K-9-1 Harry Oakes & Valorie. Valorie is Harry's current search dog, about to retire	Harry with SAR Dog Kodi. Kodi was Harry's first Search dog.

Harry is the founder and SAR Coordinator of IK9SARS.

Harry has trained over 3,500 SAR dogs and handlers all over the world for SAR. He's won hundreds of local awards for life saving and community service to include the Higgins and Langley Swift Water Rescue Award, the National Jefferson Award, The International K-9 Services Life Saving Award and three letters from the President of The United States of America. Harry is a former police officer of 10 years, Emergency Medical Tech of 26 years, and is currently a full time as the coordinator for K-9 SAR Services, on call 24 hrs a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year to respond anywhere in the world to locate missing people or pets.

Harry also developed the Help Us Find You Child Safety Program, which has been taught to over 3,900 schools, churches, camps and other children's safety events. Through radio, TV, and school presentations, Harry's H.U.F.Y. program has documented 16 lives saved to date. This program teaches children and their parents, what to do if they get lost in the wilderness, how to be prepared, stay in one place, stay warm, dry and alive, signal for help, when it's OK to talk to strangers, and finding safe help.

Also, Harry teaches city survival stranger danger programs, saying NO to drugs, gangs, cigarette smoking and drugs. Disaster preparedness. What to do before, during, and after a disaster. Harry specializes in finding missing children who are lost, missing, runaways, kidnap and murdered victims. Harry does not charge for his services during disasters. He pays for his own airfare, takes time off work, pays for his own shots and the specialized equipment used on scene.

SAR Dog Valorie K-9-1. Valorie Oakes is an internationally certified search and rescue service dog through I.K.9.S.A.R.S. Valorie is a 14 year old, Border collie, Schipperke, Mutt Mix. Valorie was saved from the dog pound at age 5 months and trained for SAR. (Search and Rescue) by her handler Harry. Valorie is Harry's third search dog and is now retired after performing over 5,300 search and rescue cases around the world.