What We Do
Trailing K9 Cusco works in the snow
We operate as a part of the Search and Rescue community in New Mexico. All Search and Rescue operations in New Mexico are initiated by the state police. Upon initiation of a mission, we are called out to respond via the incident command system. We are available for call out 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, regardless of weather.
We have a diverse team composed of dogs trained in three different disciplines - trailing, air scent, and human remains detection. Trailing dogs work from the point last seen and retrace the subject's steps. In order to be successful, they need to be deployed quickly, ideally reaching the point last seen within 24 hours of the subject having been there. Air scent dogs work by looking for any human scent within a given area. Since they rely on scent actively coming from the subject rather than scent left by the subject, air scent dogs are useful regardless of how long a subject as been missing. Human remains detection dogs look for cadavers. They are trained to look for cadaver buried deep underground, above ground, or in water.
We have a diverse team composed of dogs trained in three different disciplines - trailing, air scent, and human remains detection. Trailing dogs work from the point last seen and retrace the subject's steps. In order to be successful, they need to be deployed quickly, ideally reaching the point last seen within 24 hours of the subject having been there. Air scent dogs work by looking for any human scent within a given area. Since they rely on scent actively coming from the subject rather than scent left by the subject, air scent dogs are useful regardless of how long a subject as been missing. Human remains detection dogs look for cadavers. They are trained to look for cadaver buried deep underground, above ground, or in water.