CANADA Canada - Darius Macdougall, 5, Crowsnest Pass, Alberta,Canada 21 Sept 2025

[100summers]

Oh please don't think my Q was aimed at you, you only wrote out the words!

You're all good! I have the exact same question as you

 

[MistyWaters]

Snipped by me
(thank you so much for this update!)

I have never heard of this before!?
"The scent he'd be giving off at this point"?? My understanding is a cadaver dog seeks a dead human body? No matter their age or anything about them, the dogs are searching for scent of a body?

"A cadaver dog, also known as a Human Remains Detection Dog (HRDD), is a dog specially trained to detect the scent of human decomposition, which is distinct from the scent of living humans. Law enforcement, medical examiners, and search teams use these dogs to locate human remains in a variety of environments, including land, water, and buried sites, to assist in criminal investigations and provide closure for families of missing persons. "

Is this a Canadian thing or am I out of the loop?

I think a person’s scent does not disappear the minute they die. This article explains it quite well.

S&R - Working Dogs and Dead Bodies

Training a dog in a search profile for missing persons, and or evidence search is really very basic. The key element is getting the dog to search and indicate human scent. How the dog is taught this and how the dog indicates this varies from trainer to trainer and handler to handler

leerburg.com

 

[TMich6811]

Just thinking of all of the front line workers who were searching and how this will haunt them for life

 

[TMich6811]

Dbm

 

[MistyWaters]

I hope so, according to social media there's lots of people wanting to help.

It’s a very remote and dangerous area for people with no wilderness familiarity. IIRC there’s no cellphone coverage. How would they know where to look and not get lost themselves? Temp is getting near freezing at night, next comes snow. Summer days of camping are over, already daylight hours are getting shorter and shorter. I’m curious how their talk would be put into action.
JMO