Welcome to the Search Dog Podcast, brought to you by the National Search Dog Alliance, the voice of canine search and rescue. 

This is the eighth and last episode of the 2021 National Search Dog Alliance Podcast Conference, an eight-part series on the past, present, and future of canine search and rescue. 

In today's episode, I talk with Domingo Sauceda and Eric Darling in separate interviews. 

We start this episode with Domingo, a K-9 handler and field support specialist with Southern Michigan Search and Response K9 Unit out of Coldwater, Michigan. He has over 10 years experience with working dogs and 30 years experience showing and training multiple breeds in Confirmation, Obedience, Agility, Weight Pull,  Rally and Fly Ball. Domingo is a Reserve Sheriff with Allegan County Sheriff's Department he is an Toolmaker, Free Mason, Notary Signing Agent, Firearms and Weapons Instructor, Martial arts Instructor, Ordained Minister, Deer Skinner and a Iron Worker of knifes and swords. Domingo Loves his wife Lori Sauceda of 26 years and his family and friends. He works with his Dog Brave a Dutch Shepherd in Search and Rescue training in Air Scent, Trailing and Water HRD. They train every day so that they are prepared to help law enforcement and the public in finding the lost and missing to return them to their families.

Second, we hear from Eric Darling. Eric is a member of  Regional Task Force 7 with Ventura County Fire Department through their Urban Search & Rescue Task Force as a Canine Search Specialist. He and his search dogs provide valuable victim location information to rescuers. We want to welcome back Eric Darling - he was interviewed for the NSDA podcast in 2015! Listen to Episode 51 for a conversation with him. Now Eric is back, joining us to give us an update.

Our cover art is from the SAR Shop, where you can find gifts and gear for you, your dog, and your friends! Find them at sarshop.com.

If you would like to be a guest, or suggest someone else, or submit questions for future guests, get in touch with us as PodcastDIV@n-sda.org.