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2006 NASAR Conference

GHSD members attends NASAR conference

The National Association of Search and Rescue annual conference was held 24-27 May 2006 in Austin, TX at the beautiful Renaissance Hotel. Four members of GHSD attended the conference, either as presenters or attendees. This conference has grown so much over the years that there are eight different sections simultaneously presenting information to their interested peers. From water to homeland security and medical to canine, there is a plethora of information for every aspect of SAR.

Since we use canines for SAR, our members attended the K9 section for the conference. Many fabulous topics, such as ethics, motivation, water theory, and behavior, were presented by great teachers and handlers. Each member learned something and was able to network with other K9 handlers across the country. This was a great experience, for three of us it was our first conference, and hopefully ideas brought back can be implemented into trainings to better our search dogs, handlers, and support personnel.

Heather Leeson