INTERNATIONAL K-9 SEARCH & RESCUE SERVICES
P.O. Box# 1472 Longview, Washington 98632 USA.
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Email: searchdog@iinet.com  or harry98632@yahoo.com
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How to Find Your Lost Pet. Written By Mr. Harry E. Oakes Jr.

The most documented missing person and missing person and lost pet
Search and rescue expert in the world.

People spend a lot of money, time, and tears, searching for their missing pet(s). This information comes from my 38 years plus of looking for missing persons, and 25 years looking for missing pets. I hope this helps you bring home your loved one.
Forward: I started in Search and Rescue in 1972 with the Multnomah County Sheriff’s Dept. L.E. Explorer Post# 900. In 1986, I co-founded the search dog team Oregon D.O.G.S. (Dogs Organized for Ground Search and Rescue, for the state of Oregon while I was a team leader for Portland Mountain Rescue. In 1988 I founded the international response team of Mountain Wilderness Search dogs.
In 1988, I did my first pet search with my second search dog “Ranger” and we found the missing cat “Dweezil” in less then 20 seconds. (Hiding upstairs under the waterbed in the client’s home).
In 1997 I started the first professional FOR PROFIT K-9 SAR dog team in the world. It’s called International K-9 Search and Rescue Services. We provide professionally trained K-9 SAR Dog Teams and coordinators 24 / 7 around the world for missing people or lost pets.
In 1999, I co-founded the search dog teams for the country of Turkey after responding to their earthquakes as a rescuer. In 2002, I co-founded the search dog program for the US Virgin Islands on St Croix USVI.

With 12 years of Law Enforcement, and 36 years of combined Search and Rescue experience, the information I’m about to pass on to you the reader, are the methods I’ve found useful in finding missing pets. Since 1988, I’ve helped locate over 3,500 lost, stolen, missing pets.
I hope this information helps you in your search efforts.
YOUR PET IS MISSING
Many things can happen to your missing pet. Your pet may;

*Track your scent and find its way back home.

*Get scared and hide. We often find them hiding in wooded brushy areas, garages, under decks, inside homes in attics, basements, cabinets, crawlspaces, or inside RV’s.

*Befriend a small child or other pet owner and follow them home, to their
work, or to School.

*Pick up a scent they are interested in, such as the scent of food or the
opposite sex, and investigate it. Yes, even if they are neutered or spayed.

*Fall victim to injury, illness, or death. They may be attacked by a predator.
Get hit by a car, shot by a landowner, or fall into the wrong person’s hands
that will try to keep them, harm them, or sell them.

SEARCHING FOR YOUR PET.
(Please print this section out and read it daily).
Remember you are very emotional at this time and will experience many emotions associated with your loss. The four stages of loss are anger, denial, guilt, and final acceptance. Understanding that these are natural common emotions, will help you deal with your feelings and take control of your search.

*Keep a daily journal of what has happened in your search efforts, from day # 1.

Where you posted signs, who you called, and what animal control agencies did you visit, when did you visit them, and whom you talked with once you arrived. Who, What, When, Where, How, and Why.

This is important in case we determine your pet has been stolen and catch the suspect(s). Not only can you prosecute them for “Theft of a domesticated Pet” which is a Class C Felony. You can also file CIVIL charges against them in civil court to recover the cost of your search. The first thing the judge will ask you for is PROOF of your expenses. So document your actions and keep your receipts. Documenting is also a great idea because if for some reason your pet is never found, and you’ve followed each of our steps, you will know you’ve done everything humanly possible to get your loved one back home.

After you read each paragraph, please place your initials on the line at the end of the list, after you’ve completed the task. That way you will proceed in the proper order and won’t miss any instructions.

Remember to: Search your own home area first. Checking any areas of possible hiding spots. We find 15% of the missing pets still on the pet owner’s property, or within ¼ mile of the PLS. Point Last Seen. In garages, doghouses, attics, crawl spaces below the house, apt, sheds, RV’s, behind the washer, dryer, water heater, stove, cabinets, closets, etc. ____.
(NOTE) Cat owners, remember to lift the hood of your vehicle and search under the hood. Cat’s love to warmth of the vehicle engine at night. Also check the nearby trees to see if you cat is stuck in one of them. De-clawed cats can climb.

1. Immediately start a journal, either hand written, or on your computer. _____.
Document your search efforts. Date, Time, what action you took, how much you spent. Results of your actions. Who, What, When, Why, Where, and How.
2. Document your expenses: Cost of newspaper ads, photocopying, telephone calls, time off work, fuel, cost of search dogs, veterinarians, attorney fees, etc. Reason: If you determine that your pet has been stolen and if the suspect(s) is – are later identified, you can then file for damages in a civil court to recover your expenses. I’m repeating myself but this is so very important. Document your actions and expenses from the beginning of your search. On my computer, I use Microsoft word for the daily journals and Excel for the cost accounting figures.___.

3. Check all animal control agencies within a four county region. North, South, East and West of where your pet was last seen. File a missing pet report. Or, if it’s been determined by a qualified search dog team that your pet has been stolen, file a stolen pet report with the local Humane Society Law Enforcement Division and your local law enforcement agency as well as your local animal control shelters.

Don’t just search within your county. We’ve found over the years, that many folks are well meaning, but also lazy. They may see your pet, feel sorry for it, and pick it up to keep it safe. Then turn it in to their local animal control instead of the animal control or shelter nearest where they picked it up. This is often in an entirely different jurisdiction.
They may work or be visiting from out of the area when they pick up your pet. _______.
We had a case in Florida where the pet was lost in Hollywood, FL and found 700 miles north a month later. Upon inspecting the dog, it had been transported by vehicle to this shelter.

Pets are now considered personal property and it’s illegal for another person to take possession of your property (your pet) without following strict Federal, State, and County guidelines. If the person(s) who has recovered your pet hasn’t filed a found report with the authorities within the specified time limit, (usually 48 hours) they may be guilty of theft of private property.____.

3. A. Check the animal control agencies files. NEVER EVER TAKE THE VOLUNTEERS or EMPLOYEES WORD THAT YOUR PET IS NOT AT THEIR FACILITY.
4. Most facilities are understaffed and over crowded. I’ve seen a facility miss a GREAT DANE. I found it in their shelter the first day I went there. This after they told my client, ”they didn’t have a Great Dane in their custody”.

Physically drive to the shelters and animal control agencies and check their kennels. Fax or email all veterinarian offices within your search area. Give them a current photo and your personal information. While at the shelters, check their dead on arrival files-(DOA’s), sick and injured files, quarantine kennels, adoption and destroy files. Also the temporary adoption files. (This is a record where a person who has found a pet can call in and register by email or telephone that they are taking care of the pet). _____.
Most of these facilities are run as a non-profit and therefore their records are open for public inspection. If the shelter refuses to allow you to review their files, get an attorney. Keep checking their files, in person, not over the telephone, every three days. Don’t give up for 8 weeks._____.
B. Check your ads on the Internet. Craigslist ( www.craiglist.com ) in two sections. Lost and Found and under PETS. You can also post on MYSPACE as well as various other locations on the Internet FOR FREE._____.

Contact International K-9 Search & Rescue. www.k9sardog.com.
Email: harry98632@yahoo.com or searchdog@iinet.com

We’re the most documented professional K-9 SAR Dog tracking team in the world for missing pets or persons. We keep on ongoing computer registered report on lost and found pets around the world.

NOTE: I strongly recommend that you stay away from most
PET DETECTIVES. These are Private Investigators who claim to have search dogs, unless you check a minimum of three of their references.

Most Pet Detectives that we’ve investigated, after receiving numerous complaints from their previous clients, aren’t trained properly, and lack experience. They may be great private investigators, but lack the other skills needed for this type of work. Most of these folks who state they use search dogs aren’t search dog handlers at all. Nor are their dogs trained and tested in Search and Rescue.

Before you hire anyone, check his or her references. Get a signed contract for services showing up front, what they can and can’t do for your money. Obtain an after action search report. Contact our web site links for reputable Pet Detectives.

The problem we are seeing recently is that there are new PET DETECTIVE and PET SAR Groups popping up all over the USA. One such example is a woman in California.

First she states she’s qualified to teach K-9 SAR groups. Yet she claims “A search dog can’t follow a scent trail older then 72 hours”. Any professional K-9 SAR Dog team can tell you that isn’t true. Numerous search dog teams throughout the USA have repeatedly documented following scent trails as old as year and have found the missing person dead. We’ve also tracked a cat missing for over a year and found it alive. This so-called “Animal professional K-9 instructor” doesn’t have a clue of what she is talking about. Do you want people she’s trained working for you?

She travels around giving Pet Detectives and SAR (search and rescue) conferences at $650.00 per student. The students attending these conferences get a certificate of completion. Then the attendees feel they are now qualified to charge money for their new found knowledge. After their 50 hours of training or less, they claim to have real search dogs.

Fact is, they’ve received about 50 hours of training or less. Our professional K-9 SAR dog teams get an average of 450 hours of training in K-9 SAR, first aid, basic tracking, report writing, crime scene investigations and other topics related to finding missing persons or pets. And, we’re tested yearly for our certification levels.

Real search dogs Vs Pet detective search dog cases.
Example#1. We received a call from a client who has hired a woman from Oklahoma City, who claims she has two search dogs. She had responded and performed her Pet PI search for the clients lost cat. The PET DETECTIVE charged the client approximately $900.00 to do her search. According to the client, this Pet PI didn’t file a report, or issue a receipt for monies paid, and told the client that, ”she found her cat’s remains in the snow”. (It turned out to be rabbit hair).

We flew out there with a qualified search dog team and determined the client’s cat was picked up near a play ground and is very much alive. This for ½ the fee the PI had charged.

Example#2. We received another complaint in Wyoming. They had flown a Pet search dog PI person from San Diego, Ca. out and wasn’t happy at all with the dog handler’s performance. Again, no after action report was issued, or receipt issued for the service. They had paid this searcher over $3000.00 for her search.

We were able to help the client, just through telephone calls, get their dog located and returned home safely for free. We also assisted the client in filing a complaint against the Pet PI search dog person from San Diego, Ca. with the Better Business Bureau and get their money refunded.
PLEASE check references and the search dog handler’s training and certification (We call is qualification standards), before you hire a PET PI or search dog team.

Example# 3. A client in Southern Ca. tried to get a “Pet Detective Search Dog team from S. Ca. to respond to his lost cat search. She charged him $80.00 dollars just to give the client the same information that we give to our client for free over the phone. She quoted in an outrages price to travel 100 miles to do the search for his lost cat. The client flew us down there to his area, we did the search, and found his cat had been killed by a coyote for 1/3 of the price this PET PI quoted the client.

Example# 4. This client out of LA, Ca. hired a PET DETECTIVE out of Montana. She paid her over $2,500 to come track her lost cat. The Pet detective refused to give her a written report, and her story about where her client’s cat went was proved to be wrong. After wasting three
months of the client’s time, efforts, and money. We came down and for ½ the cost determined her cat was stolen by the clients own family member. We have a valid suspect in the case.

Example# 5. This client of Idaho, wanted to hire a Pet Detective who said, it would cost a minimum of $150.00 for her to come out and look. We did the consult for free and that afternoon our client got her dog back safe and alive for FREE.

Example# 6. A client in Ca. hired a PET DETECTIVE who brought in two dog teams. They refused to allow the client to go along with them and claimed their search dogs tracked his dog to an area where it was picked up. They (the pet detectives) breached their own contract by not allowing their client to come along and witness the search that he was paying for.

Example# 7. A client in Canada hired a Pet Detective from Arizona. She brought them up twice at great expense to search for her lost cat. The Pet Detective and her search dog, never found anything. We were asked to come up to BC Canada and do the search. We did it for 1/8th of the amount of money the Pet Det. Charged and after she had failed twice, it took our search dog 5 minutes to locate where the clients cat had been killed right behind the clients house in the alley.

Example# 8. The same Pet Det. We received numerous complaints on from Oklahoma had charged a woman client from NY $180.00 to profile her missing pet. (This is something we do for all of our clients for free. The client was furious when she found out the Pet Det. Was completely off base, and that we were able to do the same thing over the telephone for FREE.

Example# 9. I recently got a telephone call from a client in Las Vegas, Nv. She had two dogs missing in the desert. She contacted a MARS Pet Detective who quoted her $4000.00 to respond and do a search with her UNTRAINED UNCERTIFIED SAR Dog. This client ended up hiring I.K.9.S.A.R.S. our services. We helped her bring closure to both of the dog cases for less then $2,500.00 dollars.
We have numerous other complaints ref: these MAR’s pet detectives groups and how they do their searches and how they charge for their services. While we support anyone who is out there trying to make a difference regarding lost pets, we don’t support taking advantage of someone during their time of need.

Police officers, doctors, attorneys, nurses, paramedics, fireman, all provide a professional service for people during their time of need. We also provide the same level of expertise in our field.

1). We send our clients a contract that spells out in great detail what we can and
can’t do, what we charge, and the contract protects the client and our search
dog team(s).

2). Our clients are asked to come along with us to witness our search efforts and
ask questions to better understand the process.

3). We issue a receipt for all money collected.

4). We issue a report that can be turned over to the court system and or law
enforcement.

5). We charge for only what service we provide. The pet detectives ask for a
large deposit that is NOT REFUNDABLE up front. That’s just not right.

If you want a Pet PI, we recommend Melody Pugh. (See our web site for her contact information). If you want a search dog team, then contact our office and we’ll send a trained, tested, professional K-9 SAR Dog team to your location.

Remember to check all of your local animal hospitals, feed stores, vet clinics, animal rescue groups within a 200-mile area. Also post signs at your local feed stores, pet stores such as Petco and Petsmart. Check their lost and found boards. If your pet is a pure bred, check the pure bred rescue groups in your area.

6. Place an ad in the local newspapers.

7. Check your ads in the newspaper. Check the lost and found section, pets for sale, and pets being given away for free. These are located in three different sections of the newspapers. Follow up on each ad that possibly refers to your pet. Never go to the house or location alone to check out a pet sighting. Think ahead and BE SAFE. ___.

9. Don’t give up for 8 weeks. After that period of time, you will need to put closure on your search efforts. Get counseling if needed. You and your family have suffered a terrible loss of a family member.
I recommend that you sit down away from distractions and write your pet a goodbye letter. Bring a box of Kleenex. Tell them what it meant to have them in your life. How it feels to have them gone. What you did to find them. Then when it’s time, let them go. We’ve had successful recoveries a year after our initial search. But honestly those are very rare cases. ___.

10. If the animal is found alive, get it to a vet clinic immediately. Have it check for Giardia, parasite infections, and dehydration. If it’s not micro-chipped, get it chipped right away. Avid, or Home Again offers a great service.____.

NOTE. Many people who have had their pets micro-chipped fail to contact the Microchip Company. Please as soon as you chip your animal, call the microchip company and register your contact information with them immediately. Also give the company a back up contact # of a family member or friend in case you are unable to be contacted during an emergency. If your pet comes up missing, call the microchip company right away and register your pet on the company’s “Hot list” or lost list. Make sure they have your current contact information. In the Portland area, we get approximately 3,500 pets back each year through microchips.

11. If the animal is found dead, contact your local animal shelter or a private pet service for removal, burial, or cremation of the pet’s remains.

Be aware of scams. One of the most common scams is where someone calls you and gets a description of your pet. They may have seen your ads in the newspaper or on a poster in the area. They will then give this information to a partner. The partner calls you and says,” he has your pet”. He or she will give you an accurate description of your pet and describing where he / she found it. He / she will tell you a story, such as, “I’m now out of state traveling (or working). I was in your area and found your pet. If you wire me some money, I will send your pet home immediately”. It’s a scam. DON’T FALL FOR THIS.

If he / she is telling you the truth, then he / she will have no problem taking the pet to the nearest animal shelter, or police department, and verifying through an official agency that they do in fact have your pet. Then you can work out the procedures of rewards and recovery of your pet. Never give anyone any money for your pet until you actually see your pet first.

Another scam. Person will call you and tell you that he / she is retired, or a truck driver, and picked up a hitchhiker who had your pet. Your pet was sick / injured and the person calling you took your pet to the local vet. The caller will then say something like, “If you send me the money that I paid for your pet at the vet’s office, I’ll send you your pet on the next airplane”.

Ask the caller for their telephone#, name, and address. Send the police there to verify their statements. If they are telling you the truth (99.9%) of the time they are not, then work out the details of reward and returning the animal after the police or animal control has verified it is in fact your pet.

Watch out for unsavory businesspersons. There are a lot of new pet finder services out on the market. Get references.

NOTE: There is a web site called PETFINDERS.COM This service allows you to file a report for FREE listing your lost or found pet. We strongly recommend them.

Be wary of pet detectives who charge you fees to go look for your pet. You can do the same job for free. There are a few CREDIBLE PET DETECTIVES. Contact us for our list of referrals.

One comment listed on Craigslist re: Pet finders. “Got a call today from “Petfinders” after listing our lost cat with the Oregonian. They offered to call everybody within a mile radius of our house to give them a description of our lost cat. Looked them up online and it appears to be a total scam”. Beware if they call you.
The person who finds your pet may do the following:
They may call the newspapers and place an ad to advise people that they have found the animal.
Check the lost and found ads for people trying to report their animal missing.

File online with local petfinders.com or other pet rescue resources, (Craigslist, My space, etc.) that they’ve found your pet. Report finding your pet at the local animal shelters, veterinarian clinics, or pet stores.

Some folks will sell your pet or give it away to another person, medical research facility, or to a friend.

NOTE: Numerous hospitals and medical research facilities buy animals (dogs and cats) off the street. They claim they don’t, but we have proved this isn’t so. They will not let us tour their facilities for your pet. This includes local hospitals like OHSU, and Good Samaritan. Never support these facilities.

Performing medical experiments and testing on animals is cruel and wrong.





The person, who has your pet, may be lonely and may keep the pet and take good care of it. (Especially around the holidays). They may take your pet to a public place such as a park, school, or shopping mall, and let it go, hoping someone else will pick it up and take care of it, or that it will find its way back home. Some cultures will eat your pet. This is highly unusual here in the USA, but it does happen in less then 1% of the cases.

PREDATORS. There are many types of predators that may attack and kill or injure your pet. Humans trying to capture your pet to collect the rewards, or sell it to a medical facility for experiments. Other animals such as other dogs, birds of prey such as hawks, eagles, owls. coyotes, raccoons, possums, cougars, or bears may also attack your pet.

Predators killing your pet occur in 35% of our cases that we investigate. If you live in the wilderness, country, or rural areas, check your local animal trails for coyote-bear-wolf poop and look for your pet’s hair inside to prove or disprove it’s been consumed by a predator.

Hawks, Eagles, Owls, Possums, Raccoons, Coyotes, Fox, Bears, Cougars, Bob cats, and some larger snakes can eat small dogs and cats. Don’t blame the predator. You’re the one who allowed fifi or fido to run loose in the predator’s home. Every year from March through July, we find a huge increase of missing small dogs and cats that have become food for coyotes and raccoons feeding and protecting their young. Be aware of the dangers of allowing your pet to run loose.

WHEN YOU’VE FOUND YOUR PET. Your pet may suffer from psychogenic shock and it may be traumatized. Your pet might not even recognize you as their owner, once you’ve spotted one another. NEVER RUN UP TO YOUR PET.

Your pet may run away, or it may attack you to defend itself. The best thing to do is to STOP and SIT DOWN near the pet, take a deep breath, and calm down. Calmly call out your pet’s name repeatedly, in a very soft voice, trying to lure it back to you.

If you have another pet at home that has bonded with the missing pet, take it with you on your search. Let your other pet greet the one that’s in shock. Once you’ve recovered your pet, take it to your vet. Immediately.
IF YOUR PET IS FOUND HIDING or has been spotted. Bring some pet food and something that has your scent on it, like a dirty sock, shirt, or other piece of clothing that hasn’t been washed. Put some of the pet’s food into the pieces of your unwashed clothing, and leave it in the immediate area. You may even leave your scent trail from this area to your home, if it’s close by. This may bring the pet out of its shock and draw it back to you. Leave a piece of soiled unwashed clothing, cut up in the size of a quarter, trailing home. One piece every 50 feet.

HUMAN URINE SCENT TRAIL. (Pee trail). Another method that works is to have the person who the pet is bonded with the most at home, urinate into a spray bottle. Mix the urine with water. This sounds weird, but this actually has brought home about 5% of our cases. Then go to the areas of possible sightings and spray a SCENT TRAIL of your urine back home. One squirt (from the spray bottle) every 30 yards. Use a route where your pet won’t get hit by a car. The pet may not come out of hiding. A live box trap and trained animal capture staff are available to trap the animal without hurting it. Contact your local animal control agency for assistance.

If your Pet is found dead. You may call a Critter Gitter service to transport it, or animal control to pick up and handle your pet’s remains for cremation or burial services. See pet loss support group counseling services. They are free.

THE USE OF SEARCH DOGS. If your pet is lost and you’ve called our K-9 Search & Rescue team, here’s what to expect. First we’ll send you this lost pet profile information for free.
We will obtain a missing pet description and profile, take a report, and obtain a scent article belonging to your pet. (Some kind of fur, hair, blanket, or collar that only the pet has touched or worn, or laid on). We can then initiate a track of the missing / stolen pet with a trained search dog team. In 95% of our cases, we are often called days, weeks, or even months later after the animal has been lost.

In 98% of our cases, our search dog team will track right to where the pet is currently at, or where it was picked up by some well-meaning person, or where it was killed by a predator.

The person who finds your pet, normally will remove the pet from the area by vehicle. The search dog can determine if the pet was killed and the location where this happened.

If the search dog indicates a LIVE ALERT, this is a strong indicator that your pet has been picked up by a well meaning person. We then ask you to post signs at this location. The person who picked up your pet, observes the poster and will hopefully will call you to return your pet.

If your pet was picked up and removed from the area by a human, what do you do then? Post signs. Whoever picked up your pet most likely will be looking for a lost poster and will do everything they can to find the pets owners. Remember to post a sign in English and Spanish.

SCENT. All search dogs, as in any other kind of tracking animal, will pick up the freshest scent of the animal, and track it instinctively. As a human or animal walks along, they shed approximately 10,000 pieces of scent per minute.
This scent falls to the ground and stays there until the wind and air currents moves the scent to nearby dirt, sand, brushy vegetation areas. The scent is held there until it fully dissipates about a year later.

When an animal or human walks in one specific direction, it’s laying down scent that the trained search dog can track up to 365 days later, even in the rain.

Rain actually helps the scent. It brings the scent closer to the ground surface, keeps the search dog’s nasal passages moist to help the dog retain the scent and it will liven the scent.

What hurts scent? Heavy vehicle and human traffic contaminates the scent. Heavy rains of 2 inches per day may wash the scent down. Heat dries out the scent and the search dog’s nasal scent receptors, making it harder for the search dog to track. If this happens we can still do the search but instead may choose to do what’s called an area search instead of a trail or track.
If the victim we are searching for is in the area, the search dog will alert and show us where he / she is at.

Cigarette smoke contains a poisonous drug called Nicotine. Nicotine is an anesthetizing agent that can numb up the search dogs scent receptors by 95% and make the search dog’s job much more difficult. If you smoke around your pet, the second hand cigarette smoke poison that you are putting into their little lungs (Nicotine) can also alter the missing pet’s scent, therefore throwing off a search dog. That’s why all of our team members are non-smokers.

That’s also why you are never allowed to smoke around our search dogs or their handlers. You are also exposing your pet to many types of respiratory diseases and cancer.

Can search dog’s track at night? Yes, of course we can. In fact we prefer it. Air molecules stay lower to the ground at night, and there are fewer scents to contend with in the evening and early morning.

FALSE TRACKS. A false track happens when the animal walks one specific direction, then the pet owner, or someone else, walks on top of the pets scent, (usually in or around the home). This transfers the pet’s scent onto the bottom of the person’s footwear, and when the person walks or drives a different direction, this person is now giving off a fresher scent of the missing pet to track. This is called a false scent trail.

There is no way to prevent this from happening, it’s a fact of life. The only way that you can help this from happening, is to call our K-9 Search and Rescue team out immediately before you do any looking, so as not to contaminate the track. With our experience in tracking, we can quickly determine if we’re on a false or a true track / trail.
What if the search dog tracks my pet to one specific location, and we get reports of sightings in a completely different area? It is not unusual at all for someone who is well meaning to pick up a lost animal. Soon the animal becomes too much responsibility for the person to take care of. They may let the pet go at a nearby park, school, or business. They may take it back to where they found it and set it free, hoping it will find its way back home.
The pet may just break free from the person and try to find its own way back home.

REMEMBER, The search dog doesn’t know how to lie. So, if the search dog team tracks your pet to one specific area and indicates your pet has been removed from this area, and, a few days later you get reports your pet is seen in an entirely different area, don’t be upset at the search dog. Be upset at the person who removed your pet and then let it go somewhere else. This unfortunately happens in approximately 5% of our cases.

How do we know the search dog’s track was accurate? There is never 100% guarantee that we’ll find your loved one. We’ll give it our best efforts. Again I’ll repeat myself. A SEARCH DOG doesn’t know how to lie. That’s why their testimony in a court of law is accepted, with training, testing, and mission documentation.

A search dog is trained to follow the freshest track or scent trail of the scent given to them by their dog handler. A mutual trust exists between the dog handler and the search dog. We use the dogs’ nose and tracking, air scenting, and trailing capabilities along with our man and animal tracking and clue capabilities to confirm why our search dog is leading us to a specific area. During our search we look for clues such as foot-prints, fecal matter, hair, blood and other signs to prove or disprove the track. This is call confirming a valid track.

The search dog team (one dog, one dog handler) must go through hundreds of hours of training, testing and actual work cases to maintain their status in K-9 SAR. That’s why it’s important to use a real search dog team and not someone who claims to have a search dog.

Ask for references from people they’ve already provided service for.

Our references are posted on our web site for all to see.

Be careful of teams who we call “Posers”. These are people (dog handler’s) who “BRAG” on TV or to the newspaper about ,”how good they are and what they can do”. Yet when it comes to actual searching, their results are very disappointing. We’ve seen teams like this in Texas and in Ca.



What is your success rate in finding lost / missing / stolen pets with search dogs?
70%. We physically find 20% during the initial search. The remaining 70% of the pets that are found later because of the track. They are found because the search dog led us to a specific area where the animal was picked up, and the pet owners post signs there. The person(s) who picked up your pet, see the signs, and call you. 10% of the pets are never ever found. _____.

Why are 10% of the pets never found? They may have fallen victim to a predator. Two or four legged. People may sell your pet for drugs, dog fighting, medical experiments, food, or its fur. This is rare but it does occur. Four legged predators such as bears, cougars, bobcats, larger dogs, opossums, raccoons, and some birds of prey have been known to carry off smaller pets and transport their remains to their den.

Why don’t you track the pet to the predator’s den? It is not our position to interfere with nature. We don’t wish to harm or annoy the predators. Nor do we want our search dogs to be injured by the predator trying to protect its home and its babies. When people build their homes in or around wilderness, rivers, creeks, green spaces, they are unknowingly taking away the predators homes. And, by doing so, they are providing food for the predator should the pet wander.

PETS AND STRANGERS. I get told on almost every search, “My pet will never go to a stranger”. This is not a true statement at all. When the pet owner is talking about their pet, they’re talking about the pet they know in a controlled environment. The pet is in a stable home, has food and human contact, etc. Once an animal gets away from this environment, they have to survive on their own. They revert back to what’s known as a feral stage.

They will hunt to kill and eat food and they will drink from water in mud puddles, creeks, and streams. They may steal food and water from other animals’ dishes in their surroundings. And when they are hungry, tired, and scared enough they will seek out humans for comfort and safety.

Posters: When you print a poster, here is a suggestion that works very well. Leave some kind of information about your pet out of your description that only you will know about. That way you can determine if the caller has your pet or not. Post your signs within a 1-mile radius for a cat concentrating on the area 4 city blocks from your point last seen. Post signs in a 5-mile radius for a lost dog. Generally into the wind. (Find out which way the wind was blowing on the day your pet disappeared). Most pets including horses head into the wind when lost.




Post at stores, schools, offices, parks, etc. Post your signs, after a search dog team has determined the route your animal has traveled. This will save you money and time. Remember you will have to remove the signs when you get your pet back. We actually recommend that you make two different types of posters up.

One with a REWARD notice at top, the photo of your pet underneath. It’s name, your area code and telephone. That’s it, nothing else. Let the reporting person id your pet to you with more specifics to prove they have your pet. (Read our scam section). Say something to the effect of “$ REWARD $ for safe return of missing pet, no questions asked”.

Make a second poster up with all the information. Post the Pets name, microchip #, tattoo type, location, collar make, type, id type. Weight, height, length, eye color, hair color, medical identifiers, etc. This detailed information is sent to your vets, police departments, Postal employees, animal control agencies and search teams.

NOTE: If you have a large Hispanic speaking culture in your area, don’t forget to make up signs in Spanish as well.

STOLEN PETS: If it’s determined that your pet has been stolen, you will need to file a stolen pet report with your local law enforcement agency, and the Department of Agriculture Humane Society Law Enforcement. Keep their case # and a copy of their report on file.

If a search dog team responds, after their search, you will be sent a report showing their findings, and an invoice for their search costs. Keep a copy on file.

Lately we’ve seen a lot of lazy police officers who don’t wish to be bothered with doing their job and taking a report. Remind them please, that pets are considered personal property. If someone takes possession of your property without your consent, they are required by law to report finding your pet (property).

If the person who takes possession of your pet refuses or fails to file a found report, this constitutes, “Theft of personal property”. This is a crime. A police officer has the responsibility to take a crime report and investigate the crime.

If / when we capture the suspect(s) and recover your animal(s), you will need to provide photographs, (proof of ownership), and a value of the animal. (Cost of vet services, meals, breeding, purchase, general care, etc.) You may also be called to testify against the suspect(s). This is why we want you to document your every action in your search for your pet. Many pets are stolen and sold for breeding, resale values, rewards offered, dog fighting, or sold to medical labs for medical experiments.
A new service that I do recommend that just came out is www.findtoto.com

MEDICAL LABS / Hospitals: Contact your local hospitals that purchase animals for medical experiments, and demand to view their animals in their clinics. (They will refuse). But, if enough people demand to see if their pet has been purchased by the hospital, the hospitals may change their attitudes.

There’s been a recent increase in pets stolen for their FUR. Let’s stop them now.
Example: “Rapper Jay-Z, founder of the Rocawear clothing line, is taken to task by the Humane Society after it found that the “faux fur” in jackets sold by his company is actually dog fur”.
Remember, once you’ve located your pet. Contact I.K.9.S.A.R.S. Immediately. www.k9sardog.com
Call all local animal control agencies and advise them to remove your pet’s name from their listings. _____.
Remove all of your posters.____.
Review all of your written materials and lessons learned from this event. ____.
Take precautionary measures so that it won’t happen again. Tattoo / Microchip and ID your pet. ___.
Pass on our web site to others who are searching for their pets.
Before your pet is lost, ID your pet.
1. Talk with your veterinarian. Determine and document the following: Identify the breed(s) of your pet. ___________. Pet’s weight: _____. Age: ________. Height: __________. Hair: Short Medium Long. (Circle One). Tail length: Short Medium Long. (Circle One) Eye Color: _________. Microchip Brand: ________#____________________________. Other ID: ____________________________________________________.
List Medications:______________________________________________.
Veterinarian’s Name:______________Address:_______________________
Telephone #’s: ___________________________________.
2. Comb out the pet’s hair and place it inside a clean envelope. Place the animal’s name on the outside of the envelope and date it. It will be good for two years as a scent article for a search dog, if your pet is lost.

3. Take numerous color photographs from all different angles of your pet.

4. Microchip and Tattoo your pet. Ask your local animal shelter or veterinarian about these services.

5. NEVER leave a collar or choke chain on an animal. Many animals are found choked to death by choke chains and regular id collars. Use either a harness with the id attached on back, or a breakaway ID collar.

6. Never smoke cigarettes around your pet. Not only will it make them very ill from the nicotine poisoning, but it alters their original scent, and can make it very difficult for a search dog to track them. The first word in Webster’s dictionary about the drug NICOTINE is “POISON”. Quit smoking, you’ll live longer.

7. Always check references of resources that you wish to use. We have THOUSANDS of satisfied customers, and references are available upon request.

8. Always seat belt or crate your pet when you travel. See our web site for photos and instructions on how to do this. Review our web site at: www.k9sardog.com for more SAR and private pet detective references. (Note) we look for missing people also.
POSTER SAMPLES.
Example # 1. Very limited information on this poster to avoid scams.

REWARD for MISSING DOG.
(Photo of your missing pet).
Dogs name is: “Tonya”.
Please call : 503-222-2222.

Example # 2. Very detailed information on this poster. This is given to law enforcement, animal control, vets, shelters, etc.

REWARD FOR MISSING DOG. Name: “LARS”. Breed: MUTT. Long hair chi. mix. Age: 4 years Weight: 5 lbs. Colors: Tan and white. Microchip: AVID 000-000-000. Tattoo: “I.K.9.S.A.R. RULES”. Owners: Mrs. Thompson Email:find-me-at@aol.com Home: 503-222-2222.
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If the pet has been stolen, post a poster that states, “Reward for safe return of stolen pet” No questions asked. Give them your telephone#.

I.K.9.S.A.R.S. is a professional K-9 SAR Dog team that uses professionally trained K-9 Search dog teams to track missing persons or pets.

We’ve been in business since 1986 and currently are the most documented successful search dog team in the world for tracking missing persons or
missing pets.

The most often asked questions.
Q. Can a search dog track a lost pet after two weeks?
A. We sure can. We’ve successfully tracked a lost cat one year after the date is was lost and found it alive one mile away in a horse barn at the Portland Horse Racing Track. We also have the cat owner’s name and telephone number if you wish to verify this statement. We also have documented a missing 16 year old in Canada. We tracked him a year after he disappeared and both search dogs found where he had committed suicide.

It’s rained a lot recently, does this affect the scent?
A. No not at all. Rain actually helps keep the scent moist and helps the dog’s
nasal passages keep moist so they can smell the scent trail.

Q. What does an average search costs?
A. Depends on how far you live away from Longview, Wa.
We charge $25.00 per hour travel, time each way from Longview,
Washington. Cost of fuel, motel if we have to spend the night, and $50.00
per fifteen minutes of searching. Include Airline transportation if needed.
Example of a typical search in Portland, Ore.
Driving time $25.00 per hour x 2 hours (round trip) = $50.00
Cost of fuel $25.00
Search time $50.00 per fifteen minutes. Search lasted 15 minutes =$50.00
Total owed I.K.9.S.A.R.S. is $125.00.

(NOTE). I understand times are hard and money often is an issue. Contact me anyway, I’ll work with you to find your pet. It’s more important to me to bring your pet home safely. I won’t do the search for free, but will work with you on my fees to make them affordable).
Q. I have Multiple pets, I don’t have anything specific that belongs just to the missing pet?
A. We’ll introduce the search dog to all of your pets from a distance. One at a time. When the search dog smells each pet and then can smell the one they can’t see, they know that’s the one they need to go search for.


See the following pages, for some of our hundred’s of references.
Our References#1.

Kathryn Bratcher wrote: Hello. My name is Kathryn Bratcher and I live in Snohomish, Washington. I was referred to you by Janos Wimpffen of Redmond in an effort to help me recover my lost dog. He told me of your search dog, Valerie. My dog, Te’ Amo, has been missing since the evening of April 30th and has been spotted (possibly) twice within 2-3 miles of our home in the last two days. As you can imagine, our family is devastated. Please contact me with information regarding your services and whether or not you and Valerie would be able to help us recover our beloved pet. You may respond to this e-mail. Thank you.

Kathryn Bratcher wrote: Harry: Thank you for your quick response! I’ve also heard your voicemail this morning and want to thank you for the tip to keep him in the area. He has been sighted several times within a mile of home (at least five now) and I found out last night that three people saw him AT OUR HOUSE two days ago. That indicates to me that the little rascal is not “lost” but maybe just on an adventure. Nonetheless, I want him home. It doesn’t seem right to call out a team if he’s wandering the neighborhood on his own, though. (He is neutered so I can’t imagine what the attraction is...maybe just freedom from the fence). Do you have any suggestions how I can maybe use socks or other personal items to lure him home?

From: “Harry E. Oakes Jr.” To: Kathryn Bratcher Date: Fri, 04 May 2001 11:32:06 Neutering doesn’t keep the sex drive down for a dog. Does it work for a human male? NO..... :) So don’t assume because he’s been cut that he’s lost his sex drive. GO pee allot. Yup that’s right. now don’t get your britches up in a stir. What I mean is, in all seriousness aside, drink water, coffee, whatever, makes you have to do the #1.

Then put it in a spray bottle and go around to the sightings and spray till your little hearts content. Then drive home spraying the “Special scent” of yours all the way home. This is the strongest scent a dog can track and it’s much more appealing (The spray bottle that is) then the other options.

Try that. The most important thing to be concerned about is your dog getting hit by a car. Try to find someone in the area of the sightings that will call you immediately when they see him. Try this, if it doesn’t work, a live dog trap (Box type) works. but, you may catch raccoons, tigers, lions, cats, possums, and coyotes maybe even Bigfoot???? So that’s the last option. If this stuff doesn’t work, call me and I’ll come up there with my search dog and track the little fella. Thanks good luck and let me know how it goes. Harry

Tue, 08 May 2001 16:10:44 From:”Kathryn Bratcher” kathbrat@hotmail.com To: search dog@iinet.com Dear Harry: I picked up your message Saturday afternoon. I must say I didn’t expect the advice you gave...BUT IT WORKED!!! It took me about nine hours on Saturday to drink enough to make a trail from the area he was sighted to home (of course I led him down the back roads :) I finished my “trail” about 10:00 on Saturday evening and when I woke up at 6:30 a.m. he was in the front yard waiting to be let in! I CAN’T THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR YOUR ADVICE and it really does make a great story! Although he is home safe, he’s not exactly sound. He suffered severe knee injury on his little adventure and underwent surgery this afternoon.

He’ll be home from the hospital tomorrow afternoon and our lives will FINALLY regain some degree of normalcy. Thank you again, Harry! I never would have thought of such a trick on my own! Te’ Amo thanks you, too!!!
Ref# 2. Onalee Owass@earthlink.net
Thank you again for finding Pookie for us. I wish so much I had known about your service 3 days earlier and I think we could have found her alive. I know her time on earth was going to be limited but knowing she died all alone without us is hard for me. But it was good to find her so we didn’t have to wonder and worry about her and we could bring her home to bury. I will certainly recommend your services to anyone in our situation. Please send me a picture at your convenience. Thanks, Onalee and Jerry Wasserburger

3). 04-10-06 2006-3794-084(A). Mult. Co. Lost cat. Anita Parth samozoe@comcast.net Tigard, Ore Lost cat MILO. You and Valerie came down, and helped me find my Persian cat all those years ago, yes the one at the horse track in NE Portland. We did recover him a few days later. The woman who had him was hording a lot of cats. Team: H. Oakes SAR Dog Valorie K-9-1.

Ref# 4. Kris Desylvia World Travel (503) 231-1600.

Ref# 5. Vicki L.Johnson antiquevics@comcast.net 04-15-06.
Harry, Thank you for your efforts and for you and Valorie giving me hope when I was beginning to fall apart. Knowing that Tia was alive and that someone had picked her up encouraged me to continue looking for her. I spent all day Saturday walking around the neighborhood talking to various neighbors and posting new flyers. I was at work around 8 pm making additional flyers when I received a phone call that someone had found my dog and was returning her to me. So they got our address and Tia was returned to us.




My husband & I took her to vet and she is slightly dehydrated and was covered with fleas, but she has been treated and is beginning to perk up like her former self. The vet is Issaquah was very interested to hear about your search & rescue operation too. Thank you again - you can add Tia Maria to your success list!! I’ll email you a photo later of her.
Vicki Johnson

06-16-06 dfalasca@verizon.net Harry, Just wanted to say thank you so much for all your help with finding Rambo. We could not have done it without you!! You provided us with an enormous amount of information and a generous supply of support, which we will never, ever forget. Although we never met in person, I know you would just love Rambo. He is a very mellow Chihuahua, and the sweetest dog we have ever had. He is very happy to be back home in California!! Best Regards, Ron, Doreen & Dana Falasca
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Jud Landis jud.landis@gmail.com Hello: Thank you very much for your prompt response, your informative web site, and your phone call. Our dog showed up at our back door at 6:15 AM today, after we placed a urine trail back to our house Sunday night (we’d laid it the wrong way first). So, thank you so much for that piece of advice. I am telling anybody who asks about it, even if they think I’m strange. Sincerely, Jud Landis Eugene, OR

10-28-07 Lost dog Idaho. Elaine Peoples <skeeterchex@verizon.net 10-28-07 Harry, I am very thankful to every one that helped.... I have to mention.... I said a prayer just 10 minutes before I saw Sparky zipping past me as I came out of that gate on the culvert side to the mobile home park..... I called him and he stopped and looked at me.... thought about a minute to see if it was really me....and then came to me.... of course I scooped him up and thanked GOD for answering my prayers and especially so fast.... NOW I also have to give credit to YOU for locating the actual spot that I left him at...and the nice people that called to tell me they saw him..... THEY saw my newspaper add in the Idaho News.... It started on Saturday...and they called Sunday 7 AM to tell me ....and I was already on my way to search again today....Happy ending.... good night......we will all sleep better tonight....Elaine THANK YOU HARRY, WILLOW and VAL.
Andria Squires <alexs221@hotmail.com Harry, We have her! I got a call last night from the AKC number on her tags and they gave me contact information of the family who had her. I called them right away and we went over to get her. They live in Council Crest. The two little girls said they had seen her running around the neighborhood for a couple of days, but they finally caught her last night. The family, by the way, was the Schnitzer family, like in Arleen Schnitzer concert hall. We tried offering the reward but they of course would take it so we said we would donate it in there name to the Oregon Humane Society, since the father is on the board.

We can only guess that whoever picked her up from Quizno’s let her lose in the area or she escaped from them (good girl!) and was found by the right family. I was glad that I had read you note about what to do when you find your dog because I knew what to expect. She didn’t recognize us as first. She was hesitant to come near me and then when she did she had to touch me with her nose before she recognized me. She is acting like she is in shock a bit, but doesn’t have any major injuries. There is a cut under her eye and she is walking stiff, but after a bath and good nights sleep, she looks good. I’m waiting for the vet to open so they can check her out. Thanks again for all your wonderful help!!! Woo Hoo!!! Lucy is home!!! Andria

If you need more info. Please go to our web site at www.k9sardog.com or rmail us at : searchdog@iinet.com or harry98632@yahoo.com

If you wish to make a gift of money to support our Search and Rescue efforts,
Please send a check to I.K.9.S.A.R.S. PO Box# 1472, Longview, Washington 98632 USA.

This gift is NOT Tax deductible. WE are NOT A NON PROFIT 501-C-3 Organization. We are in fact a FOR PROFIT Professional business. We do DONATE our own money, time and efforts during times of disasters.
Other stories about Harry and his search dogs.
Harry does inspirational speaking around the world.
Here’s one of his stories. Feel free to share it with others you know.
Thank you.

I just got back from seeing the movie “Up in Air” with George Clooney, and let me tell you, it really hit home. If you haven’t seen the movie, go see it. If you’ve ever had a career where you’ve spent your life on the road traveling, this will bring it all home for you.

Over the last 38 years I’ve done a lot of motivational speaking. As a police officer I spoke to police officers about police officer self defense and survival. As a martial arts instructor I taught self-confidence, self-defense, personal presence, inner peace, balance, exchange of power, and self control.

In search and rescue, I teach not only how to be a great successful search and rescue team member, but also how to read the clues in the search area with your search dog partner, to obtain your objective. Finding the missing person or pet and bringing closure to your case.

Because of my career choices, Police officer, EMT-paramedic, Mountain Rescue, K9 Search and Rescue, Disaster SAR Coordinator, Martial arts instructor, and public speaker, I’ve traveled the world twice. I’ve saved countless lives and brought closure to many families when nobody else would or could.
I’ve seen the good and bad here in the USA and abroad in earthquakes, fires, bombings, floods, murders, suicides, accidental deaths, kidnappings, etc.

When I’ve traveled to a foreign lands, or even responded to disasters here within the USA and when I saw nothing but death and destruction, nothing brings home the value of home, health, and most of all, family, then when I am reaching out and checking for a pulse on family members I’ve found laying in the rubble. Touching their cold lifeless body, hoping to find a pulse. Only to realize they are all dead, killed by the disaster.

I look into their eyes, the mom, the dad, their daughters, their sons, their pets, and it makes me wonder, “Wow, this could be me”. This could be my sister, my son, my dog, my mother, my father, my loved one.

I take a deep breath and breathe in the stench of rotting flesh. After my search is completed, I crawl out of the destroyed site and see the people waiting outside of the building for me. As I crawl out of the rubble pile and brush the dust off, I wipe the tears from my eyes, take a deep breath of fresh air and walk up to the waiting family members, their neighbors, their friends and give them the sad news.

“I’m sorry but they are all dead”.

I look at the hope in their family and friends eyes fade and be replaced with tears of anguish and loss. This brings it all home. Right then. There’s nothing, and I mean nothing more important then family.

The man or woman you lay next to at night. The son or daughter you call on the phone and tell them how much you miss them and love them. The dog or cat you cuddle up with and fall asleep with at night. This is life, this is love, and this is family.

That’s why I do what I do. To bring closure to the families. 98% of the people I find are dead. The 2% that I find alive gives me hope for the next search.

Then after spending 14 days in the destroyed homes, businesses, cities, I’ve seen people in their worst of times, yet in their best of times. They all come together to focus on life. On rebuilding their lives from the ruins. This reminds me I don’t have it so bad after all.

There’s time for me as the searcher to realize there’s nothing more that I can do so I go to a motel out of the destroyed area, take a few showers to wipe the stench of death from my body. Put on some clean clothes, bathe my search dog and fall asleep in the first restful night of the whole disaster response in two weeks.

I try to block the images of the dead children, pets, and families. I try to replace the smell of rotting flesh with fresh soap. I try to drown out the screams of anguish from my mind that I heard from the time I landed until the time I left the scene.

I see the smiles of hope in people’s faces as they hug my search dog and me and say “Thank you for coming and trying to make a difference”.

Then I go home and try to resume my life as it was before I responded. It will never ever be the same. There will always be something or someone that reminds me of that site, the smells, the sounds. Then I move on with my life.

Why am I telling you all of this? Because if these folks can rebuild with nothing but the clothes on their backs and hope in their hearts.

They have no jobs, most have no cars, their family members are dead, they are facing cold damp rain and snow, or horrible heat, no fresh water, no food, no where to sleep. If they can rebuild facing these odds, they you can be thankful for what you do have and start over.

This reminds me of challenges we face each and every day. So many people are out of work. After years and years of going to the same job each and every day, then to find out their job is gone. Downsized, terminated, however you want to call it. Now it’s up to you to pick up the pieces and make your life a better one with lessons learned from the old way of life.

That’s where you say, “If Harry did it, I can do it, and you can too”. I’ve been fired, and felt worthless, hopeless, hungry. I’ve slept in my car and lived off of one loaf of bread and water for two weeks as I had no money and no where to live.

I decided after that experience that if I was going to change my life and make something of myself, I had to depend on my strengths to do so.

You can too.

I want each and every one of you who reads this to sit down. Turn off the TV, get away from the kids for a while, lock yourself in to a quiet place. Whether it be alone in your car, go to a motel, or someplace in your home. Sit down with a piece of paper and write down 10 things you like to do.

For me it was;
1). Travel.
2). Hiking.
3). Helping animals.
4). Helping people.
5). Using my skills learned as a boy scout.
6). Skills learned in the 3 years I served as a MP in the US Army.
7). Skills learned in 12 years in law enforcement.
8). Skills learned my search and rescue skills, kayaking, climbing,
9). Camping.
10). Teaching.

It could be anything you like to do.

Now write out a day-by-day plan on how to make a living doing what you like to do.

Growing flowers, teaching children, day care for pets, what ever it is that you feel is important and makes you happy, turn it into a career. Yes money is nice but it’s not important in the scheme of things. Yes it pays the bills. But I’ve met leaders of countries and multi millionaires who were miserable with their lives. I’ve seen people sleeping on cardboard boxes who were happy as could be. It’s what ever makes you happy that is most important. Follow your dreams. Yes you will fail. Yes you will falter, but keep focused on the one thing in your heart that makes you happy. It doesn’t matter what it is, just don’t lose site of it.

I did just that. I used all of the skills that I’ve learned along the way and now am one of most successful search and rescue experts in the world. Granted there’s not a lot of money to be made in my field, but you know what? I’m happy. There’s a lot of jealous folks out there who badmouth me daily because of my success. But that doesn’t matter. What matters to me is that when I’m on my deathbed, I can say, “ I made myself successful. I made a difference in this world. Against all odds. You can too. The only person stopping you is you.

Take baby steps. Write out your plan of action, your goals, your dreams. Then each and every single day, work to obtain those goals, your dreams, your career.

It took me 3 years of hard work and a lifetime of even harder work to make myself a success. I’ve been to 16 major disasters, helped thousands of people from all walks of life. Trained over 6,500 search dog handlers and their dogs. I have a beautiful son, beautiful grandson. I’ve got my health and my career. I’ve saved a lot of lives both human and animals. I’m a success.

So after you read this, sit down and ask yourself, ‘ Are you happy? If the answer is yes then that’s great. I happy for you. If the answer is no, then get off your ass, and change your attitude, your career, and do what you want in life that will make you happy.

If I can do it. YOU CAN TOO.

GOOD LUCK and let me know how it goes.
If you need help, write me. I’ll do what I can to help you change your life.

Harry Oakes
K9 SAR Coordinator International K-9 Search and Rescue Services.

For the last 25 years Harry also has been hired around the world to teach Search and Rescue and Dog Obedience. So if you know anyone who needs dog obedience instruction, feel free to give them Harry’s email address

www.k9sardog.com

Email: searchdog@iinet.com