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12/29/2025

Check those kits.

12/25/2025

12/24/2025

Registration is now open for the 2026 Working Dog Search & Rescue Summit

🗓️ April 7, 8, 9 - 2026
📍 Paducah, Kentucky

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12/16/2025

‼️💰‼️ $25,000 REWARD ‼️💰‼️
******** MISSING PERSON ********

JAMES DAVID BLOUNT
57 years old
White male
5’09” 200 lbs
Brown hair, Blue eyes

Last seen on Tuesday, December 2, unknown clothing. Vehicle was located on Hwy 84W at the Neches River, at The Cherokee/Anderson County line.

If you have any information, please call 911, Rusk PD 903-683-2677 or Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office at 903-683-2271.

12/13/2025

His vehicle was found Saturday on Highway 84 West at the Neches River (Cherokee County/Anderson County line).

12/09/2025

Seminar April 24-26th 2026
✨🐾 Registration opens February 1st 🐾✨
‼️More details to come‼️

12/07/2025

Department K9 - Full ACL Rupture, Disuse Atrophy Pelvic Tightness

If rear balance is not rebuilt correctly, this profile is at high risk for opposite ACL rupture and early retirement.

Police K9 torn ACL with pelvic tightness.
What is a limp is only the surface. What sits underneath is loss of drive transfer, uneven loading, and a high risk of a second career ending injury if balance is not rebuilt the right way. After a torn ACL, the injured rear leg develops disuse atrophy fast because the dog unloads it to avoid pain and instability. Atrophy is one of the main drivers of post ACL imbalance and reinjury risk if it is not reversed with targeted strength work.

Here is why backend balance and strength matter in a patrol K9 after ACL injury

• A torn ACL forces the dog to unload one rear leg and overload the opposite leg
In working K9s you often see:
• Gluteal atrophy
• Hamstring atrophy
• Quadriceps atrophy
• Pelvic tightness locks the hips and blocks full stride extension
• Power no longer transfers from hips to spine to shoulders
• Tracking, pursuit, and bite engagement all lose efficiency
• Decoy engagement becomes spine driven instead of hip driven
• The spine and shoulders take impact loads they were never built for
• The opposite ACL becomes the next failure point

If you do not correct this, you do not get a weaker dog. You get a dog with a shortened service life and a high reinjury rate. Which means, the dog returns mechanically altered. One rear leg becomes dominant, the pelvis stays restricted, and load transfers into the spine and shoulders. On paper the dog may look strong. In the field the dog breaks under stress.
You will end up with a dog whose body is mechanically unstable under police level stress, and that instability leads to repeat injury and early loss from service.

What balancing and strengthening restores

• Even weight bearing under stress
• Proper hip drive in pursuit and engagement
• Clean deceleration under load
• Safer suspect apprehension mechanics
• Reduced spinal compression under bite work
• Lower risk of contralateral ACL rupture

12/06/2025

SAVE THE DATE - Our 2026 in person workshop schedule is here! Registration will open in a few weeks so be sure to watch your inbox for updates. All workshops are at our training site in Dayton, OH unless otherwise noted. We hope to see you next year!
* Feb 28 - March 1 Spike's Disaster Response for Wilderness Handlers - LF and HRD (Pasco County, FL)
* March 1-2 Spike's Disaster Response for USAR Handlers - LF and HRD (Pasco County, FL)
April 9-10 HRD Land Beginner
* April 11-12 Crime Scene
May 16-17 HRD Water Beginner
June 20-22 HRD Water Intermediate
* July 10-12 HRD Water Advanced
August 7-9 HRD Land Intermediate
* September 10-11 HRD Land Advanced
* September12-13 Advanced Distractions

* Indicates there will be Spike's K9 Fund Sponsorship available to cover the cost of registration for qualified applicants.

11/30/2025

11/22/2025

Today, we recognize the incredible contributions of the 467 Medical Reserve Corps units that self-reported serving rural or frontier communities.

MRC volunteers provide critical benefits in these areas by:
✔Strengthening local public health capacity
✔Enhancing emergency preparedness
✔Filling vital healthcare gaps where resources may be limited
✔Supporting community resilience with tailored responses
From emergency response to everyday health initiatives, MRC units help ensure that rural and frontier populations receive support.

11/18/2025

“Someone with a ski mask came up to my daughter on the porch. She was eating a burger and what did he do? He started stabbing her..."