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Training log examples & articles

SAR Training Using Food Rewards - the pro's & con's and suggestions on when and why to use food as a reward, or as part of the reward system, for training SAR dogs. (Thank you to Cathy Dodgen for helping edit my thoughts on food rewards.)
Cross training a FEMA dog for HRD (most steps are the same for any cadaver dog (HRD) training process). Contains a narrative step-by-step process from imprinting to testing, plus tips as well as a single page outline of the process.
Cadaver training log example
Training log example (live & cadaver)
Introduction to Boats (in-house lecture notes)
Crime Scene & Reports (lecture notes - several years old and prior to available crime scene classes for SAR personnel)
Karen Garvin, a student at Unv. of MD, presented a summary of a journal article that appeared in Forensic Science International on the use of cadaver dogs success rates on contaminated carpet squares. The presentation cover slide shows BARC's K9 Tyler working a pallet pile for HRD and is posted on her blog.

FEMA related materials

Disaster Search Site Debriefing map (Excel) Additional detailed map for field marking search sectors and dog alerts/indications (this version was created by Heather Roche to share with the USAR community)
Scene Safety Interview & Marking Systems (Word) Standard FEMA interview card with victim and structural marking system images
Search Method card (Word) based on the 3 pile FEMA test - things to remember and rules about each pile type, made to fit in luggage ID laminated sheets (check lists used during the test) (this version was created by Heather Roche to share with the USAR community)
Cross training a FEMA dog for HRD (most steps are the same for any cadaver dog (HRD) training process). Contains a narrative step-by-step process from imprinting to testing, plus tips as well as a single page outline of the process.

Using dogs to locate historical & pre-historical remains & working with archeologists

Using Canines as a Remote Sensing Tool: What Archaeologists Can Learn From SAR Dogs (Power Point presentation shown to Anne Arundel County, Maryland Archeologists Oct 2004. The notes are shown in the bottom frame.)
- Using Canines as a Remote Sensing Tool - Updated for 5-05 Presentation (Power Point presentation shown to Massanutten Archeological Society May 2005. The notes are shown in the bottom frame.)
- Updated VA 2005 Presentation with notes as Adobe PDF
Lessons Learned & Confirmed Notes in random order after initial week working Indian Mounds, Pauper Graves, & Historical Cemeteries in MS 2003. (Adobe PDF.)