Hunt-Find-Alert:K9 SAR Community

15/05/2025

***The Workshop is full***

Upcoming training and research opportunity for Live Find dogs.

This will be a great opportunity for FREE training and you'll get the chance to hear lectures from some of the foremost experts on detection dog training and behavior.

Research participants must have a current third-party Area Search certification or a team certification with an external evaluator.

Registration: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1kb3yeurckYB8d1H79FX7pKrH1KwSk5ZVisvLPQJP8q4/viewform?edit_requested=true

Questions?
Contact Dr. Mary Walker: [email protected]

01/05/2025

Registration opens May 1st

Registration will open tomorrow May 1, 2025

01/01/2025

Hello friends,

I wanted to give a sincere Thank you for supporting this podcast and for the guests who have volunteered their time to be interviewed.

When I started the podcast, I was unsure if anyone would actually listen to it, and I'm happy to say that we had nearly 10K streams in 2024!!!

Although I have not posted a new episode in a while, rest assured I have some great content recorded and on the way. I also have some great topics that I plan on covering in 2025.

God's greatest blessings to you all, and thank you for sharing this podcast with your SAR friends.

As always, safe searching

14/12/2024

Come join us in South Carolina!

Registration is open Today!
View instructor Bios and Register @ https://www.n-sda.org/seminars/

24/06/2024

Michelle Metzner joins us on HFA for the second time to discuss troubleshooting the Recall/Refind for Live Find dogs. Michelle has been a SAR handler for over 30 years and has fielded multiple search dogs over the past 3 decades. Michelle is a leader on the K-9 Emergency Response Team based in Wisconsin and is also a K-9 Handler for Wisconsin Task Force 1. Additionally, she has served as a lead K-9 evaluator for the National Association for Search and Rescue (NASAR) for many years.

In part two with Michelle we focus on troubleshooting the Recall/Refind for Live Find dogs and how to work through some of the common issues that handlers face with their dogs. For this episode we took actual questions that Michelle has received from K-9 handlers and listened to Michelle troubleshoot how she would work through fixing the issues being faced by handlers.

If you are teaching your dog the Recall/Refind or are having issues with any part of the behavior chain this is definitely an episode that you will want to listen to.

Michelle Metzner joins us on HFA for the second time to discuss troubleshooting the Recall/Refind for Live Find dogs. Michelle has been a SAR handler for over 30 years and has fielded multiple search dogs over the past 3 decades. Michelle is a leader on the K-9 Emergency Response Team based in Wisco...

15/05/2024

Have you had the opportunity to listen to the episode with Dr. Mark Marsolais about the screening tool co-developed with David Brownell.

I'm curious if any of your teams are using the Brownell-Marsolais screening tool, and if so how predictive has it been in selecting successful SAR candidates? Are you saving resources by reducing time spent on less promising K-9 candidates?🤔

Send a message to learn more

13/05/2024

TRAINING SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION DEADLINE 6/15.

5 - $500 scholarships will be awarded to help handlers attend training workshops of their choosing.

Who can apply?
✅ any SAR disciplines
✅ member of team in good standing or independent with letter of reference from a deploying agency
✅ dog must be 8+ month at time of application

Learn more and apply at https://www.calvarycanine.org/scholarship/

25/04/2024

There have been 3 companies that I can recall that have launched apps for SAR K-9 training logs over the last 6 months. I'm curious if ya'll would be interested in hearing interviews with creators of these various apps where we discuss features and pricing. I'm on the fence about it, but if there is enough interest I can schedule the interviews.
Let me know your thoughts.

Yes?
No?
Maybe?

Send a message to learn more

12/04/2024

One of our most popular guest is instructing a seminar in August. Make sure to stay tuned for Part 2 with Michelle!

We are excited to be able to host Michelle Metzner this summer for a live-find area seminar! Michelle is passionate about ensuring that a search K9 clearly understands and is proficient in performing it's trained final response, whether that be a recall/refind or a bark & hold. This should be a very educational and fun seminar!

Keep an eye out on our social media for the application!

25/02/2024

After listening to the latest episode with Tim Baird, I'm interested in hearing your thoughts on his rating of SAR dogs.
https://open.spotify.com/episode/2k54ALBr4EKLEHs4prOzdR?si=d548344f6e5f4020

Do you think that Tim was accurate in his rating of SAR dogs?

If you agree with Tim's rating, please explain why do you think he was right.
If you disagree with his rating, then tell us why he was incorrect.

I'm looking forward to this discussion!😁

13/11/2023

Part 2 of the Legal Considerations for K9 Handlers series, is on Thursday, 11/16. In this webinar Kelly will discuss and show examples of how to write mission reports.

Registration closes today!

https://cascadia.regfox.com/legal-considerations-for-the-k9-handler?fbclid=IwAR1GzlZI1HW9HVsqRdWmIIK5PFLWjIAdrUKOmTwdfFvWThlPR38vKd1RLsQ

Online registration for Legal Considerations for the K9 Handler.

16/10/2023

Reminder: The first class is on Tuesday, October 24th.
Former Judge Kelly Case (our guest on the first episode) will go into great depth on the legal aspects of SAR.

Registration closes on Saturday, sign up today!

You can sign up at the below link.
https://cascadia.regfox.com/legal-considerations-for-the-k9-handler?fbclid=IwAR2XAnmhwINm-vexsDyScZxSjeIZasWU8nOApKU0hSCKlQLIexJ-YG0lOiA

Online registration for Legal Considerations for the K9 Handler.