K9 Medical Detection NZ www.k9md.org.nz is a registered Charitable Trust comprised of a dedicated team working to improve the health of all New Zealanders by using specially trained dogs working in a controlled clinical environment to assist in the detection of cancer and other diseases.
NZ has one of the highest cancer rates in the world, 1 woman dies from Ovarian cancer every 48 hours, 600 die from breast cancer and 600 men die from prostate cancer each year. Every week 23 die from bowel cancer.
K9 are currently training dogs to detect bowel and prostate cancer
Here are some of the team of dogs who are being trained at the centre at Invermay:
Levi von Heisenberg
K9MD Levi is the first dog in the country to be raised by K9 Medical Detection New Zealand and specifically trained for the early detection of bowel cancer in urine.
Levi von Heisenberg is a large, strong, confident German shepherd who loves to work and lives with Pauline, K9MD's CEO. When he's not detecting cancer samples in K9MD's training centre in Dunedin, Levi enjoys life on the farm where there's plenty of room to stretch his legs.
Levi is K9MD's poster boy, and we're pretty sure he knows it.
Magic Lukhan Gold Fly Away Magic
Magic Lukhan Gold Fly Away Magic K9MD dog
Lukhan Gold Fly Away Magic comes from the best Canadian field-line working Golden Retrievers.
Lukhan Gold Kennels. Lukhan Golden Retrievers are well known for their stamina in the field, they have excellent temperament, a strong retrieval drive and agility at work.
Massive thanks to MAGIC CARPETS for their support and sponsorship of this very important dog for our K9 Medical Detection programme.
MAGIC has commenced training to detect Prostate Cancer and is successfully detecting Prostate Cancer in low concentration.
Ace - Pheasant Run Biscuit
K9MD’s canine squad just got bigger, in a small way.
Little Springer Spaniel puppy, ACE, has joined our elite dog team. With all the right credentials we feel sure that ACE will prove to be a winner.