K9 SAR Inc - The Scent of People Podcast

Steven Goldsmith
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K9 SAR Inc - The Scent of People Podcast takes listeners into the world of search dogs, scent, and the realities of training canines to help find missing people. Hosted by Steven Goldsmith, Director of K9 SAR Inc., this podcast explores how dogs use scent, how handlers read and train that behaviour, and what it really takes to build an effective search team. From scent theory and fieldcraft to training methods, operational lessons, and the challenges of real-world searches, this podcast is for handlers, trainers, SAR volunteers, and anyone fascinated by the extraordinary ability of dogs to locate the lost.

Episodes

  1. Apr 12

    Assignment 1 PSY201 Submission

    K9 SAR Inc - The Scent of People Podcast

    13 min

  2. Apr 10

    Understanding Scent

    Explore how human scent actually behaves in the environment—drifting, fragmenting, and collecting— and why that matters for search dogs. Steven Goldsmith breaks down differences between tracking, trailing, and air-scenting dogs, the huge effects of wind, terrain, weather, and time, and how handlers can read both their dogs and the scene. Learn practical takeaways: read the environment, train in messy, varied conditions, recognize problem-solving over “perfect” paths, and know when to trust your dog.

    11 min
  • 2 Episodes

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K9 SAR Inc - The Scent of People Podcast takes listeners into the world of search dogs, scent, and the realities of training canines to help find missing people. Hosted by Steven Goldsmith, Director of K9 SAR Inc., this podcast explores how dogs use scent, how handlers read and train that behaviour, and what it really takes to build an effective search team. From scent theory and fieldcraft to training methods, operational lessons, and the challenges of real-world searches, this podcast is for handlers, trainers, SAR volunteers, and anyone fascinated by the extraordinary ability of dogs to locate the lost.

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