SAR Dog News Published by the National Search Dog Alliance January 2018 Vol. 12, No. 1 CONTENTS Article page 2018 BOD Meeting Dates 1 HRD Training Log; Pick of the Pack 13 Notices and Updates 2 Human Feet Still Washing Up 14 Is Your Dog a Hero? 3 Mars Officially Warmer than Canada 15 NSDA Certifications 4 Things I learned Since I Joining SAR 16 PODCASTS 6 K & B: Psychological Effects of a Mission 17 Scotland’s Oldest Avy Dog 6 Training with SEADOGS 19 Want to Live Longer-Get a Dog 7 Forensic Body Farm Opens 20 Horses and Hounds 7 Placer County-Mission with a Twist 21 Colorado’s Ski Rescue Dogs 8 Louisiana Search and Rescue 21 Everyone Should Know Canine First Aid 10 The Last Howl 24 Documentary ‘SearchDog’ 11 Tests, Seminars & Conferences Board of Directors 11 We Need Your Photos 12 SAR DOG NEWS January 2018 Page 2 2018 Board Meeting Dates February 1 Bucky Says: March 1 If you’re running at the head of April 5 the pack, May 3 June 7 Look back now and then to Contact Secretary, Sue Wolff, at make sure it’s still there. [email protected] for the call in number for the meetings NOTICES AND UPDATES NSDA BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPLICATIONS NOW BEING ACCEPTED Between January 1st and March 1st, 2018, any individual who has been a voting member of NSDA for one full year may file to be on the ballot for our elections. Contact the Nominating Committee Chair, Robyn Moug at [email protected] for more information. 5 NSDA EVALUATORS EARN A $45.00 VOUCHER for One FREE YEAR’S MEMBERSHIP or Store merchandise or NSDA testing fees JANUARY 15 IS NATIONAL HAT DAY National Hat Day is an unofficial holiday which falls annually on January 15th. It celebrates one of the oldest human accessories. Hats have been worn all throughout history for a variety of different purposes: to indicate social status or branch of military service; to indicate the wearer has a position of authority; for religious purposes or to denote nationality; for ceremonial or fashion purposes; or to protect the wearer from sun, rain or other hazards. It’s such an important article of clothing that millions of people all over the world will celebrate this day by dusting off their favorite hat and wearing it proudly in public. Will you be among them? SAR DOG NEWS January 2018 Page 3 IS YOUR DOG A HERO? SHOULD SOMEONE ONE YOUR TEAM BE A HERO? Nominations for the 2018 American Humane Hero Dog Awards® are now open! Submit a nomination for your search and rescue dog in the Search and Rescue category. You could be featured on the Hallmark Channel next fall and win a donation for the National Search Dog Alliance! The 2018 Hero Dog Awards nominations are open to U.S. residents at least 18 years of age. Only one nomination can be submitted per household, and the person submitting the nomination must be the dog’s direct owner or handler. Nominations will remain open until Wednesday, February 7, 2018. If there are any questions about your nomination form, contact Norma Snelling at [email protected]. Each of the eight finalists’ charity partners will be awarded $2,500 from American Humane and the grand prize winner’s charity partner will receive an additional $5,000. Please select one of the partners listed for your category of which NSDA is one. The charity partner you select does not need to be the organization that certified your Hero Dog. Go to herodogawards.org to apply and please remember to name the National Search Dog Alliance as your Charity Partner. MEMBERSHIPS IN NSDA NSDA is moving to a quarterly membership system and will be prorating your fees over the next year. Starting October 1, the cards for everyone joining NSDA in October, November or December will show their membership extended to February 1, 2019. January, February and March will be extended to May 1, 2019, etc. You will be issued a wallet size plastic card that will reflect your name, address, membership number and expiration date. Please also be aware that beginning January 1, all individual memberships will be $35.00. SAR DOG NEWS January 2018 Page 4 NSDA CERTIFICATIONS ALASKA ALASKA Stacie Burkhardt and K-9 Myka Marty Williams and K-9 Maya Land HRD; Area II; Area/Lg. Source HR Land HRD, Area II, Area/Lg Source HR GEORGIA ALASKA Beverly Benton and K-9 Bonnie Lisa Jaeger and K-9 Mak Trailing II Land HRD SAR DOG NEWS January 2018 Page 5 IDAHO PENNSYLVANIA David Forker and K-9 Loki Kim Grimm and K-9 Ren Area II Trailing III WASHINGTON ALASKA (Left) Tracy Wessel and K-9 Carmelia Patty Howell and K9’s Ziva and Abbey (Right) Misty Wegner and (Center) K-9 Akivah Land HRD Water HRD SAR DOG NEWS January 2018 Page 6 NSDA PODCASTS The black Labrador was trained for the role as a pup and has found over 100 people buried in snow during practice sessions. The National Search Dog Alliance Podcast for January 15, 2018 is a chat with Terry Brown of Nordic Myst dog training about nose work – a way to have fun with your dog’s scenting abilities. Although somewhat peripheral to search and rescue, it is a way to have fun during the long winter months. Or perhaps it is something to do with your older dog, an injured dog, or a dog who isn’t going to be trained in SAR for another reason. And as the Cairngorm Mountains experience You can listen (and subscribe) to the Search the first significant snows of the season, video Dog PODCAST through iTunes and also find shows him playing with his counterpart, Druie, the PODCAST on Podbean at a two-year-old border collie. www.saroc.podbean.com. Druie is still being trailed for the job and will And the PODCASTS stay up indefinitely. replace Coire when he finally retires. Stay tuned. Eva Briggs Owner Colin Matthew, operations manager at Cairngorm Mountain in the Highlands, said the young-at-heart dog still loves a “good old roll SCOTLAND’S OLDEST AVALANCHE around” in the snow. RESCUE DOG (103 DOG YEARS) Playing like a dog half his age, Coire is seen pushing himself along the ground wearing a high visibility coat. An adorable video shows Scotland’s oldest avalanche rescue dog playing in the snow like At one point in the video the greying hound a puppy – despite being the equivalent of 103 even begins to eat some of the snow as Druie years old. bounds around in the background. Coire, who turns 15 in two months, remains an http://www.deadlinenews.co.uk/2017/11/17/adora active mountain search dog despite the life ble-video-shows-scotlands-oldest-avalanche- expectancy of the breed being 10-14 years. rescue-dog-103-playing-snow-like-puppy/ SAR DOG NEWS January 2018 Page 7 Want to live longer? As a single dog owner, an individual is the sole person walking and interacting with their pet GET A DOG. as opposed to married couples or households with children, which may contribute to greater (CNN)The benefits that come with owning a protection from cardiovascular disease and dog are clear-- physical activity, support, companionship -- but owning a dog could death, said the study. literally be saving your life Owners of hunting breeds, including terriers, Dog ownership is retrievers, and scent hounds, were most protected from cardiovascular disease and associated with a death. However, owning any dog will reduce reduced risk for an owners risk of death, just to different cardiovascular disease extents. and death, finds a new Read the full report at: study published Friday in Scientific Reports, a http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/17/health/dog- Swedish publication. owners-heart-disease-and-death/index.html According to the study, people living alone, owning a dog can decrease MISSING PERSON? their risk of death by 33% and their risk of Horses, Hounds join forces to find them cardiovascular related death by 36%, when compared to single individuals without a pet, South Florida authorities have a new weapon according to the study. Chances of a heart in the search for missing people: a team of attack were also found to be 11% lower. bloodhounds and horses. This month, they trained for the first time on ways to work Multi-person household owners also saw together without stepping on each other’s benefits, though to a lesser extent. Risk of paws or hooves. death among these dog owners fell by 11% and their chances of cardiovascular death were 15% lower. But their risk of a heart attack was not reduced by owning a dog. A very interesting finding in our study was that dog ownership was especially prominent as a protective factor in persons living alone, which is a group reported previously to be at higher risk of cardiovascular disease and death than those living in a multi-person household. SAR DOG NEWS January 2018 Page 8 “It was seamless, the horses and the dogs Maines has a core group of about a dozen were like ‘OK, whatever. This is cool.’ They did riders and their horses who are volunteering to great,” said Broward Sheriff’s Deputy Kelli search for abducted babies, teen runaways and Covet, who trains bloodhound Macie. She is wandering seniors with dementia or one of three sheriff’s handlers responding to Alzheimer’s. missing persons cases throughout Broward. The other bloodhounds in the unit are Macie’s Most of these volunteers have shown off their brother, Wyatt, and Amber.