K9 Search and Rescue

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Training that works by harnessing your dog's instincts.

Dr. Resi Gerritsen and Ruud Haak have trained search and rescue dogs for more than 30 years and have taken part in rescue operations around the world. They serve as training directors and international judges for the International Red Cross Federation, the United Nations, the International Rescue Dog Organization and the Federation Cynologique Internationale (FCI). Based on their decades of study and experience, their innovative SAR training method is rooted in a firm, scientific understanding of K9 instincts.

Step-by-step instructions, dozens of illustrations and photographs from the field establish a professional K9 SAR program to benefit both beginners and experts.

Table des matières

Table des matières
Cover	1
Contents	6
Foreword	10
Introduction	12
Buried Deep Under Debris	13
Deployment	14
Team Building	15
1 The History of Search and Rescue Dogs	20
Red Cross Dogs	20
Bringsel Technique	22
Rescue Dogs in World War II	23
“Knock and Call” Search Method	28
Success in Romania	30
Saving Lives, Recovering Bodies	31
2 Training the Natural Way	34
The Origins of Our Method	34
Looking for Solutions	38
What Is a Search and Rescue Dog?	39
Using the Hunting Drive	40
3 The Hunting Drive Complex	42
Aspects of the Hunting Drive Complex	42
The Six Phases of the Dog’s Search	47
An Ideal Way to Use the Drives	52
Search Passion	53
Conditioning	53
The Right Drives	53
A Full Partner	54
4 Training in Three Steps	56
Young Dog Training	57
Adult Dog Training	58
The Learning Process	59
5 Stimulating Interest in the Sock Toy	66
Things That Move Are Prey	66
Search and Prey Playing	67
Developing the Search Passion	68
Misunderstandings in Training	68
Interfering with Play	69
Prey Sharing	70
Introducing a Verbal Command	70
Introducing Rubble Walks	72
6 Connecting the Sock Toy with Human Scent	76
Wilderness Search	76
Disaster Search	79
Reward at the Right Moment	80
Avoid Frustrations	81
Smuggling the Replacement Prey	83
7 Linking the Search Field and a Human to the Sock Toy	86
Leading the Hunt	86
Releasing to Hunt	87
Handling	87
Frustration	89
Direction-Showing Alerts	90
Importance of Training Helpers	90
Rubble Experience	91
Training Essentials	94
Searching Without Prey	95
8 Wilderness Search	102
Search Methods	102
Missing Persons	109
Types of Alerts	109
Training the Barking Alert	113
Training the Bringsel Alert	113
Training the Recall Alert	120
Training Ranging	121
9 Rubble Search	134
Trapped People	134
Types of Alert	135
Training Rubble Search	138
Behavioristic Approach	144
Intelligence	144
10 Disaster Deployment Tactics	160
Dangers and Security	160
Signs of a Collapse	161
Call Out	163
The Packed Backpack	164
Preparing for a Mission Abroad	167
Ten Basic Rules	171
The Five Phases Method	174
Marking Box	188
11 Building Damage Typology	200
Elements of Damage	200
12 Avalanche Search	234
Dangers	234
Dog Bivouac	236
The Training Hole	237
Dog Training	240
Avalanche Probe	243
Avalanche Transceiver	246
Transceiver Search Methods	247
Avalanche Deployment Tactics	250
13 A Serious Task	264
With Faultless Precision	264
Mutual Confidence	265
Which Dogs Can Become SAR Dogs?	266
Who Can Become a Handler?	268
And Who Not?	269
Teamwork	269
Mission Readiness Test	271
Hard Work	271
14 International Rescue Dog Tests	274
IPO-R	274
More Than Sports	275
Testing Structure	276
Mission Readiness Test—Rubble	277
Mission Readiness Test—Area	279
Notes	282
Bibliography	284
About the Authors	286