Search and Rescue Dog may be media sweethearts but they’re also highly trained, highly efficient workers. Search and rescue dogs search fro living or dead human beings who are missing. They may search in wilderness or in suburban areas, in snow or in water.
Search and rescue dog must have a strong play and toy drive. Although they have been used for centuries in Europe, they only been embraced during the last 20 to 30 years in the US. Most search and rescue dog are handled by private citizens. Although there is an increasing number of search and rescue dogs owned and trained by ski patrol units, firefighters and rural police department.
The training for search and rescue dog is done in increments. The dog is taught first to alert by barking, sitting or scratching for a toy or other object. He then progresses to alerting on a toy in a handler hand. It is gradually made more complex when the handler hides the object in increasingly difficult location.
Trainers sometimes use what is called a bark box. The handler hides inside a wooden box and the door opens when the dog exhibits an alert. The dog then learns to exhibit the same alert on any human smell. Some dogs are also taught to search for human remains through the use of cadaver scent.
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Search and rescue dog must have a strong play and toy drive. Although they have been used for centuries in Europe, they only been embraced during the last 20 to 30 years in the US. Most search and rescue dog are handled by private citizens. Although there is an increasing number of search and rescue dogs owned and trained by ski patrol units, firefighters and rural police department.
The training for search and rescue dog is done in increments. The dog is taught first to alert by barking, sitting or scratching for a toy or other object. He then progresses to alerting on a toy in a handler hand. It is gradually made more complex when the handler hides the object in increasingly difficult location.
Trainers sometimes use what is called a bark box. The handler hides inside a wooden box and the door opens when the dog exhibits an alert. The dog then learns to exhibit the same alert on any human smell. Some dogs are also taught to search for human remains through the use of cadaver scent.
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