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Once Lost, Now Found - How You and Your Dog Can Help Save a Life with Search Dog Resources

Search Dog Resources was formed from a group of people that have the same mission in mind, and that is to aid law enforcement to find lost people, whether it be an Alzheimer’s patient, whether it be a child, whether it be a hiker, whether it be somebody that hasn't returned for quite awhile…and we get together two or three times a week to train for those missions.

We have dogs in different disciplines. We have trailing, which works like a bloodhound that needs a scent article and hopefully will be able to follow that scent of that person only. And then we have what they call area dogs, which are non-scent specific and they will find any human scent. It takes two to three years to get a certified dog to gain mission-ready status.

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It's Progress, Not Perfection (Yet) - I Love A Clean San Diego Inspires a Conservation Lifestyle

In this edition of The Village Visionary, I speak with Ian Monahan, Philanthropy & Marketing Manager of I Love a Clean San Diego. This organization has been restoring and enhancing the beautiful environs of San Diego County for over six decades, as well as educating people about conservation and sustainability! Ian and I had a lovely chat that I think will be inspiring to anyone who desires to go green. Read on!

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