Researchers at the University of California, Davis, have updated their guidelines on when to neuter 40 popular dog varieties by breed and sex. Their recent paper in Frontiers in Veterinary Science adds five breeds to a line of research that began in 2013 with a study that suggested that early neutering of golden retrievers […]
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Lost and Found: On the Front Lines with a Search and Rescue Trailing Dog
By Cat McBride (with permission from Bay Woof) You’re woken up at 2 a.m. by an emergency alert blaring from your phone. You roll over and check the message: immediate callout for two trailing K9 teams to respond to a search for a missing 6-year-old in Los Gatos. You respond […]
Read MoreNational Search and Rescue Week: May 16 – 22
Honored to be a part of the California Office of Emergency Services canine resource team. National Search and Rescue Week takes place on May 16 – 22, 2024 and Cal OES recognizes all search and rescue (SAR) responders and unique task force teams who dedicate their lives to help locate […]
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Good Day at Tahoe Expedition Academy: Talking how search dogs work
Thank you to the second grade class at Tahoe Expedition Academy for hosting Ken Volz and Griffin. The class heard about: how search dogs work, how people get lost, and what to do if you are lost. We got some wonderful questions at the end. Thank you, CARDA
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Meeting with Community Groups: CalSAR and California National Guard
We want to extend a huge thank you to all those who participated in the March 17 event at Morgan Territory in Contra Costa County. We had a total of 23 CalSAR personnel, 19 community volunteers and 15 CARDA handlers in the morning (and 12 in the afternoon, some of whom […]
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