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         Nationally Certified SEARCH and RESCUE DOGS are available
                      upon request through Law Enforcement Agencies only.
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        Anyone from the general public in need of a search dog, please report the
                    incident to local authorities and ask them to request us.
                                     We are available through these
                                                            Law Enforcement Dispatch Numbers
                              I am an on call, independent search dog handler not supported by tax dollars.
               All expenses related to owning, training, certifying, and deploying my search dogs are my own.
                      Families of the missing will never be charged for our services.
Expense reimbursement from deploying agencies is always appreciated but not required.

Trailing (scent specific), Tracking (footstep), Air Scent Area Search.
All dog indications to both live and cadaver.

Demonstration for Civil Air Patrol Cadets, Kim and SAR dog Auri.

        Any AGENCY thinking a search dog may be needed,
call immediately.
  Law Enforcement Dispatch Numbers
I don't mind being turned around if not needed.
Serving South Dakota and the surrounding states.
Based near Rapid City, South Dakota
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For information on my working German Shepherds visit  www.bearpawk9.com.
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Auri

THE DOGS:
Auri is a black sable, long coated German Shepherd Dog. She is a third generation SAR dog of primarily East German (DDR) bloodlines. Auri is an extraordinary working dog, having received four national SAR certifications before the age of two. Certified in tracking, trailing, and air scent area search, she will also indicate to cadaver and human remains. Auri is a special resource for the South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) Child Abduction Task Force. She has an impressive search record with many live and cadaver finds.

Auri

Auri: Trailing (scent specific) Tracking (footstep/ground disturbance) Air Scent Area Search, Cadaver
Auri's first find as published in the North American Police Work Dog Association (NAPWDA) Magazine:

Auri has readily picked up anything I have ever tried to teach her, but as my first search dog, she has taught me so much more than I have taught her. Here she is doing bite work for fun, but her 'real' job, first and foremost, is finding the lost and missing. Auri obtained her CGC title at 9 months and impressed evaluators when, at only 10 months old, she
nationally certified as a Search and Rescue Dog (Scent Specific Trailing), followed by certifying in Air Scent Area Search and Police Tracking (footstep/ground disturbance) at a year and a half.

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Shodo is a black sable German Shepherd of pure Czech bloodlines, linebred on Norbo Ben Ju. In his lifetime, her grand sire was one of fewer than one hundred certified FEMA Advanced Level One SAR Disaster Dogs in the US. Shodo is a focused, meticulous worker with extraordinary scenting capabilities and extreme hunt and bring drives. She excels in any job given her yet has an "off switch".
Shodo- Tracking/Trailing, Air Scent
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Pike- Black sable, long coated German Shepherd of pure East German (DDR) bloodlines. He is from a breeder who had one of her pups go on to work cadaver/recovery at Ground Zero, 9/11. Highly driven, tenacious, and extremely loyal, Pike is my constant companion and Personal Protection Dog. (PPD).
Pike: PPD, Air Scent Area Search,

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In Memory of Bridger

Bridger is the dog that started it all. While not my first German Shepherd, he was the first to hold a huge piece of my heart..... and still does. He is the dog I've tried to replace, but can't. Bridger came to me as a started police K9 whose handler had passed away. He was my once in a lifetime dog, incredible on every level.
Bridger died of Degenerative Myelopathy (DM). I would say to anyone looking at buying a German Shepherd pup- MAKE SURE THE PARENTS HAVE BEEN SCREENED for DM. This disease is completely avoidable through inexpensive genetic testing and responsible breeding. Unfortunately, the test wasn't yet available in Bridger's time.

Bridger will forever be missed, but he appropriately now rests with a human police officer.... my son.
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