AZSAR K9CON 2014 Registration Packet

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AZSAR K9CON 2014 Registration Packet Packet Contents Pre-Conference Workshops Page 2 (Wednesday, April 30 th, 2014 0800-1900) AZSAR K9CON 2014 - Event Information Page 3 Registration Form Page 4 (Pre & Main Conference use the same registration form) Liability Waiver Form Page 5 K9 Rules Form Page 6 Shirt Order Form Page 7 Course Descriptions Page 8 Instructor Biographies Page 10 Schedule of Events Page 13 Map & Driving Instructions (Bring to the conference) Page 14 Topo Map of Fieldwork Sites (Bring to the conference) Page 16 Free Dry Camping Available at Fieldwork Site, see topo map for location 1/16

AZSAR K9CON PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS Wednesday - April 30, 2014 0800-1900 Workshops Local First Responder Disaster for Area and HRD with Bill Dotson Land HRD with Ben Alexander Wilderness Area with Brian Buff Tracking/Trailing with Randy Huckaby & Laura Denison Each K9 team, consisting of one handler and one K9, is limited to one workshop. The cost for the Pre-Conference Workshop is $175. Each Workshop includes breakfast, lunch and dinner with your instructor and your team members at which time handler goals and the setting of objectives for the workshop will be discussed. Prior to arrival, please consider the goals you would like to accomplish. Debriefing will also occur at dinner. Registration is first come - first served: Enrollment is limited to four K9 teams per Workshop. To enroll, send an email registration request to azsark9con@gmail.com with the following information: Your name K9 s name Phone number Government agency affiliation Workshop title If you would like to be wait-listed if the Workshop you requested has already been filled. You will be notified of your enrollment status within one week of receipt of your email registration. Full payment, with all completed registration forms included in this packet, must be postmarked within 30 days of your email registration, otherwise your slot will be given to the next K9 team. 2/16

AZSAR K9CON 2014 APRIL 30 TH MAY 4, 2014 Hosted by Coconino County Sheriff s SAR K9 Team 911 E. Sawmill Road, Flagstaff, AZ 86001 Pre-conference fee: $175 (includes breakfast, lunch & dinner Wednesday w/ instructor) Conference fee: $125 (includes lunch & dinner on Thursday, Friday and Saturday) Conference Hotel: Quality Inn - 2500 W. Lucky Lane - Flagstaff, AZ 928-266-7111 Rate: $49/night + $10 Total K9 fee. Must mention the AZSAR K9CON for discount. Other dog friendly hotels in area include: La Quinta 928-556-8666 Econo Lodge 928-774-7701 Comfort Inn 928-774-2225 AZ Mountain Inn 928-774-8959 We have acted upon the suggestions of past participants and are committed to providing healthier meals this year so the overall cost has gone up. In order to keep the conference viable we need your help. You can do this by purchasing I Support K9 SAR water bottles and the custom event shirts. See registration form. All classroom instruction will be held at the Coconino County Sheriff s Office, SAR Building Baker Room. Evening networking dinners will be served at Coconino County Sheriff s Office Cooper Room. No K9s will be allowed inside the buildings. The field classes will be held in urban, rural and forested areas around Flagstaff and Parks, AZ. To reserve a space via e-mail, send your name, phone number and your pre-conference and fieldwork class choices and days to azsark9con@gmail.com Within 30 days of e-mail submission all participants must mail all registration paperwork and payment in full to: CCSSAR, Attn: Sgt. Aaron Dick, 911 E. Sawmill Road, Flagstaff, AZ 86001 Checks should be made out to AZ SAR Coordinators K9CON. If your entire packet, including payment in full, is not postmarked within 30 days from receipt of your email reservation your slot will be given to another K9 team. Registration is on a first come first served basis. Payment in full and all required paperwork must be received prior to April 1, 2014 from all students and observers. Any cancellations must be received prior to March 15, 2014 in order to receive a refund for payment made. There will be a $50 processing fee charged for any cancellation. Fees are non-refundable after March 15, 2014. Any questions call Cindy McArthur 928-308-0948 before 7:00 PM, any day. 3/16

AZSAR K9CON REGISTRATION Name: Phone Number: Team Affiliation: E-mail: Mailing Address: City/State/Zip: How many SAR K9s will be attending Arrival day: Wed Thurs Fri Sat Sun Pre-conference on WEDNESDAY If you plan to attend, CIRCLE ONE fieldwork session: Wilderness Area * Local Disaster Area & HRD * Land HRD * Wilderness Tracking/Trailing Pre-conference cost is $175 and is limited to (4) K9 teams per field class. Cost for observers is $75. THURSDAY AND SUNDAY ARE CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION DAYS FOR ALL HANDLERS Fieldwork Sessions: Indicate your choices below. CIRCLE ONE fieldwork session per day. Attendance is limited to (10) K9 teams per field session; observers without their K9s are unlimited. Please do not ask your instructor to make exceptions to this rule. FRIDAY SATURDAY Wilderness Area/Air Scent Local Disaster Area and HRD Land HRD Beg/Intermediate (FRI ONLY) Wilderness Tracking/Trailing (FRI ONLY) Wilderness Area/Air Scent Local Disaster Area and HRD Land HRD Advanced (SAT ONLY) Urban Tracking/Trailing (SAT ONLY) ORDER FORM I support K9 SAR bottles @ $3 each K9 smarter than handler total from T-shirt order form Pre-Conference registration fee $175 per K9 team, observers $75 Conference registration fee $125 per K9 team, observers $75 TOTAL ENCLOSED $ $ $ $ $ Submit by mail the following documents: Registration form, Informed Consent and Waiver of Liability form, K9 Rules Form, Shirt Order Form and full payment by check made out to: AZ SAR Coordinators K9 CON. Mail to CCSSAR, Attn: Sgt. Aaron Dick, 911 E. Sawmill Road, Flagstaff, AZ 86001. If you pre-registered by e-mail ALL paperwork must be postmarked within 30 days of the date of the email. Payment and all completed paperwork must be received prior to March 1, 2014. Fees are nonrefundable after March 15, 2014. REGISTRATION IS ON A FIRST COME FIRST SERVED BASIS 4/16

Informed Consent and Waiver of Liability NAME: DATE OF BIRTH: SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER HOME ADDRESS CITY STATE ZIP CODE HOME PHONE CELL PHONE NEXT OF KIN PHONE # INFORMED CONSENT: As a participant in Search and Rescue Training you may be introduced into a potentially hazardous environment which may subject you to injury or place your life in jeopardy. These situations are a part of search and rescue operations and the training for such operations. The Arizona Sheriff s Search and Rescue Coordinators Association wants you to know that hazards exist in search and rescue operations and search and rescue training and that we cannot guarantee your safety while you participate in these activities. WAIVER OF LIABILITY: The above named participant hereby agrees to indemnity and save harmless the Arizona Sheriff s Search and Rescue Coordinators Association, the claims, demands, suits, and proceedings by others and against all liability which may directly or indirectly arise out of any situation or action, whatsoever, while participating in activities sponsored by the Arizona Sheriff s Search and Rescue Coordinators Association, its members, or its contractors. My signature confirms that I have read, understand, and agree to the Informed Consent and Waiver of Liability statements. Participants Signature Date As the parent/guardian of, I grant my permission for him/her to participate in the SAR related activity and have read, understand, and agree to the Informed Consent and Waiver of Liability. Parent/Guardian (print) Signature Date WITNESS (print) Signature Date 5/16

K9 Rules for AZSAR K9CON 1. All participants with K9s must complete and sign this form to participate in the conference; this includes instructors who bring their K9s. 2. Only SAR K9s will be permitted to participate in AZSAR K9CON. The definition of a SAR K9 is a dog that is specifically trained or is in training to find lost, missing, deceased individuals/human remains. 3. Non-SAR dogs must remain secured during the event and leashed at all times if taken out of a vehicle for a break. 4. K9s must be obedient and under the handler s control at all times and are the sole responsibility of the handler. Do not ask someone else to watch your dog and leave. 5. Do not leave your K9 unattended unless properly crated or safe in your vehicle. 6. No K9s are allowed into the classroom buildings. 7. K9s must be on lead at all times except during field class requiring off lead work. 8. K9s will not be allowed in the buildings during meal times. 9. K9s must not show aggression to other K9s or people. Any K9 that bites or attempts to bite a human will be asked to leave immediately. If a serious problem develops with aggression that leads to disruption and is persistent, the K9 team will be asked to leave the event. This decision will be made by the Operations Chief and will be final, no appeals will be allowed. 10. Handlers must promptly clean up after their K9 partners. 11. Dogs on leash are to be kept at least 10 feet away from other dogs to avoid unnecessary conflicts. 12. Video recording and/or photographs may be allowed ONLY at faculty discretion. I agree to abide by the above rules. Date: Number of K9 s: Team Affiliation: Handler Printed Name: Handler Signature: 6/16

AZ SAR K9CON 2014 SHIRT SALE This is our main fundraiser this year. Your purchase of a shirt or shirts will help offset the cost of the many great instructors we are bringing in. Short sleeve T-shirts $12.00 and long sleeve T-shirts $17.00. (XXL add an additional $1.00 per shirt) The deadline for shirt orders will be April 1, 2014. Send order form and payment (checks payable to Arizona SAR Coordinators K9CON) to CCSSAR K9 Unit, c/o Sgt. Aaron Dick 911 E. Sawmill Road, Flagstaff, AZ 86001. Full Name: Cell Phone: Indicate amount and size for each shirt ordered. Additional order information can be placed in the blank space below or on the back of this form. Short Sleeve T-Shirt (sapphire blue or violet) # of sapphire blue size # of violet size Long Sleeve T-Shirt (moss green) # of moss green size Total number of shirts ordered: Total amount enclosed: $ 7/16

Course Descriptions Maps to training locations are enclosed. Title: Foundation for SAR K9s Thursday AM 4 hours Lead Instructor: Bill Dotson Assistant Instructors: Ben Alexander, Brian Buff, Laura Denison, Randy Huckaby Description: The definition of foundation training for all SAR disciplines will be discussed, including: (1) the development of puppies and young dogs, (2) developing a reward system, (3) basic obedience and (4) developing focus. Title: Instructor: Local First Responders: disaster situation requirements Thursday PM 4 hours Bill Dotson Description: Discussion of (1) the necessary equipment, (2) on of scene safety, (3) necessary on-site infrastructure (including self- sufficiency), (4) ICS responsibilities and (5) information gathering. Title: Beginning/Intermediate HRD Land fieldwork for K9 Teams Friday only 8 hours Instructor: Ben Alexander Assistant Instructor: Karen Paquette Description: Beginner and intermediate dogs will be introduced to novel HR odors. Focus will be on developing the reward system, focus and commitment to odor. Discussions of trained final responses and methods for sharpening the final response will be reviewed. Final response training will be conducted with appropriate dogs. Title: Wilderness Tracking/Trailing fieldwork for K9 Teams Friday only 8 hours Co-Instructors: Laura Denison and Randy Huckaby Description: Instruction will focus on trailing for wilderness search, search skills, scent discrimination, final response, and reward systems. K9 teams will be given individual instruction geared toward their needs and any issues they may be experiencing. Title: Local Disaster First Responder fieldwork Friday and Saturday 8 hours Instructor: Bill Dotson Map available at Conference Assistant Instructors: Cindy McArthur and Willow Raven Description: Demonstration of on-site scene safety: building assessment, developing a search strategy, individual scene search tactics and search scenarios with K9's Title: Area/Air Scent fieldwork Friday and Saturday 8 hours Instructor: Brian Buff Assistant Instructors: Marsha Falco and Peter Schaeffer 8/16

Description: All levels of K9 Teams are welcome. This class will concentrate on innovative methods to motivate your K9. These methods are designed to create a K9 partner that is more driven to source which will give the lost person the best chance of being located. Title: Advanced HRD Land fieldwork for K9 Teams Saturday only 8 hours Instructor: Ben Alexander Assistant Instructor: Karen Paquette Description: Dogs in advanced classes should be certified at least at a local level and have an independent final trained response at odor. Problems to challenge both the handler and the dog will be available to work. Focus will be on discrimination of target odor from distractions (human scent, animal decomp, food, etc.), working blinds, double blinds, and reading dogs in negative areas. Any necessary remedial training will be addressed at the end of the day with commitment to odor and final trained response motivation drills. Title: Urban Tracking/Trailing fieldwork for K9 Teams Saturday only 8 hours Co-Instructors: Laura Denison and Randy Huckaby Description: Trailing strategy techniques will be discussed and K9 teams will be given opportunities to apply this knowledge in urban settings. Instruction will focus on basic trailing for urban search, search skills, scent discrimination, final response, and reward systems. K9 teams will be given individual instruction geared toward their needs and any issues they may be experiencing. Title: K9 WFR: Hands-on Field First Aid for K9s Sunday only 4 hours Instructor: Leo Egar, VMD Description: This class is formatted with the SAR handler in the K9 wilderness first responder role. Plan on plenty of "hands on your dog" time and learn the basic techniques that could save your search dog's life. From a basic physical exam, to stopping bleeding, to treating those cut pads, we will try to cover it all in 4 hours. The skills covered will be practiced with your work partner as your patient, utilizing the proper medical supplies (provided) so that you can get the most out of the class and hone your K9 WFR skills Title: Snake Proofing for your K9 Sunday only 0900-1200 Snake Handler: Jay Amos Approx. Length: 15 minutes per K9 Description: If you participate in this class you will be required to pay a $40 fee directly to the snake handler. This exercise will be accomplished by an experienced snake handler who will expose your leashed K9 to a live de-fanged rattlesnake under controlled conditions. It will involve use of an e-collar to proof your K9 against approaching rattlesnakes in the field. He will then allow the K9 handler to approach the snake with their leashed K9 a second time and deploy the e-collar again if necessary. He uses the absolute least amount of stimulation necessary to change your K9 s behavior. There will be an e-mail sign-up sheet where K9s will be assigned a specific 15 minute time slot from 0900-1200 Sunday. 9/16

Instructor Biographies Ben Alexander currently serves as a member of the NASAR K9 Committee and the subcommittee chair for credentialing criteria. He is a NASAR SARTECH II Evaluator, a K9 HRD SARTECH and Area Search III Lead Evaluator, Area II Evaluator and certified as a SARTECH II, K9 SARTECH II Wilderness Area, K9 SARTECH HRD Land and K9 SARTECH Disaster HRD. Ben has also certified dogs with NAPWDA, NNDDA, and TASK. Ben is currently a PhD candidate in the department of Soil Science at Texas A&M University studying the post burial interval, grave soil, and interactions with HRD dogs and the environment. Ben s Master Thesis research was on search dog performance factors. Ben began training search dogs in Sept. 2000, and currently fields one certified operational dog and has two dogs in training. He trained his first dog at the age of 8 for obedience with the local kennel club and has never stopped. Ben has served as an instructor for area search, HRD land and HRD water at several seminars, including the NASAR national pre-conference workshop in Tunica MS 2010. He organized and was an assistant instructor at the first Forensic Anthropology Center at Texas State (FACTS) March 2013 and now serves as the K9 training coordinator. He has presented several classroom workshops at NASAR national conferences and at FACTS on HRD dogs, mission strategies, and training and selection of search dogs (2009, 2010, 2012 and 2013). Ben is also employed with Dogs for Conservation as a trainer, assisting with the training of detector dogs for locating endangered species of both plants and animals. Bill Dotson has been training dogs for 42 years and training, deploying and instructing SAR Dogs for 36 of those years. Bill was a founding member, operations leader, operational K9 handler and training director for California Rescue Dog Association. Bill and his dog qualified in the Swiss Disaster Dog Association as an operational team - a coveted K-Team. Bill was an operational member and Search manager for numerous homicide searches of Dog s East, Inc. He was a founder, operational leader and trainer for the international disaster response of the Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance Agency for International Development. He responded to international disaster missions in Armenia, El Salvador and the Philippines as the team leader and dog handler. Bill was a member of VATF2 FEMA from 1992 to 2007 and served as training director and dog handler. He helped to develop the FEMA standards for K9 s. He responded to the Murrah Federal Building bombing and numerous hurricanes including Katrina. Bill has presented many seminars on 4 continents, including selecting and developing dogs for training with a USAR team in Izmir, Turkey. He is an experienced breeder and trainer of Malinois and Dutch Shepherds. As founder and President of Search Dog Organization of North America (SDONA - www.sdona.org) Bill brought international training and testing to North America. Bill is one of the most respected trainers in the United States today. Brian Buff has over 20 years of volunteer search and rescue experience, working initially on grid teams and then later with K9s. He has 24 years with local fire department and has 12 years of experience as EMS/Medic and was also a certified Field Instructor. Currently, he is the Search Coordinator for Cayuga County Highland SAR and an evaluator for the New York SAR Federation. He has a number of documented finds to his credit in New York State with his dog Keena and now with Banshee (German Shepherds), and is currently training Bella, a Dutch Shepherd for area work. 10/16

Cindy McArthur, a professional dog trainer since 1977, holds a Master of Education degree from the University of Arizona. She began her SAR career in 2000 as a dog handler with the Yavapai County Sheriff s Response Team Search Dog Unit, where she held the offices of Canine Evaluator, Training Coordinator and eventually Strike Team Leader. In 2005 her two eldest dogs, Nitro and Levi, jointly received the Association of Pet Dog Trainers' SAR Dog of the Year award. Since 2006 she has been a certified Wilderness First Responder, and in 2007 she was inducted into the Yavapai County Sheriff s Search Management Unit. In 2008 she earned her NASAR SARTECH II certification and currently holds SARTECH II Evaluator status. In 2009 Cindy and her then youngest dog, Inspector Gadget, were the recipients of NASAR s Peter A. Chaney Canine Handler Scholarship. In late 2009 she moved to Flagstaff, AZ and joined the Coconino County Sheriff s SAR Canine Unit. She is currently their K9 Team Leader and K9 Evaluator. In 2011 she also became a member of the K-9 Search & Rescue, Inc in Dolores, Colorado and their AZ Division Supervisor. In 2012 she was awarded Member of the Year by Coconino County Sheriff s SAR. Her dog Nitro was posthumously awarded the NASAR 2012 K9 of the Year. She currently owns and handles four Golden Retrievers; three of which are Area/Human Remains Detection dogs and one is HRD only. Her K9s collectively hold (15) NASAR Canine SARTECH Area and HRD certifications. Cindy is a NASAR Canine SARTECH Lead Evaluator for Area and HRD Land and an AKC CGC Evaluator. Karen Paquette has been an educator for 16 years, working with students with exceptional needs and behavior disorders. Karen and her husband, Mark, returned to southern Arizona in 2003 and soon adopted Matilda from the Humane Society. It became instantly obvious that Matilda needed a job, and Karen joined Pima County s search dog team, Southwest Rescue Dogs, Inc. Matilda certified with SRDI in wilderness air scent in 2006, and went on to certify in Cadaver/HRD in 2007, water recovery in 2008 and evidence/articles in 2008. Karen achieved NASAR SARTech II in 2008, so that she and Matilda could achieve both NASAR HRD Land Type III (retested & achieved in 2013) and NASAR HRD Swift Water, Type I in 2008. Karen and Matilda decided to attempt IPWDA and achieved certification in advanced cadaver search and article search in March of 2010. To date, Karen and Matilda have participated in over 90 search missions, averaging at least one find each year. Karen and Matilda are credited with 9 finds to date, including body recoveries, a drowning victim, human remains, vehicles, and evidence. Laura Denison has been a dog handler/trainer since 1995; search and rescue and criminal cases; bloodhound (mantrailing), area search, human remains detection, water search, disaster; former president and team leader, All County K-9 Search Team of Iowa (2000-2007); current team leader for Iowa K-9 Search Team; trainer, Midwest K-9 Detection and Consulting, Des Moines, Iowa; instructor and co-director, K-9 Alliance of Iowa; Certified K- 9 handler, Iowa Task Force 1, Cedar Rapids, Iowa; FEMA certified K-9 handler, Nebraska Task Force 1, Lincoln, NE; reserve police officer for the Des Moines, Iowa Police Department since 2000; evaluator for National Association for Search and Rescue (NASAR); evaluator for Alliance for Emergency Response Instructors and Examiners (AERIE). Leo Egar, VMD graduated from the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine in 2002 and completed a small animal internship in Phoenix, AZ. In addition to helping reduce pet overpopulation through spay and neuter services, he also assists with investigations of animal cruelty. Before coming to the Arizona Humane Society in 2007, he worked in veterinary emergency medicine and with the Rural Area Veterinary Services program of the Humane Society of the United States to lead spay/neuter service trips to remote areas of the county. Dr. Egar has over 10 years of experience in human emergency 11/16

services His professional interests include emergency medicine, field immobilization, animal disaster medicine and wildlife rehabilitation. Dr. Egar has traveled to Native American reservations to provide free veterinary care to animals and participated in the veterinary medical response to major disasters including the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami and Hurricane Katrina. When not working in the shelter or with animal and wildlife rescue groups, Dr. Egar enjoys spending time in the Arizona desert with his German Shepherd, Zeiss and pursuing a variety of outdoor activities. Marsha Falco of Fountain Hills, AZ, started in SAR in 2005, and became mission qualified in 2005. Her first K9 Osita (Bouvier des Flounders) was certified in Air Scent and Cadaver. Her current K9 Blue (Border Collie) is certified in Air Scent and Cadaver. She is a member of both Maricopa K-9 in Arizona and Mountain Canine Corps in New Mexico. Peter Schaeffer of Phoenix, AZ, became involved with canine Search and Rescue in 2010 and became mission certified in 2011. He attended the Arizona SAR Conference 2012 in Heber, AZ. Currently, he is training Kaze, a Dutch Shepherd, in Air Scent and Human Remains Detection. He is a member of Maricopa K9. Randy Huckaby was a trailing dog handler for 10 years with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice-involved in manhunts and search and rescue; former member of the narcotics, mantrailing bloodhounds and pack dog (fugitive recovery) programs for Region IV and the Garza Units; helped write the directive (and training manual) for the specific scent dog (bloodhound) program for the TDCJ; trailing instructor for K-9 Alliance of Iowa; instructed law enforcement and SAR personnel in Iowa, Arizona and Texas; served 4 years in the US Navy; attended and instructed at Pepperdine University in California. Willow S. Raven started in Search and Rescue in 2003 with a rescued black lab as a trailing dog. Now with a retired NASAR certified Canine SARTECH I Area Search Belgian Malinois, a NASAR certified Canine SARTECH HRD Land III Border Collie/Heeler mix and a Belgian Malinois in training as a trailing dog, Willow continues working towards her goal of achieving efficiency in SAR canine training techniques through canine body language and learning analysis. Willow is an active canine handler and ground team member of Pinal County Sheriff s Volunteer SAR Posse. 12/16

Wednesday, April 30 th AZSAR K9CON April 30-May 4, 2014 Coconino County Sheriff s Office - SAR Building 911 E. Sawmill Road, Flagstaff, AZ SAR BLDG. BAKER ROOM-push button and talk to get gate opened 0800-1900: Pre-conference workshop Includes BREAKFAST, LUNCH & DINNER with your instructor Thursday, May 1st SAR BLDG. BAKER ROOM-push button and talk to get gate opened 0745-0800: Registration 0800-1200: Foundation for SAR K9s Lead Instructor: Bill Dotson, Assistant Instructors: Ben Alexander, Brian Buff, Laura Denison and Randy Huckaby 1200-1300: LUNCH 1300-1700: Local First Responders: disaster situation requirements Instructor: Bill Dotson 1800-1900: DINNER @ CCSO Cooper Room (formerly LEAF Auditorium) Friday, May 2nd ALL CLASSES MEET IN THE FIELD-see enclosed maps 0800-1700: Local Disaster 1 st Responder for Area and HRD K9 Teams Instructor: Bill Dotson Assistant Instructor: Cindy McArthur 0800-1700: Beginning/ Intermediate HRD Land for K9 Teams Instructor: Ben Alexander Assistant Instructor: Karen Paquette 0800-1700: Wilderness Area for K9 Teams Instructor: Brian Buff Assistant Instructor: Marsha Falco 0800-1700: Wilderness Tracking/Trailing for K9 Teams Co-Instructors: Randy Huckaby & Laura Denison 1200-1300: LUNCH delivered to field class location 1800-1900: DINNER @ CCSO Cooper Room (formerly LEAF Auditorium) Saturday, May 3rd ALL CLASSES MEET IN THE FIELD-see enclosed maps 0800-1700: Local Disaster 1 st Responder fieldwork for Area & HRD K9 Teams Instructor: Bill Dotson Assistant Instructor: Willow Raven 0800-1700: Advanced HRD Land fieldwork for K9 Teams Instructor: Ben Alexander Assistant Instructor: Karen Paquette 0800-1700: Wilderness Area fieldwork for K9 Teams Instructor: Brian Buff Assistant Instructor: Peter Schaeffer 0800-1700: Urban Tracking/Trailing fieldwork for K9 Teams Co-Instructors: Randy Huckaby and Laura Denison 1200-1300: LUNCH delivered to field class location 1800-1900: DINNER @ CCSO Cooper Room (formerly LEAF Auditorium) Sunday, May 4 th 0800-1200: K9 WFR: Hands-on Field First Aid for K9s Instructor: Dr. Leo Egar SAR BLDG. BAKER ROOM-push button and talk to get gate opened 0900-1200: Snake Proofing: Field Class for K9 Teams There is a $40 fee per K9, paid on-site Snake Handler: Jay Amos Prior email sign up is highly recommended for this class: azsark9con@gmail.com 13/16

Map to 2014 AZSAR Conference Field locations A CCSO, 911 E Sawmill Rd, Flagstaff, AZ 86001 B 14628 E Lost Wagon Trail, Parks, AZ 86018 14/16

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