K9 Conservationists

Kayla Fratt

Booking Overview

This is a specialized interview podcast focused on conservation detection dogs, ecology, animal behavior, and training, with recurring external guests who are experienced practitioners, researchers, trainers, and conservation professionals. Credible pitches include canine detection specialists, wildlife ecologists, conservation scientists, animal-behavior experts, and authors with relevant field experience; booking difficulty is medium because guests generally need substantial subject-matter expertise and direct professional relevance.

Metrics

Episodes: 256

Frequency: Every two weeks

Rating: 4.8/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1,000 - 10,000

Listener location: USA

YouTube: 407 subscribers

Instagram: 7.1k followers

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

k9conservationists@gmail.com

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Host

Kayla Fratt - Canine behavior consultant and co-founder of K9 Conservationists who trains dogs for conservation detection work.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium

Typical Credentials:

Experienced conservation detection-dog practitioners, wildlife ecologists, conservation scientists, animal-behavior professionals, trainers, and authors with substantial field experience or recognized expertise.

Required Achievements:

More than two decades of professional experience, Leadership of working-dog or conservation programs, Published books on relevant canine or conservation subjects, Long-term field research in wildlife ecology, Development or participation in invasive-species detection projects

Recent Guest Discussions

Lauralea Oliver - Selecting Rescue Dogs For Detection Work, Evaluating Working-dog Traits, And Knowing When To Reject An Unsuitable Candidate.

Melissa McCue-McGrath - Training Dogs To Detect Invasive Spotted Lanternflies, Canine Behavior, And Conservation Detection Programs Involving Shelter Dogs.

John Schoen - Tongass National Forest Conservation, Logging Impacts, Black-tailed Deer And Salmon, Old-growth Forests, And Timber Policy.

Recent Topics

Science, Conservation, Detection Dogs, Ecology, Dog Training

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on

K9 Conservationists

The Effects of Breakfast on Detection Dog Performance

October 08, 2026

How does breakfast affect a detection dog's performance? In this episode, Kayla takes a deep, deep, deep dive into the 2026 paper, "The breakfast effect revisited: Dogs’ scent detection performance before and after a meal."Kayla breaks down the research team's key findings, and why understanding the math behind the data matters just as much as the results themselves.Read the original paper here:https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0023969026000883Host: Kayla Fr...

From Scat to SNP: Unlocking Prey Identities in Carnivore Diet with Dr. Charles van Rees

September 24, 2026

In this Research Review episode, we’re joined by Dr. Charles van Rees to dive into a groundbreaking 2026 paper from Oregon State University (published in Molecular Ecology Resources). We break down how single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) panels and non-invasive scat samples (many located by detection dogs!) are allowing researchers to identify individual prey animals consumed by carnivores. Join Kayla and Dr. Charles van Rees for a crash course in genetics, filtering out mixed DNA samples, a...

Transitioning handlers

September 11, 2026

In today's mini episode Kayla Fratt discusses how she prepares her dogs to work with all kinds of different people on and off the field. Starting from dog selection and the steps she takes to insure her dogs are confident around new people.Host: Kayla FrattEditor: Sara FangtonSci-comm intern: Evelyn CombsGuest logistics: Brooke Schoeder Website: Meg du BrayPatreon: Madison David

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