CENTRAL
LAKES SEARCH AND RESCUE
102 8th Street West, Carlos,
MN 56319
K-9 Disciplines
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K-9 Disciplines |
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K-9's can be trained for many types of search and rescue disciplines. A discipline is a way of searching that the dog will naturally do, that we encourage and strengthen with training. Some units only train a K-9 for one discipline, however in our area of the country it is helpful to have K-9's that are cross-trained for multiple disciplines.
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dogs are trained to focus on one
scent - human - and search
for it alone to the exclusion of all others.
Scent travels on air currents outward in the shape of a cone. The dogs use the
currents to pick up the scent and follow it as it gets stronger. Scent can be
"airborne" or "ground borne". Weather and terrain conditions can affect how
scent moves as well as its viability, however these K-9's are trained to locate
and follow the scent, working from faint to strong.