As we reach the end of 2023, I am taking a moment to reflect on favorite stories, experiences and events of the year. I believe in dreaming big and want to make a meaningful difference in the world, particularly at this time when there is so much trouble all around. I...
Keb has retired from her career as a detection dog but she still enjoys being the ambassador for all search and rescue dogs. Most recently she was a much celebrated guest at a Lynnwood Chamber of Commerce lunch hour presentation where Suzanne and Guy shared missions...
We have had the great honor on two multiday efforts in 2023 (with another planned search in the Spring of 2024) to work alongside members of the Yakama Nation in the search for unmarked graves on the site of the first US reservation boarding school just outside White...
On Monday April 3, 2023 at the Seattle Mariners’ home game with Los Angeles Angels, 13-year-old K9 “Keb”, the 2022 American Humane Search and Rescue Hero Dog, caught the ceremonial first pitch of the game! Keb appeared at the home plate (and on the Big Screen),...
“When my teammate Guy and I started writing our book “A Dog’s Devotion: True Adventures of a K9 Search and Rescue Team” some 5 years ago, we knew absolutely nothing about the publishing process. Getting an agent, a publisher and getting a final manuscript presented...
"Most hikers prepare only for what they expect. Safe hikers prepare for what they don’t expect.” Hubris [hy00-bris] noun: Excessive self-confidence. I am seeing a trend in wilderness travelers toward death by hubris – not hubris in the sense of arrogance, but of...
K9s Keb (American Humane SAR Hero Dog 2022 and star in soon to be released book: A Dog’s Devotion) and Kili passed their third party Canine Forensics Foundation Historical Human Remains Detection certification yesterday. This work requires fine gridding and dogs...
It had been four days since I dropped off Kevin and his daughter Katie at the Pacific Crest Trailhead at Snoqualmie Pass. For two months, this intrepid pair had been working their way northbound on the trail -- through northern California, then Oregon, then...
Keb is the WINNER of the American Humane Society Search and Rescue Dog Award and one of seven dogs vying for the overall National Dog Hero Title. Voting continues until September 13. As a puppy Keb was quite a handful. She had unending energy, and she was fearless and...
It was just after midnight when we parked near the cemetery on the outskirts of Snohomish, Washington and began our assignment. As Team 7, Erin and I had been tasked with searching the grounds of the cemetery: 25 acres of grass, graves, and tombstones. After putting...