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Working K9 case reviews ~ real-life stories of K9 warriors, crime fighters, protectors, and rescuers as told by their Law Enforcement, Military, and Search & Rescue Handlers and Partners.
Your host is Sonja Nordstrom, a retired FBI Special Agent and a Handler and Trainer of Search & Rescue/Recovery K9s for 30+ years.
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Breaking New Ground in K9 Detection with Paul Bunker
Paul Bunker has decades of K9 detection experience, having worked all over the world and across many disciplines as a handler, instructor, innovator, and author. Starting more than 40 years ago…
Lifeflight to the Rescue with Darby Earle, RN
Sometimes even a hero needs a hero - that's where Intermountain Lifeflight steps in. Thanks to my guest Darby Earle, Flight RN, LIfeflight now has a program to provide treatment and helicopter…
The Legend ~ 50 years of K9 Capers with Andy Rebmann
In this episode, Retired CT State Trooper Andy Rebmann, author of the Cadaver Dog Handbook, shares lots of great training information and fantastic K9 capers with his Patrol K9s, Trailing…
Death Investigation and the Human Remains Detection K9 with Col. Annette R. GrandPre (ret.)
Renee (Retired Col. Annette Renee GrandPre) has lived a life of service from start to finish. With military deployments to Kosovo in 2006 and to Kandahar in 2018, she rounded out her military career…
S2E14 Making the Grade as a US Army Special Mission Unit K9 with Fred Fusco
Fred "Big Fred" Fusco of Storm Tactical Consulting Website: stormtactical.wixsite.com/stormtactical IG: www.instagram.com/storm_tactical_consulting/ YouTube:…
S2E13 The Making of the US Army Special Operations Command K9 ~ Shannon Krieger, USSOCOM Operator, Handler, and K9 Trainer
Please enjoy this episode with SHANNON KRIEGER, a person who has served the United States with dedication, sacrifice, and honor. From 1999 - 2012, Shannon Krieger was a working K9 handler and…
S2E12 The Evolution of a Tactical ”Dog Man” - Steve ”Zane” Stoops
ATAK-9 Instructor/Trainer Spotlight #1 - Steve "Zane" Stoops: Welcome Steve of American Tactical Aggregate K-9 (ATAK-9) to K9 Top Tales. Steve has evolved through 3+ decades to become the dog man of…
S1E11 Q&A re FEMA K9 Teams and the Surfside Condo Collapse
In light of the recent and very tragic Condominium Collapse disaster in Surfside, Florida, I called on a long-time Search and Rescue K9 colleague and friend, Deresa Kenney (Teller,) who is a one of…
S2E1 Paving the Way for Female K9 Officers with Rose Cox
Rose (Rosalie) Cox is a one of a small number of women who paved the way for female handlers in the Patrol and Detection K9 world. She is one of the hardest working folks in the industry and has…
S1E9 K9 Rescues on the Southern Border with USBP BORSTAR Agent Roy Lopez (retired)
Roy Lopez has a very impressive and long history of service, starting out as a Navy Seal, a Veteran of Desert Shield and Desert Storm, then joining the Border Patrol in 1997 where he became one of…
S1E8 International Disaster Search K9 Deployments with Sonja Heritage
Well, this is episode #8 (not #7 - apparently I've lost track)! So many experiences shared in this episode. Sonja Heritage is likely one of the most experienced FEMA Disaster Response Search and…
S1E7 Tracking Monsters with Hounds - Coby Webb, PhD (Riverside Sheriff’s Department - Captain Retired)
Coby Webb, PhD, is a nationally known Police Captain (recently retired) for a Department of more than 4000 sworn and an accomplished Handler of dual-purpose patrol/narcotics K9s and Bloodhounds. She…
S1E6 Great K9 Capers with Sgt. MIKE GOOSBY, Chief Trainer LAPD K9 Metro!
LAPD Sgt. Mike Goosby - With more than 750 criminal apprehensions walking behind a K9, Mike Goosby is one of the nation's authorities regarding tactical K9 deployment. In this episode, Mike shares…
S1E5 Gunny the Search and Rescue/Recovery K9 - with Handler Joe Jennings
Sometimes the unsung heroes of the working K9 Community are the Search dogs that locate those who have passed before they could be rescued. This episode highlights my Great Basin K-9 SAR teammates,…
S1E4 K9 TV Heroes with Sue Chipperton
When watching animals working on TV, did you ever ask yourself, "How did they get the dog to do that?" Well, my guest Sue Chipperton has decades of Studio Animal work and knows all the tricks of the…
S1E1 Anti-Poaching Dogs of Africa with Trainer Linda Porter
Linda Porter of the Canine Training Academy in Cañon City, Colorado, tells of hers and her husband John Lutenberg's unique experiences training tracking bloodhounds and Ivory and Weapons Detection…
S1E3 K9 Search and Rescue - The Early Days with Bill Dotson
Bill Dotson is well known throughout the Search and Rescue (SAR) community as a Search Manager and Trainer/Instructor. In this episode, however, we'll chat with Bill about his early days in SAR with…
S1E2 Working the Patrol/Sheriff’s/SWAT K9 with KEVIN SHELDAHL
In this episode, Kevin Sheldahl shares his decades of experience as a K9 Handler and Trainer for the Bernalillo County Sheriff's Department in New Mexico and now as owner and trainer for K-9 Services…
S1 Welcome to K9 Top Tales!
Welcome to the K9 Top Tales podcast where you will hear exciting, interesting, and at times heart-wrenching stories of these K9 warriors, protectors, rescuers, and crime fighters directly from their…
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K9 Top Tales has published 19 episodes since May 2020, covering topics in Documentary, Society & Culture.
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