Search and Rescue Dogs of the United States
2009 Summer Evaluator Clinic

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2009 Summer Evaluator Clinic

It was a wonderful five days spent in the great town of Estes Park, Colorado.  The 2009 SARDUS National Evaluator clinic was a great experience by all. 

SARDUS evaluators now represent:

Alaska

California

Colorado

Illinois

Iowa

Kansas

Michigan

Montana

Nebraska

Texas

Virginia

Alberta, Canada

Nova Scotia, Canada


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Special thanks to the local teams from Colorado that supported this effort:

 William "Bill" Young- Larimer County Search and Rescue, Search and Rescue Dogs of Colorado, Colorado Search and Rescue Board

Jayne Zmijewski-  Larimer County Search and Rescue, Search and Rescue Dogs of Colorado

Ann Wichmann- Front Range Rescue Dogs, FEMA, SARDUS

Jane Mather- Grand County Search and Rescue

Robin Anderson- Larimer County Search and Rescue, Search and Rescue Dogs of Colorado

Doree Donovan- Douglas County Search and Rescue, Search and Rescue Dogs of Colorado, FEMA

Jeff Hiebert- Boulder County Parks and Open Space, SARDUS

Also special thanks to the efforts to BOD members; John Beck, Nebraska, and Robin Habegar, Iowa, who traveled to Colorado to represent their areas of specialty and to lead the conference!

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The level of experience that these individuals brought to this clinic was amazing.  We were able to test our evaluation procedures and standards with dog teams representing vastly different regions of the United States.  We learned that many teams do things differently, bringing new ideas into the process.

We were able to conduct 35 tests.  We tested dogs at varying levels of training, those at the beginning of their training to dog teams already certify in their specialties.  We ran tests in Airscent, urban and wilderness Trailing, and Human Remains Detection. 

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Our work continues as we improve our testing and evaluation process.  We will implement modifications to our standards that reflect what we have learned over the clinic.  The majority of individuals that were involved in this process were here because they want a national certification to support their local certification process.

Thank you to all that participated in this clinic! 


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