Over three years of training and practical experience in SAR (Search and Rescue) with the Contra Costa County Sheriff's Office and with California Rescue Dog Association.
Emergency Response experience as a Volunteer Firefighter with Rodeo/Hercules Fire Department and with Crockett Fire Department.
Nine years as a California Registered Nurse.
Loki
Scent-specific Trailing/Cat Detection dog certified with Missing Pet Partnership.
Two years of training with CARDA in human Search and Rescue.
Two year old male Border Collie. Loves to chew on stuffed animals, eats fruit from my trees, and runs like a speed-racer when he’s playing with another dog.
Anubis
Cat Detection dog certified with Missing Pet Partnership.
Has been known to smell a cat from four houses down!
Four year old Taiwan Dog. (It’s the Pariah, or native breed of the area. Yes, he was Made in Taiwan. I got him from a rescue group which gets dogs from a woman in Taiwan who picks them up off the street and sends them over to the US.) Loves to sleep on my bed, visit the ill and elderly in a nursing home, and snuggle during the evening movie.