On May 6 and 7, 2023, the Iron County Sheriff SAR (ICSSAR) K9 group sponsored an intensive K9 training with instructor Jeff Young from Weber County SAR K9 and a private investigator with Utah Tactical Coaching (UTC Investigations) in Ogden, Utah. Jeff and his K9 partner Zoey are a certified K9 team through the North American Police Work Dog Association, (NAPWDA). Jeff and Zoey have certifications in Cadaver, Tracking and Area Live Find. He has extensive knowledge of K9 handling. Jeff is a Military Veteran and former Police Officer.
The attendees for this event consisted of 5 handlers and 3 support personnel from ICSSAR and 3 handlers from the Kane County Sheriff Search & Rescue K9 team. There was a total of 11 K9’s involved with the training. We were very excited to have members from Kane County here with us and are looking forward to working and training with them again in the future.
The training was very in-depth and began with a classroom style discussion on Saturday morning which focused on handling techniques and best practices during all phases of a search while using dogs. The training continued during the day with one-on-one practical instruction for each handler and K9 for human remains detection, (HRD). Once that had concluded and after a rest and dinner break, training continued with a nighttime area live find scenario for each K9 team. Training resumed Sunday morning with more scenarios and personal instruction for tracking and area live find.
The two-day event was a tremendous opportunity for the team. Not only did the K9 handlers learn new things but they were able to expand on the knowledge they already had. We are beyond grateful that Jeff was willing to travel to our neck of the woods for this weekend-long training and to share so much of his knowledge and experience. We’re also thankful for the opportunity to train with our counterparts in Kane County and look forward to working and training with them in the future.
For some of our training videos, head over to our YouTube channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCS8-PoZR0BMJK7hwxUrP0vw
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