About Me and What I Do
Karen J. Moulton - Avon, CT
Contact:
fvlostpets@comcast.net
What I Do When Working to Recover a Missing Pet
What I Do When I Hear about a Missing Pet in my Area
My Training and Experience
I have recovered many lost dogs and cats in the Farmington Valley area.
Missing Pet Partnership and K9 Pet Trackers, 2014
Intro to K9 Nose Work Seminar, Tails U Win, Manchester, CT, 2010
Wilderness Search Training, 1996 - 2003
Lost Person Search Experience
Cadaver (Human) Search Training
Contact:
fvlostpets@comcast.net
What I Do When Working to Recover a Missing Pet
- Gather information from the pet owner.
- Email owner my agreement.
- Load up my car with necessary equipment. Go to the location and set up equipment.
- Instruct owners on exactly what they need to do. I make myself available to them 24/7.
- Monitor cameras 24/7. The cameras send photos immediately to my phone. My phone alerts me 24/7 of any photos taken. Often photos are taken of wild animals such as squirrels, raccoons, opossum, skunk, birds, deer, bear, coyote, bobcat, and even mice. I wake up every time I get an alert and check the photos that come in looking. I don't get a lot of sleep when I am working a case.
- Go immediately to an area if a sighting comes in that is not near my trap set up. If I hear of a sighting and am available, I get in my car and go.
- If someone tampers with my equipment, I immediately go there to deal with the situation.
What I Do When I Hear about a Missing Pet in my Area
- Share the information on social media.
- Advise on best practices such as - do not chase or call out to a dog.
- Try to monitor sightings that are posted. If I am home, I will even get out of bed to drive to an area where there is a sighting.
- If available, I offer to assist.
- Help as much as I possibly can.
My Training and Experience
I have recovered many lost dogs and cats in the Farmington Valley area.
Missing Pet Partnership and K9 Pet Trackers, 2014
- Missing Animal Recovery Technician Course – Completed 10 week program on missing animal recovery best practices and techniques in June 2014
- Missing Animal Recovery (MAR K9) Boot Camp – a 3-day dog training event designed to meet the training needs of beginner, intermediate, and advanced MAR attendees, May 2014.
Intro to K9 Nose Work Seminar, Tails U Win, Manchester, CT, 2010
- Attended as a working handler
Wilderness Search Training, 1996 - 2003
- Participated in team training events, seminars, and certification testing in New England.
Lost Person Search Experience
- Participated in several lost person searches in CT
- Attended Mantracking Course
Cadaver (Human) Search Training
- 2003 - NEK9 Training. Instructor: Alice Hanan – Maryland Park Police K-9 Handler
- 2001 - Cadaver Dog Workout Weekend. Instructors: Jonni Joyce Master Trainer – National Police Working Dog Association and Alice Hanan – Maryland Park Police K-9 Handler
- 2000 - Maine Search & Rescue Conference. Instructors: Keith Heavrin, (MESARD); Dr. David, Chief Medical Examiner and K-9 Handler, State of Maine; and Matt Zarrella RI State Police K-9 handler
- 1996 - Basic Cadaver Search, K-9 Specialty Associates. Instructors: Andy Rebmann (retired head of CT State Police K-9 Unit) , Marcia Koenig, and Matt Zarrella, RI State Police K-9 handler.
