As I'm sure some of you know I work and train Search and Rescue dogs. Since it was my 18th birthday I wasn't called out. but I heard a lot about it. I think one gross mistake was made in that they allowed dogs that were not fully trained to go search wreckage and if those LIVE SEARCH dogs didn't alert on CADAVER SCENTS then they moved to the next area. I don't train cadaver, it's just not my deal but I wouldn't send my LIVE SEARCH dog out after more than an hour let alone my PARTIALLY TRAINED search dog take up time a more experianced trainer/dog team could be out there being sucessful. I'm sorry that this is a different side of the issue than was being addressed but I really feel we could have pulled more people out alive had they sent the competent dogs and handlers in rathyer than whoever was on the scene, it would be like takeing an arson dog to do narcotics searches. they are trained to find two totally different things.
sorry
Kyttn

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