K9 Team Meeting Recognitions - February 8, 2017

1. February 8, 2017 K9 Team Meeting

2. Recognitions! • Airscent Recertification: Joe + Nika ! • Field Support Qualified: Angela! • Airscent Certification: • Steve + Shuksan ! • Laurie + Blu! • Trina + Glacier! • SCVSAR Recognitions: • President’s Award: June! • SCSO Appreciation: Guy! • OSU Contribution: John!

3. SCVSAR K9 2017 K9 Meeting Status Update

4. K9 Meeting 2/8/17 STATUS UPDATES • Advanced Airscent Training Status • K9 Team Development Paths • Planner Status • Airscent Training: Peer Coaching and Progression • Peer Coaching • Progressions • Standards • New Member Integration Initiative Status

5. K9 Performance

6. Advanced Airscent Training

7. K9 Team Development Paths

8. Peer Coaching

9. Peer Coaching PAST FUTURE • Bullet Point One • Bullet Point Two

10. PEER COACHING K9 Area Handler • Match Certified Handler/Team in Training • Co-Create Initial Game Plan. Quarterly Progress Reports. • Goal? Objectives. Results. Challenges. Actions. Evaluation. Revise Plan. • Quarterly Progress reports. • Intermittent opportunities for peer coaches to interact and improve/address: • Challenges • Resource sharing • Joint learning • Individual team progress • Consistency • Shared knowledge

11. Peer Coaching

12. Progression Stage: (My Status as of Jan 2017) 1. Basic Runaways 2. Adv Runaways 3. Small Area Search 4. Int. Area Search 5. Pre-test & Cert 6.Advanced Training Skill Blocks Area Progression Success Criteria Skill Blocks Area Progression Success Criteria Skill Blocks Area Progression Success Criteria Skill Blocks Area Progression Success Criteria Skill Blocks Area Progression Success Criteria Skill Blocks Area Progression Success Criteria

13. AREA PROGRESSION RUNAWAY – FOUNDATIONAL BUILDING BLOCK • Chain of behavior: a series of behaviors linked together in a continuous sequence by cues, delivered by the handler or from the environment, and maintained by a reinforce at the end of the chain. • Once chains are built, they are powerful in maintaining reliable behavior in complex tasks • Runaway: K9 receives cue to search (FIND); begin search; locates subject; which cues K9 to return to handler (RECALL); handler gives “show me” cue to go back to subject, subject is found (REFIND); handler reinforces K9 with reward.

14. Progression) Stage 1: Basic Runaway • Skill Blocks – Own Time • Discrete behaviors within the chain such as recall with cue (come), trained final response with cue (up/spin etc), refind with cue (show me) • Functional obedience • Functional agility • Scent/Search games • Reward system • Success Criteria • Runaways 100% reliability 3 sets of 3 • Progression plan co-created wt Peer Coach • Fluency – precision, latency and speed • Works distractions • Basic obedience solid • Reliable final trained response • Effective reinforcement of behavior • Subject loyalty • Varying environments • Diverse subjects • Area Progression/SAR Time • Runaway chain of behavior • Different distance • Visual/non-visual • Engaging nose/using wind • One variable at a time • Environmental variety • Subject variety

15. Progression) Sample Plan: Goal/Why Are You Doing This: Contribute in a meaningful way to my community while leveraging my love for the outdoors and K9s • Objective (long-term): Become an next operational area team next within the next 24 months Challenges: Focus and speed (tinkers around and sniffs) Medium drive. Build excitement. More effective system of reinforcement. Shy of strangers. Reduce stress. • Results (3 months): Move from Stage 1 to Stage 2 (see Progression Plan for Criteria): • 100 percent reliable on runaway chain of behavior at distances of 100 feet, in varied terrain and subjects. • Solid functional obedience • Etc • Actions (recurring and one-time) • Train bi-weekly on unofficials with K9 members • Practice obedience skills on daily basis, short sessions, high reinforcement • Practice final trained response on daily basis until 100 percent reliable and integrate into runaway • Complete Obedience 101 and enroll in Obedience 102 • Read Scent and the Scenting Dog • Spend an hour a week reviewing documents on web site • Connect with my Peer Coach at least bi-weekly to discuss progress, revise plan as needed • Complete 30 percent of field certification requirements • Register for WASAR Conference

16. Progression) Plan Evaluation: This team will continue to train at Stage 1 during Q2 until success criteria for Stage 1 are achieved • Skill Blocks – Own Time • Discrete behaviors within the chain such as recall with cue (come), trained final response with cue (up/spin etc), refind with cue (show me) • Functional obedience • Functional agility • Scent/Search games • Reward system • Evaluation • Runaways 100% reliability 3 sets of 3 of 100 feet • 50%. • Distractions – much improved, different environments OK • Functional obedience is solid • Final trained response is at 90% • Tug is effective reinforcer • Different subjects and shyness of strangers is no longer an issue • Area Progression/SAR Time • Runaway chain of behavior • Different distance • Visual/non-visual • Engaging nose/using wind • One variable at a time • Environmental variety • Subject variety

19. Human Performance

20. Team Performance

21. Peer Coaching • Bullet Point One • Bullet Point Two