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SAR Take-Aways: Training and Management Tips for K9 Search and Rescue

Discover valuable insights on training techniques, water search tactics, search management, conference highlights, and more from the 2017 WA State SAR Conference. Improve your effectiveness in K9 search and rescue operations with these key take-aways.

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SAR Take-Aways: Training and Management Tips for K9 Search and Rescue

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  1. 2017 WA State SAR Take-Aways • Pre-Conference • Conference SCVSAR Participants: Nicole, Trinity, Joe, Angela SLIDE 1 Colin Tim Edwin

  2. Airscent Take-Aways • Train an indication that is not natural, if it's natural dog may tend to do it all the time. • Use water to your advantage when searching, as it carries scent. Also use it to create a visual of scent pictures. • Lots of discussion about thresholding. Learn to read your dog's subtle behavior. • Work a tired dog, so you learn to read their behavior when they are tired. • Crittering - what was your dog doing right before? learn to read that so you can intervene quickly. Recording helps with this. • Make sure you are training for articles as well. SLIDE 2

  3. Tracking/Trailing Take-Aways • Border Patrol’s first time working with K9 SAR • Border patrol’s training method is based on specific type of canine. • Reward from source, shape the behavior • Environment has a big effect on capabilities of the canine • Have solid foundation before moving onto next item. Don’t jump in training (reward system SLIDE 3

  4. Water Take-Aways • Working shoreline (be prepared to wade thigh high, source placed 2-4 feet deep) • Working streams (see how dog gets scent downstream and works up) • Working boat (gridding and directing pilot, using GPS) • Records (understand impact of currents, inlets/outlets, temperature of water) • Mock test – be assertive, clear and take charge, use GPS effectively: Alpha vs Astro) SLIDE 4

  5. Search Management Take-Aways • Search Management for the Initial Response Incident Commander (Smith, May 15-16) • Outlined the (6) step process for setting up IC • Identified search techniques, sources of information on subjects, searching public and private areas • Identified forms used to document information from a Law Enforcement perspective • Endangered and Vulnerable Adults and Children (Koester, May 17-18) • Outlined reflex tasks (using the Bike model) • Search urgency determination • Outlines subject behaviors SLIDE 5

  6. Search Mgt Take-Aways#2 • Wide Area Search (Wilderness and Urban Disaster Search) (Dougher, May 21) • Disaster search course developed by Texas AM • Defines how to coordinate with other agencies • Identifies common marking systems used between agencies • Identifies common search tactics, hazards, building searches, etc. • Course covers how to respond to a disaster as emergency worker • Course is provided free of charge (3 days course) • Requires a sponsor, facility & 30-35 students • Contact Information: milton.vincent@teex.tamu.edu SLIDE 6

  7. Main Conference Take-Aways • US Border Patrol Classroom Session • All border patrol dogs start with airscenting (killing a myth) • Using trail as scent article/scent pad (triangle) • “First time I tell you anything is black and white I am lying” – constantly modify individual dog • Be clear on training focus. Handler? Dog? What do you want to learn today? • Reward from source (subject) – pretend to pull from behind subject (does not have to mean subject is doing the actual rewarding) • Keep neat and meticulous records • Keep commands to minimum and praise short and sweet • Importance of ritual to get started • Fast dog, fast person • Ethics in Testing (Janet Yatchak) – interest in presentation to follow at future K9 meeting?: • Definition of “professional and ethics” • Roles of certifying org vs evaluators vs test candidates • Objective vs subjective criteria • Test Scenarios SLIDE 7

  8. Main Conference Take-Aways • General Takeaways • Share your training experiences both successes and failures. Everyone can learn from both. • Don’t keep personal training Objectives and styles secret. • We're all in this to help save lives why keep anything secret. Always give feedback positive and negative everyone sees things differently. • Scent Theory/JoMay and Roy Classroom Session • Everybody has a unique scent signature • Make sure nose is wet on hot days • Dogs go to edge to refresh • Sneezing/shakeoff when searching – blow off too much scent • Keep moving when dog gets stuck • Searching at night • search planning, POD's at night, where people tend to hunker down, etc. • HRD • imprinting on 4 HR types at the same time SLIDE 8

  9. K9 Round-Table • Friday night there was a K9 SAR Round-table • There is a talk about moving Washington K9 Standards to use National Standards SLIDE 9

  10. Presentation Take-Aways • We gave 3 presentations at this conference • Airscent K9 Training And Deployment Strategies for Urban Environments • Peer Coaching – a Model for SAR K9 Leadership and Training Excellence • Does Reliance on Technology Make Wilderness More Dangerous • Links to presentation: http://scvsark9.org/resources/general-resources/ SLIDE 10

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