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RUFF work   Ski Patrol / Avalanche Search and Rescue Dog Teams  -- '98 - '99 Season

LINKS to: >>>>>>>>>>

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, you can take it to our/your forum [ below ] and start a discussion.


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Why train Avalanche Search Dogs -> a graphic of Avi Dog Team vs Probe Line Coverage for Hasty & Fine Search

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  >>>>>>NEW Avalanche Dog Log Forms, Test Score Sheets and Standards

RUFF work LINKS TO Other Stuff / books, etc.


RUFF work LINKS TO FORUMS / Discussion Groups

RUFF WORK / AVALANCHE SEARCH DOGS / HyperNews DISCUSSION PAGE

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

VOLHARD ADULT CANINE QUIZ      by Joachim and Wendy Volhard    (READ w/ ADOBE ACROBAT READER)

The PAWS Working Dog Evaluation © Jona Decker -------see her home page MALINUT for other links

The Puppy Test http://www.leos.net/pup_test.html

Evolution and Interpretation of the Puppy Test http://www.leos.net/puppy_test.html

Testing Dogs a Perspective on Selection

Making the Grade_-- Puppy Testing from Search One Rescue Team's Web Page!

Leerburg Kennels--Schutzhund and Protection oriented but some worthwhile material re SELECTING PUP & DRIVES

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.


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RUFF work LINKS TO TRAINING


Puppy

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.

the Development Stages of Puppies


General / obedience

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."

Electronic Collars and other training materials / methods / tips etc.


Avalanche Rescue specific and SAR Dog skills general

Avalanche Dogs by Dan Comden -- must take a look, good info, well organized and written plus good links

NASAR BOOKSTORE CATALOG see Canine SAR

Search Dog Training by Sandy Bryson / the bible

the AVALANCHE  HANDBOOK  / Agrculture Handbook 489  U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, July 1976   LOC # 75-600061

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

plus his company ICS PRODUCTIONS --commercially available training materials

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

ALSO SEE   LINKS IN STANDARDS   SECTION BELOW


Additional SKILLS

Training Articles -- Take a look, you may find something that you can use.

OPERANT CONDITIONING & CLICKER TRAINING

4 urls that can take you out there for hours and hours TRAINING, REWARDS, IDEAS ETC

This overlaps with BEHAVIOR below, of course.

The Use of Operant Conditioning in Dog Training

CLICKER TRAINING - A Revolutionary Approach to Dog Training

Dr. P's Dog Obedience_CLICKER TRAINING

The Dog Obedience & Training Page / Clicker Training


RUFF work LINKS TO BEHAVIOR

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

Dr P's Dog Training / Site Index --- the Library: Behavior & Training

 


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

NASAR Links Index:

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

 


RUFF work LINKS TO SAR Groups

Absaroka Search Dogs of Montana - GOOD CONTENT --- Avalanche, Training Articles, Standards,Links and other SAR Dog work

Canadian Avalanche Rescue Dog Association  CARDA

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

 


RUFF work LINKS TO STANDARDS

Testing / Certification / Team Evaluation


NEW !!! Forms and score sheets for Avi Dog drills and testing + Standards

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Dog Log -- Drill Record  form for recording Dog Team Drills 

Dog Log Summary Sheet  summary of training drills   [taken from individual Dog Logs] ---prints out way better than it looks on screen

CARDA (Canada) Drill Score Sheet   scoring sheet for Avi Dog Team test

SAR Dogs of Colorado Test Score Sheet   scoring sheet for Avi Dog Team test

WBR (UT Ski Patrols) Validation Score Sheet   our new scoring sheet for Avi Dog Team test

WBR Avalanche Dog Team Standards for Verification  Standards and Testing --   Protocols & Test Score Sheets

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Canadian Avalanche Rescue Dog Association  CARDA

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR SEARCH AND RESCUE, INC. (NASAR)Canine Special Interest Section http://www.nasar.org/prod/canine.htm

the above link includes SEE Sample Standards from Teams Across the Country

OLD NASAR GUIDELINES - DOG / HANDLER PERFORMANCE EXPECTATION GUIDELINES ---for various specialties INCLUDING AVALANCHE WORK  [SEE D. Area Search - (Snow Avalanche) & APPENDIX E -- AREA SEARCH / AVLANCHE DETECTION]

NEW PROPOSED NASAR CANINE TECHNICIAN CERTIFICATION STANDARDS


RCMP - Civilian Dog Standards

British Columbia Police Dog Training Standards


 


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

Dog Logic : Companion Obedience : Rapport-Based Training and Advanced Obedience : Easier Than You Think , a couple of favorites-- takes you to amazon.com search

The Dog I.Q. Test by Melissa Miller -- takes you to amazon.com -- fill up your shopping cart

USENET FAQs / Dogs FAQ -- news groups rec.pets.dogs +++

http://www.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

Dogs on the Web, a survey of the top 500 canine-related Web sites

DOG LOVERS BOOKSHOP

http://www.wolfpacks.com/      Dog Packs +DOG POWER BARS

Search Gear / Catalog / Dog Products     find something you can't do without

Dog Food Comparison Chart

NOVA Avalanche filming

PET COLUMNS ( HEALTH ) fromU of Illinois-College of Veterinary Medicine

A list of VET / DOG HEALTH related urls compiled by Kim Gilmore, Flathead County SAR (MT)