8-27-21 Alan & Heather Grossman - Search & Rescue Dogs

Joining us as Guest Speakers this Friday were Alan and Heather Grossman. They shared with us how Search and Rescue Dogs are trained, the scope of their abilities, and how working dogs should be treated by the general public. Heather and Alan have three working dogs; all of whom are certified in some aspect of search and rescue. They also have a new puppy who has begun her training journey.

Heather is a member of Ohio Task Force One. Alan and Heather are members of Midwest K9 in Columbus, as well as the Kentucky Search Dog Association.

Alan is a member and Past President of the Rotary Club of Dublin-Worthington and a Financial Advisor with Edward Jones in Powell. Heather is CEO of QRT Consulting Group where she helps small to mid-sized medical device businesses attain business strategies. The Grossmans live on a small farm in Marengo, where they have horses, goats, chickens, dogs, and cats.

Alan and Heather joined us in person for their presentation and brought their crew of dogs and provided demonstrations. We will continue offering the presentation via Zoom as well.

Click Here to view their presentation on our YouTube Channel.

To view the photos from this meeting, please visit our Flickr page .

We also have videos on our channel from most of our meetings for the past year, click here to see the videos on our YouTube Channel.

The star of the show was definitely Melvin, the Search and Rescue dog, a Belgian Malinois/German Shepherd cross.

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