Finally there is a SAR Canine Training Log and Journal to maintain all of the needed documentation about the search and rescue dog and handler. This log allows the handler to identifying goals and objectives for dog training and record those sessions. The Log coordinates a full years worth of weekly training, including 52 blank training logs. The SAR Canine Training Log and Journal is a simple and organized method to set and track training goals, objectives, scenario based trainings, and certifications of the handler and the search dog. It provides a place to record seminars and workshops and specialty events attended. Record search and rescue missions, contacts, and general memories as you document the activities of the Air Scent, Human Remains Detection (both land and water), and Trailing dog. There is plenty of space to document general obedience and agility training in the concise and structured formats. A must have for all SAR dog handlers.

Finally a SAR Training Log and Journal to organize your personal SAR information and documentation. No more notebooks and loose papers to put in order and categorize. All your SAR documentation is in one neatly bound book.The SAR Log and Journal allows the searcher to record personal goals and training sessions. It provides a format to note personal demographics, SAR Certifications, Classes taken, Seminars, Workshops, Conferences and other Specialty Training. The Training Log and Journal is a simple and organized method to track training and search missions allowing easy reference through summary forms or more detailed descriptions and logs. A bonus provides a format to record SAR contacts. This easy reference provides space to note fellow searchers, teams, and their resources. This is your directory, all in one bound edition. One book, Multiple Purposes............ A MUST HAVE for all SAR personnel.

SAR Training Log and Journal: This log provides an efficient and complete method to record training, certifications, search missions, SAR contacts, personal information, and other related data. It provides a one-stop-log and journal to keep relevant information needed for reference in the future. Finally, a comprehensive way to keep records. A must have for all search and rescue personnel.

Hundreds of tips are revealed to help handlers train the Search and Rescue dog. This instructional guide describes the skills needed to lay a solid foundation for successfully training the SAR dog. The reader will examine disciplines such as Wilderness Air Scent, Human Remains Detection (both land and water), First Responder Dogs, Disaster, and Trailing dogs. Learn the skills needed to prepare physically, mentally, and intellectually for SAR operations. Enjoy meeting REAL SAR dogs in over 50 photos. Discover the industry standard for documentation including training logs, evaluations, and certifications. Sample forms for each are included. Explore Sympathetic Alerts, Human Response Alerts and handler Cues to understand why dogs behave as they do. Gain a basic knowledge of Scent Theory and learn how it impacts dog performance. Ethics and professionalism are stressed as SAR dog handlers from across the nation reveal their wisdom through TIPS and BEST PRACTICES.

Search and Rescue dogs should be trained, certified and reliable. Training and reliability are determined by training logs maintained throughout a dog's career, while certification verifies the training through third party testing. Training logs serve a very real purpose beyond the legal aspects of course; they also help a handler see the broader picture of their training progress. The book can be personalized, both the cover (and spine) and the inside front page. The small size makes it easier to bring along to trainings, which in turn makes writing up logs less of a chore for the handler. Additionally, the form is designed with a variety of check-boxes to make things simpler as well. This log book, consisting of about 6 months' worth of blank forms, was created by a Search & Rescue K-9 handler for their own use. As a handler with multiple dogs in multiple disciplines, the author planned the log book to be "discipline generic," so almost any SAR handler should be able to adapt it for their training records.

"Buzzards and Butterflies is a primer for the canine handler working a human remains detection dog on land or water. This is the text to learn training and search strategies that work for other HRD handlers."--P. [4] of cover.

"Search dog handlers from across the United States have come together to preserve the memories of their canine partners over the course of the last fifty years and thousands of search missions."--Back cover.