Adam and Woody

Adam and his canine partner Woody have been with Rocky Mountain Rescue Dogs for
three years. Woody is a 4 year old mixed breed.

Currently, Adam and Woody are certified as a Level II SAR team, and have completed Tactical Trailing Courses 1 and 2.

Adam is a Lieutenant with the Civil Air Patrol, a First Responder with American Red Cross, a member of The National Association
of Search and Rescue, and has completed Wilderness Fire Safety Courses and First Responder Training.

He has also served as a Rocky Mountain Rescue Dogs Management
Trainee.

Barb and Kozi

Barb started with Rocky Mountain Rescue Dogs, Inc, in June of 1983. She originally got
involved to keep Jingo active during the summer. Jingo was the first avalanche dog at
Alta, and both soon discovered they really liked working year round. Jingo and Barb
searched all over the West, Montana, Idaho, Colorado and Nevada along with Utah.
Jingo also attended the first disaster training school in Bozeman, Montana, when the
SAR community began gearing up for disasters after the Mexico City earthquake. Barb
and Jingo, along with the rest of RMRD teams, were on standby to go to Mexico City.
Barb lost Jingo to cancer in 1991.
Marley was her second dog, she was supposed to learn from Jingo, but unfortunately,
Jingo passed over the Rainbow Bridge a month prior to Marley’s arrival. Marley was totally
different from Jingo and much more difficult to train. She was hyper active and very
independent so everyone really helped train her. Barb wasn’t sure she was going to be a
good search dog, but Marley proved her by having a find to her credit before she was retired
at 5 ½ years of age due to eye problems.
After Marley retired, Barb worked her next dog Bailey for two years, until Kozi, the runt of
Bailey’s second litter arrived. Kozi got Momma’s height and length and Dad’s bigger bone
build and is now one hundred pounds of snuggler! Kozi has been the best dog, a great
combination of both Jingo’s and Marley’s qualities. Lots more energy than Jingo, but
much more responsive to humans than Marley was. Kozi also trained for the FEMA disaster
team and missed going to New York City in September 2001 by a short straw! Kozi
has responded to many searches in her career with 2 finds to her credit and has given
her all in everyone. Kozi’s last big search was at 11 years of age in Canyonlands National
Park and for an 11 year old dog, she worked two days and covered 9 miles. Kozi
officially retired at the end of October 2008 from active field work but still does demos
and loves being around kids and adults.

Cole and Luca

Dee and Pastis

Dee and Pastis joined RMRD in March 2006 and became members in January 2007. Pastis started when she was just a puppy and loves everything about search work. If she didn’t search, Dee would be doing marathon training to keep her busy. She excels at agility, article searching, building searching and wilderness. Her mode of working is to do figure eights out in front of Dee and out to the sides about 100 yards. She chooses the track or air that she thinks is the most direct. If she finds the track while doing a grid search then she takes off on the track or if she is tracking to leave the track to go straight to the victim or jumps to a hotter section of track. Dee used to have a difficult time determining her search strategy, but always trusts her and allows her to search her way. Dee and Pastis are certified as a Level III Rocky Mountain Rescue Dog team as well as Tactical Tracking Teams, Level II Area Searching and Level III Tracking with NASAR. Dee is fortunate to be self-employed with many clients who support his need to leave at a moment’s notice to attend a search.

Gary and Ashley

Ashley, Gary’s canine partner, is a Husky/Lab mix. Ashley is 5 years old. AKC Canine Good Citizen.
Gary and Ashley have worked in K-9 search and rescue going on 4 years, started in the fall of 2006. They
have trained mostly in HRD (cadaver), tracking and wilderness.

Jan and Scout

Jan and Scout became members of Rocky Mountain in October of 2008 and are a Level III team. Scout is a 4 year old golden retriever and has a special talent for tracking/trailing and avalanche work , but she loves anything that she and her handler do together - especially backpacking, hiking, snowshoeing and running. They are certified in the following areas: NASAR Sartech III; NASAR Sartech II; NASAR Sartech II Evaluator; NASAR Canine Sartech II, Area Search Dog Non-Discriminating; NASAR Canine Sartech III, Trailing Search Dog; NASAR Canine Human Remains Detection – Land Type Other (Non-Disaster Operations); TTT Level I-Basic Trailing Discipline; TTT/Georgia K-9 NTC Level II-Intermediate Trailing Discipline; and AKC Canine Good Citizen. They have attended K-9 training seminars in HRD, Area and Trailing/Tracking in California, Idaho, Wyoming and Utah from Tactical Tracker Teams, Georgia K-9 National Training Center, NSDA and NAPWDA.

Kacy and Uintah

Kacy and Uintah joined Rocky Mountain Rescue Dogs in 2006 and were
certified as a Level III team in April 2011. Uintah is a 6 year old Golden Retriever who lives to search.
Uintah absolutely loves people, especially kids. There is no greater reward
for her than to come to the end of a trail and find someone waiting there for her. Her specialty
is wilderness and article searches, but she also enjoys water recovery, disaster
searches, building searches, avalanche, and tracking.
In October 2009, Uintah located a missing person in West Wendover,
aiding the West Wendover Police Department and the Elko County Sheriff's Office.
Kacy holds a Masters Degree in Forensic Computer Investigations
from the University of New Haven, and manages PetsFirst! Wellness Center in Brigham
City, Utah.

Marie and Guinness

Marie became a certified K9 SAR handler in 2006 with her first dog Kahlua. In 2008 she found her new partner Guinness, a male "Blab" (Bloodhound-Labrador) from Mississippi, who she started training as an 8 week old puppy. From the start it was obvious that Guinness was a natural tracker and a great dog. They are certified as a level III team in both tracking/trailing and wilderness with Rocky Mountain Rescue Dogs. Marie is also certified with National Association for Search and Rescue (NASAR) as a SARTECH II and as a team they have a NASAR Canine Sartech II area and HRD land certifications. Marie is also and NASAR Sartech II evaluator.
Summer of 2009 Marie and Guinness went to Washington State and completed the TTT (Tactical Tracker Teams) and Georgia K9 Academy's 40 hour Trailing Course and passed their level I certification. In April of 2010 they completed a 40 hour California POST and TTT continuing Course hosted by Placerville Police Department and Georgia K9 NTC.
In June of 2010 Guinness and Marie attended NAPWDA's (North American Police Work Dog Association) workshop in Blackfoot, Idaho, with focus on Trailing and HRD. Later that month they went to Cody, Wyoming for a 3 day HRD seminar hosted by NSDA (National Search Dog Alliance).
Marie and Guinness train often, mostly distraction trails that have aged a day or two. They train trailing in urban environment and highly contaminated areas to prepare for any situations where a great trailing dog can make a difference.

Mike and Josie

Mike and Josie have been with RMRD for 3 years and are currently a Level 3 team.

Josie is a three year old Borador (Boarder collie Lab Mix), she enjoys being out looking for people, and their lost toys. She has recovered lost GPS units and other articles.

A Montana native Mike grew up on the mountains in and around Yellowstone. Doing search and rescue is a shameless excuse to play in the outdoors while helping to give to those who find themselves in some unfortunate circumstances.

Scott and Dusty

Scott is a Level 2 handler in RMRD and his dog Dusty is a pure bred Golden Retriever. After
many years hiking and skiing in the mountains of northern Utah, Scott began training as
a search and rescue volunteer in 2008. Professionally Scott works as a professor and
administrator in the Woodbury School of Business at Utah Valley University. When not
training for search, it is Dusty's goal to rid the world of the evil menace of ground squirrel.

Wendy and Tyke

Wendy and Tyke have been training as a team for more than a year. She has been a candidate for RMRD for a few months and is working with Tyke to be certified as a Level II team. They are currently focused on wilderness search. Tyke is a high-energy high-drive yellow lab with an enthusiasm and love for searching.

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