SAREX 2007

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YODOGS
YOSEMITE SEARCH AND RESCUE
SAREX 2007 K-9 TRACK

Terry M. Butrym YODOGS

Michael Bigelow YODOGS

SCHEDULE

FRIDAY September 7TH, 2007

1500 – 1700  DOG LIFT – HIGHLINE Placer Co. Mt Rescue Team

Participants will have an opportunity to acclimate their dogs to a high angle environment on a controlled highline.

SATURDAY September 8th, 2007

1000 – 1100  Helicopter hot loads 
MIKE FREEMAN YODOGS, WOOF

(Only handlers needing sign off’s)
RICK STASSER YODOGS, CARDA

Helicopter operations under IHOG rules: loading, unloading, working safely around helicopters.

1000 - 1200  TRAILING    JEFF WAIT YODOGS, WOOF

Scent Discrimination, Scent Articles, collecting, saving, sharing and proofing.  Scent and Surroundings, “Real Life” and HONESTY.

1000 – 1200  DOG LIFT – HIGHLINE
Placer Co. Mt Rescue Team

Participants will have an opportunity to acclimate their dogs to a high angle environment on a controlled highline.

1300 – 1400  Large Predator 
MARY CABLK YODOGS, WOOF
ERICA NICHOLS YODOGS, PCSAR

How a handler and dog deal with close encounters of the large kind.  Large predators in the search Environment: Sign, Safety, Scatter.

1400 – 1500  Human Remains Detection VAUDOIS HANDLEY SD SHERIFF’S DEPT

    • This course is designed for dogs that are already working scent. We will explore different types of human decomposition and how our dogs react to different scent. A short lecture will be followed by both blind and known HRD exercises. Following the field work, we will re-convene and review the exercises.

1400 – 1600  Searching at Altitude and in Desert -
KEN MYERS  YODOGS, NEVADA CO
MARY CABLK YODOGS, WOOF

A comparative class – the differences between the desert and the mountains, what to carry for you and your dog, the dangers and pitfalls in each environment.  A discussion of high altitude and back country search and rescue as applied to conditions in California.  This PowerPoint presentation will focus on search team safety and will include altitude sickness, weather and physical hazards, staying comfortable in the back country, travel safety, wild animal encounters, back country medical issues and equipment. Searching in the desert: Where everything is out to get you.

1500 – 1700  NecroSearch Approach to locating Clandestine graves
LINDA LOWRY PCSAR

This course will provide an overview of the NecroSearch International organization and explain how they approach searching for clandestine graves.  It highlights local resources that could be enlisted to aid law enforcement in location of clandestine graves.

1600 – 1800  Open Discussion & Questions on K - 9 use 
BILL MACAULEY YODOGS, WOOF

A panel of experienced search dog handlers from multiple disciplines will answer questions on training dogs for wilderness, avalanche, cadaver, trailing disaster and anything else relating to search dogs.

SUNDAY September 9th, 2007

0800 – 1000  Back Country K – 9 
RICK FALKENBERG PCSAR, CARDA

    • First Aid  BROOKS BLOOMFIELD D.V.M.
    • Emergency first aid in the field. What to carry in your pack, how to use it.

1000 – 1100  SIGN OFF’S 
MIKE FREEMAN YODOGS, WOOF
RICK STASSER YODOGS, CARDA

We will have someone available to facilitate signoffs, including obedience, and some agility, depending on available apparatus.