AREA SEARCH DOGS must be trained and tested in order that user agencies be ensured that they are using a quality team. Training and testing are inseparable. Quality cannot be tested into a dog team. Testing serves only as a quality control measure. Training is at the core of the validity of a detector dog team and is the foundation of that team’s service.      

The need for a specialist dog trained to locate live human subjects as well as recently deceased humans is clear. SDONA feels that a rigorous performance evaluation will result in a canine which can search for the lost human subject whether they are alive or deceased in many situations.  The Area Search Operational Readiness Test (ORT) provides an opportunity to test a K9 team to rigorous, field-appropriate standards that mimic a 24-48 hour operational mission period.   

Before you sign up for this testing event, please be sure to carefully review the entire Area ORT testing document with requirements and testing parameters.  

Details: 
When:   May 11-12, 2020
Where:  Flagstaff, AZ
Cost:   $125 per handler/dog team.  

Lunch/meals will not be provided.  As this is an Operational Readiness Test, the handler is responsible for all provisions for themselves and their K9 for the entire testing period.  

REGISTER AT: http://www.sdona.org/reg-area-ort-oct-2020.html