Working Dog Magazine

01/07/2026

ℹ️🐕 Working Dog Magazine K9 Tips on Tuesdays: First Minutes Set the Day

Early interactions shape focus and engagement. How a dog is greeted in the opening minutes often influences the rest of the day. Small details at the start can quietly affect performance long after.

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01/05/2026

“People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.”

01/05/2026

rock steady. always ready.

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01/04/2026

Odor doesn’t behave the way many handlers think it does. These five misconceptions show up quietly in training and deployment and they matter more than most realize.

Five odor mistakes, fixed fast.

01/01/2026

📰 This Week’s Working Dog Magazine Newsletter is here!

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12/31/2025

Class descriptions for the 2026 Working Dog Search & Rescue Summit are now available.

🔗 full class descriptions can be viewed and printed here: workingdogmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/2026-sar-summit-class-descriptions.pdf

🔗 2026 Working Dog SAR Summit: workingdogmagazine.com/wd-sar-summit-2026

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12/31/2025

Been a damn good year. Thank you for everything. 2026 let’s go! 🤘🏼

12/30/2025

ℹ️🐕 Working Dog Magazine K9 Tips on Tuesdays: Cold Weather Can Mask Dehydration

Cold temperatures reduce thirst drive, making dehydration harder to spot even in active dogs.

When activity continues but water intake quietly drops, recovery and overall well-being can suffer without obvious warning signs.

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12/30/2025

K9 👏🏼 leads 👏🏼 the 👏🏼 way

12/29/2025

A classroom-based SAR training event focused on real-world search capability and handler decision-making.

Built for K9 handlers, operational team members, and SAR professionals committed to improving search outcomes.

📅 April 7, 8, 9 – 2026
📍 Paducah, Kentucky

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