idea, and it works great, because this video is very fun as always. But it IS titled "How To Escape a Bloodhound", and to do that, you also need to escape the handler.
@@nirajanghimire9825
Begone, bot!
You don't just have to fool the dog you have to fool the handler as well. The teamwork of the two is a pretty potent combo, not infallible but pretty strong.
Yes that's what they said in the video
@@JM-uz5ru yea but maybe the traps could've also been designed to throw of the handler keeping in mind they work together
I once saw a video of a fox that was able to lose the trackers. He came up to a dead-end on a bridge, then backtracked. The dogs never figured the fox had backtracked, and they kept yelping at a closed fence because they couldn't get across.
@@stephen-dev Yes, backtracking but only ONCE YOU REACH SOME OBSTACLE is a better choice. Also, when you have backtracked and it's time to vveer off trail again, you JUMP out of the way to minimize your scent trail there.
@@patrickrannou1278 My thinking is that a person might do something similar with a deep cave... maybe take their shirt off somewhere inside, backtrack and jump off the route. It would take them hours to search the cave, I doubt they would have flashlights with them.
Adam is always dropping gems the creators didn't think about. Like the Veritasium video where they're trying to hit a target from a helicopter and Adam casually comes in and say "did you forget the fins on the darts?"😅. As soon as he said that, and Derek said no, he knew it was a lost cause. (It's one of the worst videos from Veritasium). Also, mad props to Shae, she kept up without a sweat or ventilating and the doggo is amazing. Crazy how he rules out everyone present and goes straight to find the one missing.🤯
True pros!
I'm honestly blown away. These dogs are aliens! Convince me otherwise
First
They're from Earth, so they aren't Aliens. I don't know how you came to that conclusion.
We bread them our selves? im leaving it bread idc how many people tell me to change it
It seems like people dont know about retorical statements
The best aliens
i love how the elaborate traps didn’t work at all but feeding the dog did
Bribe
Literally works every time, even on guard dogs.
Hard salami is your friend
Zinka's thinking, "This guy is a sweetie, but he sure gets lost a lot." Lol ❤
Cute how the twin target had to wipe the dog spit off her cheek!😂❤
Hats off to the trainer, because she has definitely seen some things that can break a person and she volunteers. Truly an amazing person.
Gave me a new appreciation for the team work between handler and dog. The way zeeka barked when she lost him and then shay would help her find the trail again. Neither could work without the other.
100%. Shows how brilliant they both are. Big shout out to Shay
Only Mark can make "covertly pass around some of my scent molecules" not sound really weird
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still weird
@@lilBabyBornInCalifornia stop the cap
i never thought that i would see mark rober shaving his feet off with a cheese grater to spray the scent out but here we are
This was amazing. Zinka is a complete marvel, and Shay is incredible. Together, I don’t think any person could ever escape them.
the funny thing is that this video might help a criminal or two LOL
@@pvic6959 idk about all that the dog still found him
@@pvic6959 I thought that too, until I realized that a true criminal won’t have fans, drones with delayed take offs, and specialty RC cars, but even with those gadgets, you don’t stand a chance. What I learned is that a criminal might as well give up now because he/she is NEVER going to get away!
If they use a car a scent dog is pretty much useless
@@thecarrotsarecoming4711 that’s true. If they drive away, the dog can’t catch them.
The scent discrimination aspect of this was amazing! I'd never seen that before. It was remarkable how quickly and easily Zinka picked up the trail. And, huge props to Shay! She's a true hero for dedicating so much of her life to helping distraught families.
Shay, Zinka and Mark are incredible.
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3:14 The “woah” was so wholesome
Shay, Zinka and Mark are incredible. The dedication and intelligence these three show is impressive.
@tapp.on.my-pic78 bruh you ×2
Shay and Zinca are absolutely incredible and the time and effort they give to help families searching for their loved ones is admirable. Thank you for volunteering!
It was really impressive to me how Zinca actually decided to not agree with Shay's urge to turn her around, following Shay for a few seconds before stopping again and then turning back around. With how she trusted her for a moment, though, shows how trusting Shay and Zinca are with each other as they work hand in hand.
The fact she can pick up the missing person in the group and find them from the same small sample is insane!!! I didn’t know it was possible I thought you needed something who only had the target scents on ! It’s so impressive 🤯
Dogs are capable of deductive reasoning. They're smarter than most give em credit for
@@VirginiaBronsonthen please explain my Chihuahua. That is a joke, please don't; I'd rather not lose any more respect for her 😂
@@itmeurdad Chihuahuas are cat food
@@Nightwalk444 I dunno I think the cat just pities her
@@Nightwalk444 💀
i love coming back to this when i´m bored.
Thank You Mark!
Mark is the type of guy to commit a crime to see if a dog could find him while using complex science
Yup
True
Lol
still i want the canine of the leash
heehee! Too true.
I've been volunteering in a very similar way for a few years and it's nice to see this kind of work get talked about by someone larger than a local newspaper. The amount of expertise search and rescue handlers accumulate over years if not decades still stays, for the most part, overlooked and underfunded. Amazing video.
Did you hear about the 4 children that were lost for 40 days in Colombia after that little plane crashed? One of the SAR dogs was lost :( I'm glad the children were found but am very sad about the dog.
@@annebruecks7381 And the dog even found the kids and was with them for a while.
Zinka being distracted by squirrels and food has the same energy as Mark being distracted by the swing 🤣
Word for word
You really copy and pasted the same comment
I truly love Mark Rober, his ideas, & his team. The things he comes up with, the way explains them, & the filming are truly amazing & absolutely enjoyable to watch. Please keep this up for as long as possible!
Thank you Shay and Zinka for your service!
As a prison escapee I am very happy about this tutorial.
Never mind, this is terrifying
I am in danger.
Hahaha lmao😂😂😂😂 hhaahahahahahahahahaha.
Underrated comment
Lol. Ralph from The Simpsons: "I'm in danger."
@@Pr0phetless I was waiting for this comment!
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One of the big differences between a bloodhound and a German Shepherd or other similar breed is that the bloodhound sniffs the ground and follows the scent on the ground which is why they have a hard time when a person goes through water vs German Shepherds and similar breads which use the open air to find their target. Your scent sticks around for something near 72 hours on a calm day. Air sniffing dogs trained for search and rescue are not usually trained to find a specific persons scent. A police dog would be, but not most SAR dogs as they search for any victims. Some are also trained specifically to find dead things such as dead people for recovery operations in which case they can even find the smell of blood in a drain that has been washed many times, sometimes even with chemicals.
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jk jk did not know these facts
I ran from three german shepherd’s that were police dogs for SPD and got away … I had to wonder why and the only reason I can think of is my shoes had vents and I went through water … I was also heavily intoxicated and they never found me and I was in the area 😂❤ so idk how that fits into your theory on german Shepherds … btw they had my friend detained and knew what was happening on their end which I didnt learn til later … even after they released her because they realized there really was no law to hold her they were still out there for me til the end of their shift and I eventually went out a different way then anyone would ever expect but literally laid out there for hours
@@rachelharmon6489hi Rachel, I'm a police dog from the SPD and I just found you.
As an owner of bloodhounds that hunt, I can certify your comment about them not scenting air is 100% false
@@rachelharmon6489 they're not all human tracking dogs. they can see a target and go after someone or drug sniffing, but not searching. they're just all trained for different things
Wow!!! Zinka and shae make an incredible team. What an amazing dog.
This guy takes 19 minutes to get to what we're all waiting to see but still keeps it entertaining the whole way through. Amazing video as always, Mark!
We wanted to learn about scent dogs. It's too bad your tiny brain only cared about the last minute.
For real 😂😂 Schools should learn to teach like this
Oh hey it's cool to see you here, keep up the great vids!
@@hanknew9685 yeah if school science was like this i would like science
@@hanknew9685 i know teachers use mark rober's videos in class for certain.
Mark: stops porch pirates
Also Mark: teaches you how to escape police dogs
unsuccessfully teaches
@@zedwpdeh, yes and no. He was unsuccessful, but he showed that the dog can be tricked or confused, and only the intelligence of the handler got her back on track. So what you really need to do is confuse both of them at the same time
I know is wrong to say but some poisoned chicken would do the trick 😵
Ya kinda shows you can’t escape
@@gerard_r0ig The dog would smell the poison and avoid it.
Zinca is probably thinking I've never had to find the same guy so many times, he needs to stop losing himself
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Шикарный канал, сама по себе физика очень увлекательна и интересна! Дети любят эти видео ) Помню как раньше любила смотреть разрушителей легенд , Адам и Джими в моем сердце ❤ навечно )))
Zinka's tail really gets wagging! It's cool to see something so helpful is so rewarding for her. I'm going to look up how these dogs and handlers are trained now!
Dogs actually love making people happy.
Bit of extra trivia on facial recognition that I learned a while back: humans have a specific area in their brain solely dedicated to facial recognition, and if that specific area is compromised for whatever reason by disease or injury, then a human would be facial blind and loses the ability to recognize people. Even recognizing your close friends and family is a complete struggle.
Is that what dementia is?
It's called Prosopagnosia, you can also be born with it
@@michaelhuerter1921Not quite
i have this, it's called prosopagnosia! there's also one for different voices as well, called phonopragnosia, which i believe i have as well. very hard to recognize people lol
cool to see you here, as a fellow beat saber player and enjoyer
Seeing Adam just show up in people's videos is great. I remember he showed up on Veritasium a couple times. Great guy with excellent on-camera (and probably off-camera) energy.
And corridor crew
This is some extremely useful information, thanks Mark! I can swiftly escape without getting caught!
I mean… can you? Dude used a gauntlet of tactics including robotic traps and they still found him
Lmao did you watch the whole video? No, you can't escape.
As a retired K9 SAR Handler I’m so proud of Shea & K9 Zinka for representing our community so well!! ❤❤❤ Great video Mark! Thank you for bringing awareness to K9 Search & Rescue.
She looks like a Belgian
As someone who does volunteer SAR, I love working with yall, and you guys just help so much when it comes to finds.
TIL Bloodhounds are just a result of great branding. Awesome video as always.
Wow! Nice to see you here! Taking a break from pouring buckets?
Hey Cam!
I was just watching one of your videos @BlacktailStudio before finding myself here! You both rock!
That’s isn’t a blood hound it ain’t even a hound
Yes, i also love the branding. 💀
I love how every superhero has a weakness ... squirrels for Zinka and a secret treehouse swing in the middle of the woods for Mark 😂😂😂 What a fun video and remarkable display of the dog's capability ❤
And pizza 😂
Chicken and cheese for Zinka
16:33 I FELT THAT 💀💀💀💀💀
My takeaway is the strategy that might works is a combination of elevation change and a false trail. Get to a place where you can jump down, lay a false trail and then back track and jump down. The handler won't be able to easily pinpoint where false trail splits from the real one and identify the jump spot. Even better use a place that is windy so that the scent is all over the place. I'm actually curious if it would throw a trained dog off the scent.
Mark: What works best as a scent article?
Shay: Your wallet
Me: Danm intellegence does run in the family
I don't get it? Maybe I lack said intelligence.. Is it because it's near your butt and it gets farted on?
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Education disguised as entertainment, brilliant work!. Hands down best Mark Rober vid ever. More of these please .
Agreed 💯👍. Amazing job
Great video! In a time where it's easy to be stressed out, here comes Mark showing an attempt to outsmart a dog then prove how great dogs are. Thanks Mark! I needed this today!
Hey its your dry skin
He didnt just have to outsmart the dog he had to outsmart the dog owner aswell. Without her the dog wouldve gone down both ventilator paths and fallen for the the other traps the owner had pulled her out of.
Absolutely bonkers! Extremely impressed by Zinka's abilities in the testing
It’s super cool that she uses positive reinforcement to train the pup! That’s awesome! I trained military dogs and we used negative reinforcement and found it didn’t work nearly as well as positive reinforcement. The take away is simple. Love Is And Always Will Be THE ANSWER!!
Yas! 🎉 I'm a professional trainer and that's so nice to hear from someone formerly in the military
I also learned something as such in psychology class that in behaviorism, the most effective way to get an animal to do something is through positive reinforcement as it's a lot more motivating
Negative reinforcement is actually as effective as positive reinforcement. What you're calling negative reinforcement is actually positive (and/or negative) punishment.
This is well known and well studied.
Reinforcement always reinforces.
I think the flaw with a lot of the distractions is that the intensity of the scent suddenly changes. All she has to do is pick the path closest to what she already followed
"All she has to do" ... hahahaha - Germans have a saying : "Das mach mal nach.". It seems appropriate here :)
The dog/handler team is superb. - If dogs could talk, they could probably identify the last 50 people to sit in a seat.
I think it might have to do with more. I think the dog might be going off of the whole scent, and not just the pure scent of his body. The scent of the clothes he was wearing that have their own scents on them from whatever they've been near combined with his natural body scent makes a pretty unique signature to follow, so you can't just throw the dog off by leaving some BO somewhere, you need the "whole" smell.
@@photohoundsI'm trying to learn German, what does that mean?
@@oddball1336 It means "Try to repeat this" in an appraising way. I assume in English the equivalent might be sth. along the line of "You'll have a hard time trying to repeat that".
@@palodoxaliqua5809 the English phrase is "easier said than done"
This is honestly one of the most incredible dog-human connections I have ever seen, and it’s truly just astounding. (:
Удивлен что собака так сработала. Если это правда-то действительно потрясающая работа кинолога. Видео шик, вставка с Адамом порадовала.
Every video I watch, I find myself, laughing, smiling, and fully enjoying every bit of content. It's not only what he's doing, but his humor and light heartedness that make it so well done.
Having worked as a SAR K9 handler you made one mistake Mark. And you touched on them to give you the credit you deserve. The two most important rules: the Dog - Human communication and the Handlers trust in their dog. When you watch an awesome Team like Shay and Zika work it is beautiful. But it's it also both magic and voodoo rolled into one. Excellent content. Thank you.
What exactly is SAR?
@@CCD05 Search And Rescue.
@@CCD05SAR = Search And Rescue!
@@CCD05search and rescue
@@polespinosa4858 thank you my man although I feel a bit stupid now because it feels obvious now
Zinka seemed so happy to find him
Wagging her tail
It's why sometimes retired dogs need to go out and do training stuff like this so they know they are still the best of boy ☺️
Make some nice sock soup got me dyeing 😂😂😂🤣 16:18
“What works as a scent item?”
“Your wallet”
I’m already a fan of her 😅
It's something we keep on us pretty much all the time and depending on materials absorbs a lot of our scent especially since you tend to sit on it all day, so both funny and legit.
This is the second time I'm seeing Mark being beaten in a challenge. The first time, he lost to squirrels. Great video!
I think I’m seeing a pattern
Mark is no match for nature
Never forget the handler is just as much a search expert as the dog. They are a team, after all. 2:42
Edit: Thank you for making sure to say that. 21:13
Thats why if you want to escape, you have to focus on evading and tricking not the dog, but the handler.
@@rokyhawk6753 Went through SERE (POW training), and they told us "don't try to beat the dog; beat the handler" (e.g., go through stuff the handler won't want to).
@@rokyhawk6753 He almost did with the first fans! She pull the dog off the second real trail for just a moment. If he had made three trails, I think it could have worked!
@@NoOne-gm4ml Should get experience in traversing rough terrain and be experienced in climbing so you can effectively evade.
0:22 Oh, I wonder why he's dropping wood grains down onto the ground?
16:32 Oh...💀
Hands down best Mark Rober vid ever. More of these please 😆🐶👏
what are you doing here?!🩷
Disagree, nothing beats the Squirrel videos I'm afraid.
Hey!!! Really enjoying the shorts.
There was someone on buzzfeed who did a similar series avoiding trackers.
these are the types of videos he's made. have you never seen any other videos? or you just mean there needs to be a channel that's just search dogs finding mark rober? either way, f*Kin weird ask... and so far, 367 people also agree with some weird, indirection fan-boy request.. Gotta love being a thinker amongst the thought provoking....
I love ❤️ how Shay gives Zinka a lot of slack. Like eating the snacks is not what a puppy trainer would allow. But Zinka is a PRO so she can apparently be given respectful autonomy.
And she knows that Mark wouldn't be putting poison in the food, like crims being hunted might do.
PS: I thought she snickered at the food trap though, lol.
I think it's also because this is not a crisis situation. Otherwise she would not be getting that slack.
I have helped training search and rescue dogs and its honestly mind blowing what they can do especially dogs trained for avalanches. its incredibly fun to see them at work especially when they find you. playing fetch is often used as a reword/payment when they find someone this helps encouraging the dog to track because it know that and the end of the trail there is some type of reward. dogs are simply incredible
What a team. Shay and Zinka are incredible
Thank you, Mark, for making science fun. Thank you to all SAR volunteers. You save lives as well as bring closure to families who suffer painful losses.
Scent training dogs are truely special, they’re really interesting!
here before 30 minutes
The teamwork of woman and dog, it's a textbook example of spreading out so you need to fail not once but twice in unique ways. Zinca has an amazing nose to do the most leg work, but almost anything that may fool her Shay can try and puzzle together. And if Shay gives a wrong call, Zinca is smart enough to check around but then go back to the original trail. Absolutely beautiful
Dogs smell the difference in people, but can also sense DNA. My kangal shepherd doesn't let people in my yard, but when he met my son who was 21 at the time was friendly towards a stranger for the first time. Also he allowed my dads brother in the yard. They know
Incredible! I trained with my dog for about a year so I can appreciate the hard work that goes into making a search dog. Here in BC, you have to re-qualify every year, and it’s rare to have a dog older than 4-5 years back on the scen trail. So as a handler, you basically have to start over.
Kudos to Shae, and thank you for this fantastic video! Search dogs are the best!
Shay is a friend and teammate. I’m glad she and Zinka are getting the recognition they deserve. 👍🏼
That moment when you showed the handler telling her no but the dog saying “yes mom this is the way” and the trainer trusted the dog, that was when I realized these people do not get enough credit. Fabulous video again mark🎉!
I was really amazed how Zinka did that. How she first followed Shay for a bit also showed how trusting they are with each other as they work in tune very closely.
It’s crazy how much wild things you see on here. Amazing.
Thank you very much Mark! I'll make sure I do everything perfect!
It's really interesting how the human involved also clearly is a professional at her job. I know I wouldn't have been able to tear my attention away from those squirrels.
Yeah those were fun~
Absolutely loved working with the CBP dogs. They were invaluable and it was incredible and so cool to watch them work. RIP Nero
Law enforcement dogs literally "hit" when their handlers "tell" them to.
@@jasonm949yeah, unfortunately I actually had an officer in my city tell me that it's possible to signal to the K-9 officer to act as if something was found.
20 hours a week, for 30 years! that is so amazing!
What a beautiful heart shay has!
Thank you for helping me escape the cops mark! it really helped.
This guy is literally my childhood. From Discovery Channel to TH-cam he never fails to impress me with his content.
He was in discovery channel? Which program is he in?
Mark,
After watching your interview with Colin and Samir, I felt compelled to let you know of yet another example of the dramatic impact that you have on your viewers. Not to specify for personal clout, but to highlight the range of people you reach, I figured I'd mildly introduce my own position. As a mechanical engineering PhD student at Ohio State, your message of outreach, inspiration, assuming leadership despite innate reluctance, and your personal experience speaks to exactly what motivates me. Your message ranging from motivating and empowering others to personally controlling perspective, is touching. You are the role model that inspires us to stand within our own sphere and motivates us to be the role model that encourages learning and perspective control. Thank you for doing what you do and being who you are regardless of the inconveniences.
One of many impacted by your story,
Reed F.
Side note, not the type to leave comments like this. But in the spirit of inspiring others, I wanted to just put something positive into the world even if nothing comes of it.
Mafaka i aint readin allat 💀
@@DeezNuts-bz6hz then just leave
Your ability to put together a story and tell it is clearly equal to the dog's ability to find you.