Suzanne, Keb and Kili participated in an NADD (National Association of Dock Diving) Dock Diving event. While Keb, at the age of ten, is performing solidly at the Junior Level and loves the game, Kili, who just turned two, is in his prime and achieved his Masters...
Suzanne and K9 Kili attended a three day K9 SAR water training workshop at the Teton Dam in Idaho in late July. Instructors Deb and Joe Hurlburt provided opportunities for all participating dog teams to run shoreline problems as well as lengthy searches by boat. All...
Scholarship and Training Opportunity. Suzanne is the happy recipient of a $500 K9 Redden Memorial Training Scholarship. This scholarship will be used to develop additional skills helpful on cold cases and historical search. Grateful for this opportunity.
This Summer we have seen a huge number of searches in Washington State as hikers are getting tired of staying isolated and flock to the mountains in huge numbers, many unprepared for our rugged mountains. Guy has kept very busy with the Washington State SAR Planning...
The season was slow to get started due to Covid, but both Kili and Keb participated in a competitive event in July and hope to do more in September. At ten years old Keb isn’t jumping as far as Kili (who is now doing over twenty feet) bu she gets style points.
July 2020: What arrived in the mail? Both Keb and Kili received AKC (American Kennel Club) Titles, Intermediate and Advanced respectively, as Trick Dogs in July. AKC is now providing virtual opportunities to qualify for some titles due to Covid-19 and we were able to...
April 2020: Guy Mansfield co-authored a paper under the auspices of the Washington State Planning Unit that was recently published in the Journal of Search and Rescue. The Washington State SAR Planning Unit was formed in 2018 to provide search planning resources...
February 2020: Cascadia Search Dogs was awarded a grant from the Puget Sound Energy Foundation to provide a regional search dog training for SAR dog handlers.
Suzanne attended the 2020 Pacific Northwest Writers Conference. Cascadia Search Dogs was the benefactor of a Boyscout Eagle Project. Troop 20 built an agility yard for our K9s.
August 2019: Keb earned her Junior National Association of Dock Diving (NADD) title, while puppy Kili earned his senior title at Brown Dog University.