Registration Deadline: November 22, 2019
Registration: https://searchdogfoundation.org/workshops/
Hours: 16
Handler Participant Registration Fee: $450 per student
Observer: $200 per student
Optional Room & Board Fee: $155 includes 2 night’s stay at SDF’s Handler’s Lodge and meals
Start changing the way you train! How you and your canine partner search on deployment is different from how you train to pass the CE/Type I. We will take you out of the Test Box! We will be focusing on deployment-readiness exercises utilizing many of the disaster props at the NTC to give search teams exposure to as many different deployment scenarios as time allows. Instructors will observe, offer feedback and help you get to that next level of Search!
OVERVIEW
The National Disaster Search Dog Foundation (SDF), in conjunction with Instructors Teresa MacPherson and Deborah Burnett, are pleased to announce that we are opening the gates of our National Training Center (NTC) for a series of US&R Live Find team training weekends throughout 2019! These training weekends are an opportunity to work with your canine partner in a variety of real-world scenarios on 125 acres. You will receive quality one-on-one instruction delivered by Teresa MacPherson and Deborah Burnett, to include problem-solving and feedback. These two-day training weekends will be largely field-work, concentrating on disaster search that may include foundation training elements and wide area search scenarios, building and rubble search areas.
The description and objectives of each training weekend will vary. Each time, we will be able to accommodate up to sixteen (16) canine teams on a first-come, first-served basis. In addition, up to ten (10) Observers may register for the full workshop in a hands-off capacity (no dogs), at a discounted rate. These training weekends are customized for and available to US&R Live Find canine teams only. Various levels of experience will be accommodated.
PREREQUISITES
All dogs must be:
Under control and well-behaved
Healthy
Dog may not be in heat
Non-aggressive
Trained indication on LF
Handlers must be affiliated with a recognized agency.
NOT required – Completion of Type II/FSA or Type I/CE certification(s).