by Suzanne Elshult | Sep 23, 2021 | Media Coverage, News
Last week A Dog’s Devotion: True Adventures of a K9 Search and Rescue Team (our soon to be published book) won 1st Place in the PNWA (Pacific Northwest Writers Association) 2021 Literary Writers Contest (Nonfiction/Memoir Category). There were over...
by Suzanne Elshult | Sep 10, 2021 | General Search and Rescue, Inspiration, K9 Search and Rescue
I came into the world of K9 search and rescue suddenly and naively, with a vision of wanting to help improve the world in some way. It’s the morning of September 11, 2001, and the phone rings. To my surprise, it’s my big brother who calls all the way from...
by Suzanne Elshult | Aug 24, 2021 | Events, News
A Dog’s Devotion is a finalist (selected from over 400 entries) in the Pacific Northwest Writers Association 2021 Literary Contest. We will be participating in an Awards Ceremony on September 18.
by Suzanne Elshult | Jul 28, 2021 | News
In July 2021 K9 Kili and handler Suzanne attended three days of water training with Deb and Joe Hurlburt to find drowning victims at the Teton Dam In Idaho for a second year this Summer. New skills were acquired and there was also an encounter with an enormous...
by Suzanne Elshult | Jul 12, 2021 | Events
Last week, we welcomed Paul Martin of HRD Specialized K-9 Training Est. 2002 to the Pacific Northwest for a Clandestine Graves & Cold Cases K9 SAR workshop. 12 handlers and their K9 partners from throughout Washington State, along with a few observers, went...
