Ski Patrol / Avalanche Search and Rescue Dog Teams
This is by no means a complete list of the links available -- but almost any site has a SAR links component and the lists will contain duplicated and interrelated entries so you should be able to go whever I've been and beyond -- this will definitely get you started. If you find anything that you think will benefit others, email me and I'll include it. doconnor@burgoyne.com
Or if it is something you think is worth discussing and getting input from other handlers, take it to our/your forum [ below ] and start a discussion!
RUFF work LINKS TO FORUMS / Discussion Groups
RUFF work LINKS TO CHOOSING A DOG
RUFF work LINKS TO TRAINING
RUFF work LINKS TO BEHAVIOR
RUFF work LINKS TO Other K9 sites
RUFF work LINKS TO SAR Groups
RUFF work LINKS TO STANDARDS
RUFF work LINKS TO Other Stuff / books, etc.
RUFF work LINKS TO FORUMS / Discussion Groups
RUFF WORK / AVALANCHE SEARCH DOGS / HyperNews DISCUSSION PAGE
This is OUR FORUM ( YOU, US, WE ).
OTHER SAR FORUMS
International SAR Forum / hypernews discussion group
RUFF work LINKS TO CHOOSING A DOG
Cindy Tittle Moore -- How To Choose a Puppy for Search and Rescue
Selecting a Dog for SAR --Dan Comden
--- see Dan's home page "AvalancheDogs"
VOLHARD PUPPY APTITUDE TEST Developed by Joachim and Wendy Volhard
The PAWS Working Dog Evaluation © Jona Decker -------see her home page MALINUT for other links
How Do I Pick the Right Breed for Me?
Testing Dogs a Perspective on Selection
WHISPERING WOODS KENNEL [Dobermans] Take a look at this Breeder Guarantee --if you are dealing with a Breeder this may help as a baseline for your negotiations.
the 3 BASIC STAGES OF TRAINING this is a review of a training video but check out paragraph 4--works for puppies and for all dog teaching/training.
http://www.dogpatch.org/obed.html Dog Obedience and Training Page/ Info & Linksss-go for it
http://www.inch.com/~dogs/ American Dog Trainers Network / Info & Linksss-more go for it
Dr P's [Plonsky] Dog Training---My goal for this site is to organize all of the information available on the internet about DOG TRAINING, contribute some of my own, and give visitors easy access to it all.
Avalanche Training Outline by Bruce Cheshier / from Dan Comden's page Avalanche Dogs
Search and Rescue Dog Training from Search and Rescue Society of British Columbia
Search Dog Training By Bruce Barton
Dr P's [Plonsky] Dog Training / Working Dogs / Search
"Avalanche Rescue Dogs: Multiple v Single Handler Teams" by Sandy Bryson
What we are doing in our Search Training One of those Dog Philosophies
Training Articles -- Take a look, you may find something that you can use.
www.doggiedoor.com Doggie Door to Canine Behavior
K9 Behavior--topics, articles, links, discussions ++
Animal Behavior Sites -- more stuff to look into if you are so inclined
RUFF work LINKS TO Other K9 sites
http://www.k9web.com/dog-faqs/ rec.pets.dogsFAQ Homepage -- by Cindy Tittle Moore
http://www.compusmart.ab.ca/udc/sar.htm Understanding Search And Rescue Dogs by Michelle L. Limoges
http://cerberus.dimes.tudelft.nl/sardogs/ Search and Rescue dogs In the Netherlands.
there is another Dan O'Connor out there and he is also into dogs / military and police K9 background and owner of a Training School and Kennel in Florida. You may find him posting in rec.pets.behavior newsgroups http://www.bitstorm.net/doconnor/
http://www.mra.org/dogs.html U.S.A. SAR Dog Links from Mountain Rescue Association
http://www.tgx.com/NAWSAR/ Northern Alberta Wilderness Search and Rescue Association / Links STANDARDS
http://www.dogsbestfriend.com/ MONKS of NEW SKETE--cool guys, good site, good info
Search and Rescue Magazine ON LINE
SAR DOG ALERT ON LINE
NASAR Canine Special Interest Section NASAR / SAR Dog Page
National Disaster Search Dog Foundation
Police Dog/Search and Rescue ---worth a look
RCMP Civilian Search and Rescue Service Dog Program
SARINFO --HOT SITE links, discussion forum, file library, canine section +++
TRAINERS RESOURCE CENTER --some training, behavior and scent theory
Canine Web Sites-- http://www.dogpatch.org/dogweb.html --quite a lot here--training, behavior,
http://www.doginfomat.com/ ---LINKS behavior, training
http://www.nasar.org/prod/nasar.htm NASAR National Association for Search and Rescue LINKS TO K9 AND GENERAL SAR SITES (NASAR TOC page)
http://merginet.com/dispatch/sar.htm Search and Rescue (SAR) Links
http://www.mra.org/dogs.html U.S.A. SAR Dog Links from Mountain Rescue Association SAR Links
http://www.sarbc.org/homepage.html Search & Rescue Society of British Columbia / Links/discussion groups
http://www.corecom.net/~asard/ Alaska Search and Rescue Dogs (ASARD) / Avi teams / Links
SAR, EMS, & Disaster Links from Virginia Search & Rescue Council
SARINFO --HOT SITE links, discussion forum, file library, canine section +++
Superior Search and Rescue -- another good one
Southern Maryland Search and Rescue Dogs, Inc. SAR Dog links & MORE
SEARCH AND RESCUE DOG / HANDLER PERFORMANCE EXPECTATION GUIDELINES
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR SEARCH AND RESCUE, INC. (NASAR)
http://www.nasar.org/prod/members/canine/caninegd.htm
GUIDELINES for various specialties INCLUDING AVALANCHE WORK [SEE APPENDIX E -- AREA SEARCH / AVLANCHE DETECTION]
British Columbia Police Dog Training Standards ---worth a look
RUFF work LINKS TO Other Stuff / books, etc.
Article on SAR Dogs, Avalanche dogs and more links - Smithsonian Magazine, Aug 97. Pictures include Carla Wheeler's dog, Cassidy [Aspen/sardoc] and Sue Purvis [Crested Butte/sardoc] from the ever more popular photographer in the hole perspective
The Dog I.Q. Test by Melissa Miller -- takes you to amazon.com -- fill up your shopping cart
http://www.wolfpacks.com/catalog/ Dog Packs +DOG POWER BARS
USENET FAQs / Dogs FAQ -- news groups rec.pets.dogs +++
http://dogbreeds.miningco.com/ --has links and search engine, general dog material - take a look -- it had a training article on "off lead heeling" that I cannot seem to find this time around!
NASAR BOOKSTORE CATALOG SAR books