near the Tonto National Forest in shadow of El Capitain Mountain with a
view of Pinal Mountain to the west. We are at an attitude of almost 5000
feet so we are enjoying much cooler temperatures then we had in the
Valley.
Michael Wiederhold has been training dog professionally for 10 years.
He is currently a Vice Commander and Training Officer of Sonoran
Search and Rescue. He serves on the K9 training committee. He is a
coordinator for the National Association of Search and Rescue (NASAR)
SARTech II certification and a Canine Coordinator for Wilderness Area
Search, Trailing and Human Remains Detection and certified as a
Wilderness First Responder. On August 1st 2007, he was appointed as
the NASAR Canine Section Chairperson. He has also served as on the
NASAR Canine Committee as the Education Chairperson. Michael is also
an AKC Canine Good Citizen Evaluator. His search dog Wicca is certified
in Human Remains Detection for the state of Arizona and nationally
through NASAR. Wicca is also certified as an Operational Level
Wilderness Search Dog for the state of Arizona and a K9 SARTech 2
wilderness through NASAR. In the year 2005 only 7 dogs were certified to
Level 2 Wilderness for NASAR, Wicca was one of those 7. In 2006, Wicca
was upgraded to a K9 SARTech 1 Wilderness under the new NASAR
search dog typing and certified as a Type 3 Forensic and Type Other
Cadaver canine.
Willow Raven has been training dogs for several years personally as
well in a volunteer capacity for not-for-profit no-kill animal shelters.
Shelley is currently a member of Sonoran Search & Rescue. She is
certified as a SARTech II Evaluator for the National Association for Search
and Rescue and is certified as a wilderness first responder. Her dog,
Conner, is certified as a K9 SARTech 2 Wilderness through NASAR and
is certified as an Operational Level Wilderness Search Dog for the state
of Arizona.
