Ontario Search and Recovery Canines

03/24/2025

OSARC is very excited to offer this seminar !! Limited spots, reserve early. Free camping, breakfast & lunch. After a few days of training, lets have some fun with the HRD Games !!

Visit https://www.cadaverdogs.ca/ to register!

01/30/2025

Join us in congratulating Taiz on her graduation! Taiz (Malinois Mafia; sponsored by the Molnar Family) has joined the Toronto Police Service / CAN-TF3 as a USAR K9 partnered with Igor Palic.

Thank you to Taiz’s fosters Kenna Donaldson and Ryan Lusk for helping us care for, raise and train Taiz during her time at the PVWDC. Taiz wouldn’t be the dog she is without them!

We are excited for Taiz and her career and look forward to hearing about all of her future successes!

01/29/2025

10/27/2024

10/27/2024

https://www.lockportjournal.com/news/local_news/workn-dogs-cold-case-training-in-niagara-county/article_0b369ab8-8d79-11ef-96f6-a3b44f438223.html

As the dog days of summer extended into September this year, a four-day, hands-on, paws-on-the-ground workshop kicked off at the Niagara County Public Safety Building on Niagara Street, next to

10/25/2024

On the 23rd of October, OSARC joined the efforts of SAR-1, ISN Maskwa and Barrie Police Services to search in Sunnindale Park for 26-year-old Autumn Shaganash, who disappeared on June 10, 2023. in the hopes of finding clues to her whereabouts before winter arrives.

We are hopeful that we can help to provide the Shaganash/Moore family some closure. If anyone has any information on her whereabouts, please contact Barrie Police at 705-725-7025 ext. 2160.

09/25/2024

OSARC recently spent a week in New York on a 5 day course “Managing and training for the HRD K9 Cold Case Search”. Had a great time meeting new friends and seeing old! Very proud of how my dogs worked and especially Kon who seemed to have a quick understanding of what was expected of him 💙🐾

08/24/2024

LONDON, ON (August 20, 2024) – The London Police Service is requesting the public’s assistance in locating 27-year-old Megan Gill-Oliver, of London.

07/16/2024

Congratulations to Dr. Cindy Otto !! Well Done !!

Penn Vet Working Dog Center's very own Cindy Otto has won the 2024 Special Award from The Kennel Club

Dr. Otto, has been a faculty member at Penn Vet since 1991, received a trophy, and $10,000 for her groundbreaking work on the health and welfare of working dogs.

Inspired by her 9/11 deployment, she founded the Penn Vet Working Dog Center, supporting research, education, and training for detection dogs. Her work improves human and canine health through search and rescue, law enforcement, and medical detection.

Dr. Otto shared, “It is a true honor to receive this award. I am grateful to the ICHA, Vernon and Shirley Hill, and The Kennel Club Charitable Trust, but mostly to the amazing dogs and their human partners who have inspired and supported me.”

We are incredibly proud to have Dr. Otto on our team!

07/01/2024

Great article! Especially since it’s about my Florida training peeps!! Miss you guys 🐾

Across beliefs and backgrounds, many people share the desire to "become a tree" after death: to either have a tree planted over their grave, or to be buried under one. Whether it's the comforting notion of keeping our memory alive, giving ourselves to the life of another being, or offering a shady place where our people can come visit, it is a beautifully romantic aspiration.

While little scientific research has been done on the extent to which we can "become" a tree, we are excited to share one anecdote from a recent visitor that begs to support the theory.

A couple times per year, non-profit forensic K9 organizations will visit the cemetery for trials with their dogs (to test their sniffers). It's a rare and unique opportunity for them, and a valuable relationship for us as we learn more and more about the magic of Prairie Creek. After North Florida Search Team's recent visit (pictured here), one operator shared that their dog was hitting on the trees surrounding older burials, but not on the graves. This was during a very dry period when scent is less masked by moisture. It was a powerful and breathtaking moment for us all to pause and ponder the possibilities of the age-old question ... "where do we go?"

06/21/2024

Today is National Indigenous Peoples Day. It coincides with the summer solstice, which has cultural significance to many Indiginous Nations. We reflect on and recognize this time to welcome the change in seasons.

06/15/2024

Recently, OSARC’s Heritage & Clandestine HRD Teams were once again honoured to attend the Wauzhushk Onigum Nation in Kenora to assist with their ongoing Residential School Search protocols. K9 teams worked well in the challenging terrain and the team was grateful to be included in their closing ceremonies 🧡 🐾 🐦‍⬛

06/12/2024

Deb and Rinnie spent two and a half days at the West Chester Fire Department Training Center at a burn course hosted by @ Northern Tier K9 Search and Rescue. Thank you to Garrett Dyer, Sharon Ballweg, and Lisa Kakavas for all the patience and valuable instruction. Thank you to Samantha Sheaffer for being such a great host and West Chester Fire Department for the use of their training center. It was a great experience for Rinnie and Deb. Rinnie had no trouble finding burned remains and searched in the dark and dirty buildings like it was an everyday thing.