When a team uses the phrase “full grip,” it should explain what the observer means. A visual description, a sensation through equipment and a force or pressure reading are not interchangeable records.
A 2021 study investigated a sensor-equipped sleeve for functional bite-force measurement and reported limitations involving sample size, grip position and measurement capacity. That study concerns its own research apparatus, not KAIR™ or any commercial product. Hyytiäinen et al., Animals (2021) Our takeaway is to document the method and its limits. Do not turn a photograph or a single reading into a complete verdict on the canine, or confuse force with pressure.
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Hyytiäinen and colleagues (2021) studied 20 Finnish police dogs in a modified long-attack task. The instrumented sleeve measured functional jaw force; tooth-level pressure exceeded the device range. Results are task- and equipment-specific, not a universal K9 rating or validation of KAIR™.
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