Survival Short: Unleashing the Secrets of Search and Rescue (SAR) Dog Training

Out Alive from Backpacker

Louisa Albanese

Places & Travel, Sports, Society & Culture

4.6 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 29 March 2023

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

In addition to our regular episodes, we're thrilled to introduce a brand new monthly series called Survival Shorts. These episodes take a deeper dive into the world of survival, with expert advice, fascinating inquiries, and conversations with rescue professionals. These Survival Shorts episodes promise to be informative, thought-provoking, and engaging, offering listeners a deeper understanding of the challenges and complexities of survival in the backcountry. In this episode, we're sitting down with Jeff, a Search and Rescue dog trainer and handler to chat about the world of canine search and rescue. He'll share his personal experiences working alongside his dog, Kismet, and give us a glimpse into the unique bond that develops between a handler and their furry companion. We'll be diving into the nitty-gritty of the rigorous training process for SAR dogs and learning all about the specialized skills and abilities that make them such an important part of search and rescue operations. We'll be talking about everything from tracking scents to navigating tricky terrain – it's all in a day's work for these highly trained pups!

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0:00.0	Out-alive is made possible by outside-plus subscribers.
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0:12.2	Browse gear reviews, training plans, travel guides, videos, and the survival stories you
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0:18.2	Download the outside-plus app now from the App Store and use your outside-plus login to
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0:26.3	The one subscription to fuel all your adventures.
0:34.3	Welcome to our survival short series from Out-alive.
0:39.3	Alongside the heroing stories you love, we're introducing by weekly mini-sodes for twice the listening.
0:47.3	In this special series we get to dive deeper into the world of survival with more expert
0:53.3	advice, fascinating inquiries, and conversations with rescue professionals.
0:59.3	On today's survival short, we'll take an inside look into the world of some of the most
1:05.3	hard-working and indispensable members of certain rescue.
1:11.3	The relationship between dogs and humans predates modern language and history.
1:17.3	Drawings and caves of humans with dogs coexisting and even hurting sheep
1:22.3	date back nearly 10,000 years ago.
1:25.3	And while every pet owner thinks of their furious family members as special, some dogs are
1:32.3	bred and trained as actual heroes.
1:35.3	Search and rescue dogs and their canine handlers are called to duty when humans face threats
1:41.3	from avalanches, natural disasters, and to track people lost in the wilderness.
1:48.3	My dog is named Kismet.
1:53.3	She is a full-blooded registered German Shepherd dog.
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