{"id":34389,"date":"2022-09-23T16:21:43","date_gmt":"2022-09-23T15:21:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=34389"},"modified":"2022-09-23T16:21:43","modified_gmt":"2022-09-23T15:21:43","slug":"st-bartholomews-hires-dog-to-sniff-out-dry-rot-during-the-great-hall-restoration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=34389","title":{"rendered":"St Bartholomew’s hires dog to sniff out dry rot during The Great Hall restoration"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>A dog has been drafted in by St Bartholomew’s Hospital to help renovate one of its historic buildings by sniffing out dry rot.<\/h3>\n
image: for illustration only – St Bart’s By pandrcutts – https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/panr\/3284512802\/, CC BY 2.0, https:\/\/commons.<\/em>
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\u2026 a simple game of hide and seek\u2026<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n

ITV News writes:<\/p>\n

The so-called rothound can investigate potential problems and highlight if parts of the structure have started to decay.<\/p>\n

Using the four-legged inspector eliminates the need open up parts of the building which may cause damage.<\/p>\n

The rothound, called Pip, is taken through each area of the building and when she gets the scent of rot, she lets her owner know.<\/p>\n

\u201cPip and I have been investigating the North Wing at St Bart’s which entails taking Pip through each area and guiding her round so she can search,\u2019 said rothound handler Isabel Of Mar.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen she finds dry rot she indicates and for Pip her indication is lying down,\u201d she explained.<\/p>\n

Five-year-old Pip, a sprocker spaniel, has been searching for dry rot most of her life but isn’t always successful, particularly during hot weather\u2026<\/p>\n

‘Game of hide and seek’<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cWith training, initially it\u2019s just a simple game of hide and seek and that we do with her favourite toy,\u201d she explained.<\/p>\n

\u201cFirst we put it in an area where she can see it then get her to retrieve it. Then slowly hide it in a more concealed space then get her to find it and bring it back.<\/p>\n

\u201cThen you introduce a dry rot sample and once you\u2019ve got her to look for that and found it then you take the toy away and just hide the dry rot sample\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

It means she can effectively see dry rot behind concealed panelling \u201cso for us it is incredibly useful,\u201d Isabel added.<\/p>\n

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A dog has been drafted in by St Bartholomew’s Hospital to help renovate one of its historic buildings by sniffing out dry rot. image: for illustration only – St Bart’s By pandrcutts – https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/panr\/3284512802\/, CC BY 2.0, https:\/\/commons. wikimedia.org\/w\/index.php?curid=17944947<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34389","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sector-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34389","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=34389"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34389\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34418,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34389\/revisions\/34418"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=34389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=34389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=34389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}