When we track....... I've been teaching K9 tracking for 37 years now. When tracking a person's scent, I usually end up with a visual closure like this gentleman found dead on a rest stop bench in Southern California many years ago. People just walked on by him thinking he was asleep. All they had to do was look at the color of his face to see he was deceased. Note my sar dogs tails down, posturing. This is normal when they smell death.

When a track stops on a roadway, and we don't have a visual of the missing person or lost pet, this means that person or pet was placed into a motor vehicle with the vehicle's windows rolled up and air conditioning or heater turned on.

If the windows were down even a little bit, or an air vent was open there's enough scent that escapes that we can still track the person or pet even when they have entered a vehicle.

When I'm tracking a lost pet, I look for clues that shows me why and where the scent trail ended. Vehicle or person picking up the pet, predator taking the pet away. If the dogs give a LIVE/STRESS alert this tells me a human has taken the pet from this location.
In 95% of my SAR Cases of missing pets, this is what has happened.
Most pets are picked up by a person or predator within 2 hours of being last seen by their owners.

If the pet has been taken by a predator, I'll see signs of a struggle, some times find fur, blood, body parts, extra tracks of the predator, but most of the time by just watching my SAR dogs body language (giving a live alert Heads up, ears and tail up). Stress alert ears up tail straight out. (Death alert Ears down tail down). I can tell based on 37 years of tracking/trailing what happened.

Out of 14,900 cases, I've been wrong reading my dogs body language 5 times.

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 I.K.9.S.A.R.S. remains the most documented successful credible K9 tracking team in the USA when it comes to tracking missing persons and lost pets. 51 years of services. A plus rating with the Better Business Bureau according to the BBB.

Can't do better than this.
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 a photo of one of my thousands of successful finds. This little pooch had been missing in Bend, Oregon.

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 Last night I got asked two interesting questions.

1). What is a normal day for you?
Answer: There is no such thing. Yesterday I received five phone calls from around the USA and 16 emails from around the world all related to missing persons and or missing pet cases.

I addressed each issue. I am a bit hard of hearing so it's easier for me to respond by email than by telephone. One call was for a missing cat in Humboldt Co. N. California. Another was for a missing child swept away in a flood in San Louis Obisbo, Ca. Another was for a missing person in Denver, Colorado who only uses sign language. Yet another was for a man whose brother is missing in NE Canada and believed to have been murdered.

These are the typical everyday situations (cases) I respond to. There are some days I get no calls and only 1 or 2 emails asking for help. There are others that are very busy.

2). How do I keep families safe from scams and scammers?

Simple. Over the last 51 years volunteering and working in both SAR and law enforcement, I've heard from a lot of my clients on how folks have tried to scam money or property from them. This is why I protect myself and my clients by supplying them with written documents and contracts.

Our contracts spells out what I / we (my team members) can and cannot do for them and how much we charge for our services.
I have a background both in criminal, civil, and business law.

A lot of folks believe SAR is FREE. Folks it never is. 18 states have the ability to charge for SAR and they do.

Our Federal FEMA program pays it's SAR teams USAR Urban Search and Rescue and you the taxpayer pay their fees. National Park services pay their staff as do most of the US FS (Forest Services). Same as for the US Navy, Army, Marines, Air force and Coast Guard. Someone has to pay.

The law enforcement officer that oversees the SAR operation is being paid as is his/her support staff.

In 1997, The Oregon Dept of Justice helped me set up a professional contracting services for clients which protects me as the contractor and them (As the clients). This way they can't say "hey you never said that? Or why didn't you tell me this? It's all spelled out before we even respond. We supply the client with an after action search report which explains Who, What, When, Why, Where, and How. and is admissible in both civil and criminal court testimony.

Do we donate our services and not charge on SAR Cases?

Yes, but it depends on the case. If it's a confused older person with mental health issues I may or may not donate my services. Same with a missing child. Also if it's an older pet that is lost or missing, I may try to help for free. Depends on the case.

Over the last 51 years I've responded to over 29 disasters around the world and have donated our services on these cases.

Being an International Instructor in all aspects of SAR, K9 SAR, rope rescue, USAR, water rescue, I have lots of teams who depend on my guidance. I'm proud of the service we provide to both SAR teams, law enforcement, as well as our clients.

Respectfully

Mr. Harry E. Oakes Jr.
K9 SAR Coordinator
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Called to search for a cat missing for three days in West Linn, ORe.
Took the SAR Dogs two minutes to track him down under a shed behind the home. he's alive, fine, and pissed.

LOL

Good Job SAR Dogs Cindy Loy and Max
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Our Training pays off. Not only did we find his missing remains in the river with our SAR dogs but also solved a murder case.
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Monica Feigert

March 1 at 4:23 PM  · 

Thank you Harry for bringing your K9 SAR dogs to Weyerhaeuser and your professional experience and commitment to excellence. Thank you to the FBI Agent I met with today; & thank you for your commitment to excellence. Thank you Detective Lee for your continued commitment to excellence. Thank you Dana the Cowlitz County Coroner for your continued commitment to excellence. Thank you to the amazing woman on the east coast 'D' that is continuing to work Jade's case that is always finding missing & trafficked human beings, & thank you for your commitment to excellence. Thank you to the handful of friends that work in a profession and have the knowledge and expertise, that stepped in privately to assist Jade without being known, and without wanting to be known & I cannot name you per your requests - YOU know who all of YOU are Thank you Janna for always answering the phone whatever country and state I have been in. Thank you for the cards and gifts you are an angel on earth. Thank you Danielle Emery Bryant for printing fliers. Thank you Carol for always answering my call. Thank you Christy for always answering my call, for writing to me, and the amazing flowers. Thank you Kym for searching and making phone calls and offering your time and heart. Thank you Kim for posting fliers and contacting me while you were in Seattle. Thank you Lindy for always taking my call. Thank you Dan for always telling me professionally what I needed to hear and giving me advice. Thank you Nelson for being the spectacular human being you are and offering your professional advice and your commitment to excellence. Thank you Nancy I appreciate you writing to me, you are an angel. Thank you Diana and Casey for always taking my call. Thank you Summer and parents for writing to me you are angels on earth. Thank you Monika for always taking my call and meeting with me on Oahu. Thank you Kerry for your kind words and amazing humor and always taking my call. Thank you Kelly for posting fliers. Thank you Greg for your advice and your friend who helped behind the scenes. Thank you to the 60 that were boots on the ground in Seattle. Thank you to all that shared Jade's missing person flier. Thank you to all that sent me private FB messages and texted my cell phone. Thank you to all that called me on my cell phone. Thank you to those that stopped their day to think about Jade and myself and prayed for our welfare and healing Thank you Mom for being the most important woman in my life and always being there for me Thank you to the most important man in my life - Yeray for helping save me as I was drowning in sorrow and still continue to do so. If it was not for you, I would not be here today. As I sit here one month after being told that my DNA matched human remains found on Weyerhaeuser Property, I am committed to continuing the search (as is everyone committed to excellence). The search is NOT over, The search is expanding to find out exactly who is responsible for my son's demise. Each one of you knows me, and you know, I will not rest, until there is JUSTICE FOR JADE. THERE WILL BE JUSTICE FOR JADE DAVID FEIGERT