Cindy and Brennan

Cindy started in Search and Rescue in 1999 with 2 German Shepherd Dogs who taught her that working dogs need to work!  She has been a member of Search Dog Network since 2000 and is currently working a yellow lab named Brennan who was found in the San Marcos Animal shelter.

BS -Texas A&M University: Physical education, 1980.
BS- UTMB Galveston: Physical Therapy 1982
Occupation: Physical therapist working in skilled nursing facilities in Bryan, College Station.

Member Special K9’s 2004-2007
Member NASAR since 2002
Member NNDDA 2004 – 2006
Member NSDA  2008- 2011
Member IPWDA since 2010
Member BVCART since 2011

Certifications:

• First Responder (ECA) 2000-2004
• First Responder Haz-Mat Awareness 2005
• Blood Bourne Pathogen training 2005
• Swift Water Awareness training
• Crime Scene Preservation: April 2001, March 2004
• Wide Area Search: Aug 2008
• NASAR SARTech II , Nov 2002
• CART training March 2011
• MLPI November 2011

Certified 1 HR canine with NNDA land and water, NASAR land : other and type IV.
Trained canine in trailing passing NNDDA certification test.
Certified 1 canine in HR land and water with IPWDA.

She has attended over 35 seminars regarding HR land and water search, trailing, canine behavior and drives, operant and classical conditioning in SAR training.

Cindy at Forensic seminar at
Western Carolina University