Farmington Valley Lost Pet Recovery
  • Farmington Valley Lost Pet Recovery
  • About Me
    • Donations
  • Resources
  • Predators
  • Preventing Your Dog from Going Missing
  • Recovering a Missing Dog
  • Recovering a Missing Cat
  • Recovered Pets
  • Recovered Pets - More
  • The Story of Flander
  • The Story of Stella
  • The Story of Stitch

 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
  • 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​.
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  • Farmington Valley Lost Pet Recovery
  • About Me
    • Donations
  • Resources
  • Predators
  • Preventing Your Dog from Going Missing
  • Recovering a Missing Dog
  • Recovering a Missing Cat
  • Recovered Pets
  • Recovered Pets - More
  • The Story of Flander
  • The Story of Stella
  • The Story of Stitch