Ridge Runner K9

06/03/2026

🐾✅ Big milestone this week!
Our final two team members and K-9 handlers, Maya and Morgan, successfully completed their Pack Test this week. With that accomplishment, our entire team is now certified and ready to go for the summer season! ☀️🏔️
A huge congratulations to Maya and Morgan for their hard work and dedication. Their commitment helps ensure we’re prepared to serve, respond, and keep our communities safe throughout the busy months ahead.
We are officially summer-ready! 💪🐕🚁
TrainingComplete ReadyToServe

05/30/2026

🐾🥾K-9 Gus and Heather, what a team! 💪🏻Every successful recall, every clear refind alert, and every training session is building trust, communication, and skill. The progress you’ve already made is proof of the hard work, patience, and consistency you’re putting in together.
Gus, you’re learning a difficult job that requires focus, confidence, and teamwork. Heather, your dedication and guidance are helping turn those lessons into reliable performance in the field. Training isn’t always a straight line, but every challenge overcome becomes another strength you can rely on later.
Keep celebrating the small wins—they add up to big accomplishments. The fact that you’ve come so far already shows that you’re on the right path. Stay patient, stay consistent, and keep having fun with the process. The strongest K-9 teams are built one successful repetition at a time.
Here’s to many more solid recalls, confident refinds, and exciting breakthroughs ahead. Keep up the great work, Gus and Heather—you’ve got this! 🐕‍🦺👏🏽🏅

05/28/2026

🐾 Recall training starts SMALL.
If your dog can’t come back to you reliably on a 6 ft leash, expecting them to recall from 30 ft away — while a deer is basically yelling “catch me if you can!” 🦌 — just isn’t realistic.
Reliable recall is built in layers:
✅ Close distance
✅ Low distractions
✅ Repetition & rewards
✅ Gradually increasing difficulty
Success comes from setting dogs up to WIN, not testing them before they’re ready. 💛
Train the behavior you want in easy situations first, and the hard situations become possible later.
What’s been your biggest recall challenge lately? 👇

05/27/2026

🎒🐾 Pack Test ✅
Valley County SAR K-9 Response Team conducts an annual moderate-level pack test as a minimum physical standard for field deployability. (Missing 2 K-9 teams from photo as they were not able to join us today)
📋 Pack Test Requirements:
• 25 lb pack
• 2-mile walk
• 30-minute time limit
This standard helps ensure handlers are prepared for the physical demands of search operations and ready to respond when the call comes in. 💪🚨
Consistency, readiness, and teamwork keep our team mission-ready year-round.

05/24/2026

🚨 Only 3 Spots Left for Our June Seminar! 🚨
We’ve got:
🔥 2 HRD spots
🐾 1 Live Find spot
If you’ve been thinking about training with us, now’s the time! Come out to beautiful McCall and level up your skills with hands-on training, great dogs, and an awesome group of handlers. 💪
Whether you’re looking to sharpen your detection work or gain valuable live find experience, this seminar is built to challenge and grow your team.
📍 McCall, Idaho
📅 June 5,6,7 2026
⏳ First come, first served!
Drop us a message for details or to grab your spot before they’re gone! 👊

05/17/2026

🐾 Privileged to spend time with this sweet girl, Val, today 💛
I truly can’t believe she’s still at McPaws waiting for her forever home. She’s gentle, loving, and full of so much heart — someone is going to be incredibly lucky to have her. 🐶✨
If you’ve been thinking about adopting, maybe she’s the one. 🏡💕

05/16/2026

05/15/2026

🐾 Always an honor to deploy on search and rescue missions alongside so many dedicated agencies working together. Grateful for the teamwork, professionalism, and shared commitment to bringing people home safely. 🤝🇺🇸

05/08/2026

🚨2 HRD working spots left🚨
Contact me if you’d like to come!

The Good Shepherd K9 Training. Sunflower K9

04/28/2026

We had such an amazing experience with our K-9 First Aid course taught by Dr Kelsey Chereskin from West Vet. So many thanks to the community members that joined and supported us! 🐾💜