Looking back on it, the kid was rattled — I think that, even through the distortion of hindsight, that’s a valid memory. I was taking a...

Motivated bold puppy is motivated and bold. Handler *&^%-eating grin is genuine. Chicken hat is awesome. Nobody slags on the chicken hat....

How our training day went at Laurel Caverns, and what we learned...

Being a hider for our K9 teams is a HUGE help. Our dogs need "strangers" to search for, or they get kinda lazy and only want to find us....

It isn't all walking down nice trails on beautiful days, but it is worth every single thorn and drop of sweat.

SAR is a team effort, with no room for people who want glory.

The stories out there are riveting...how the rescue team got down to the hiker perched on the cliff, how the search time found the...

how to deal with bears when hiking and camping.

One day, in the Before Time, Heather, I, and our beloved Lilly were out taking a walk on the grounds of a certain defunct Massachusetts...

No names, dates, places, or gendered pronouns. Dog handlers are a little too quick to talk smack about each other as it is. I will say it...

A couple of days into the search, things were not looking so good for our subject. For one thing, there was his physical condition....

(This article was originally published in Wilderness Medicine Magazine) It was an ugly scenario, I’ll give you that. We’d gotten the call...

Unless you are Harry Potter or "He Who Shall Not Be Named", snakes can be scary. They are an important part of our ecosystems, though, so...

I don’t remember what I was trying to figure out. But I do recall getting the name of an expert in finding human remains. Somebody who’d...

So my surgeon's partner is yanking on my toe with a great big frown on his face. “There's less flexibility now than there was last time....

Over 13,000 acres and 50 miles of trails, Cooper's Rock is one of the loveliest places to spend a day or a weekend. It's got camping,...

This article appears on the Allegheny Front site. It is a pretty magical bit of writing, and Ken's love of Nature (as well as his...

I had a puppy who needed a job to do. Specifically, THIS work - air-scent search. I hadn't done SAR before, but he needed it, so I was...

I spent Thursday in the woods helping search and rescue dogs, their handlers and other volunteers with training. I was not sure what to...

Most people picture a dog running up to them, barking. A person is close behind, and within seconds you know you are safe. That isn't...