Here are SAR Dog articles grouped under topics: [dates indicate when each has been posted to this blog]
GENERAL
Intro to our SAR Dog section – Jan. 28, 2021
77 Facts About Search Dogs – Jan. 3, 2021
Search for Eli: Hug-A-Tree Bears Fruit – Jan. 9, 2021
Constructing a Footprint – Jan. 20, 2021
There and Back – Jan. 26, 2021
The Thinking Dog – Jan. 26, 2021
A Day in the Search Log – Jan. 20, 2021
Past Pavlov & Skinner – Feb. 6, 2021
Picking a Puppy for SAR – Jan. 6, 2021
AIRSCENTING
Training & the Real Thing – Jan. 20, 2021
The Refind: When You’re Blind in the Dark – Jan. 10, 2021
Some Observations on Weather Conditions and Airscenting Problems – Dec. 28, 2020
Search Dog Strategy: What’s the Plan? – Jan. 31, 2021
AVALANCHE
Avalanche Dogs: Improving the Odds – Jan. 25, 2021
Maybe They Should Be Buried for a Dog – Jan. 27, 2021
BUILDING SEARCH
Building Search: A Victim’s Eye View – Jan. 18, 2021
CADAVER
SAR Dogs at the ‘Death Ranch’ – Jan. 21, 2021
DISASTER
Search and Rescue Dogs Are Ready to Respond to Disaster – Feb. 3, 2021
SAR ‘Quake’ Dogs – Jan. 21, 2021
Survivors under the Rubble – Jan. 23, 2021
Under the Hanging Ceiling – Jan. 24, 2021
The U.S. Team in Puerto Rico – Jan. 27, 2021
Here’s the Real Poop – Feb. 6, 2021
After the Flood: The Shadyside, Ohio, Disaster – Feb. 5, 2021
The Great San Bernardino Train Wreck – Feb. 4, 2021
Looking for Remains in the Oakland Firestorm – Feb. 6, 2021
After the Building Fell Down – Feb. 4, 2021
HANDLER SKILLS
Training a Search Dog – Jan. 10, 2021
Ready or Not – Jan. 14, 2021
Slinging Your Dog – Jan. 7, 2021
Some Basic Search Patterns – Jan. 7, 2021
Watch Your Dog – Feb. 5, 2021
SEARCH MANAGEMENT
Managing the Search Function – Jan. 16, 2021
Probability of Detection of Search Dogs or How Long Is My Shadow? – Jan. 31, 2021
Help from Your SAR Dog Unit – Jan. 24, 2021
A Process of Elimination – Jan. 25, 2021
SCENT TRANSPORT
Convectional Turbulence and the Airscenting Dog – Jan. 7, 2021
Scent Transport and Diffusion – Jan. 11, 2021
Weather Textbook for Dog Handlers – Jan. 16, 2021
TRAILING
The Scent Article (“You wouldn’t believe….”) – Feb. 3, 2021
WATER SEARCH
Taking Back from the River – Jan. 30, 2021
Training for Water Search – Jan. 14, 2021
Underwater Searches Using Dogs – Jan. 18, 2021
Water Search: Reading Your Dog to the Depths – Jan. 13, 2021