How Scent and Airflow Works
SCENT
How do those dogs find missing people?
This article was orginally published on the Hound and Found Blog: http://houndandthefound.wordpress.com/2012/02/22/how-scent-and-airflow-works/Remember PigPen from Charlie Brown? He always appeared to have clouds of dust coming off of him wherever he went. This is not far from the truth.
Effective Use of Dogs in Search Management
By David Godfrey-Smith, Search & Rescue Dogs of Tasmania, reprinted with permission
The original purpose of this paper was to provide guidelines for police officers and search managers in Tasmania on when to call in and how to make effective use of search and rescue dogs as part of responding to reports of a missing person. Much of the information presented is equally applicable in other jurisdictions, both within Australia and overseas.
DIRECTION & CONTROL
By Shirley Hammond
In order to search areas that the handler is not allowed to access or to avoid hazardous areas, the disaster search dog must be capable of being directed and controlled at a distance. The handler may need to stop the dog, and then send the dog laterally, then stop the dog, call the dog to the handler, and then send it laterally in order to safely reach an area that needs to be searched.