Wilderness search, a search dog will often cover many kilometers. The handler will often send their dog into dense areas to ensure coverage of the area.

Rubble search requires great dexterity and endurance to navigate the debris.

Here he is working concrete and rebar piles.

For water search a dog will first search for human scent rising above the water surface.

Fire Scenes are a very challenging setting, a dog must be agile and able to work through all of the ash and debris

The winter months are particularly challenging for a search dog who is required to work long hours in deep snow looking for a missing person.

When a search dog finds their missing person they are required to stay at the site and bark until the handler arrives. The bark alert is used to ensure that the handler can find the location of the missing person from some distance away. It is also used so that the missing person will stay in the same spot with the dog until help arrives.

Here K9 Remi has found a person lying in the trees. Good boy Remi help has arrived!