K9 Natick, K9 Erie & Josh

K9 Erie is a yellow lab training in airscent. Originally from Ohio, Erie is a big Ohio State football fan despite Josh being the number one pacific northwest Michigan fan. K9 Natick is a mainstay of KCSD. He is a Labrador Retriever with local and national certifications in airscent and human remains detection. Natick is a confident and enthusiastic search dog renowned for his unsurpassed ranging and for stealing food from unsuspecting search subjects. Josh is a senior handler who joined the unit in 1997 and wears multiple hats in KCSD, including Operation Leader Chair and Unit Public Information Officer. Josh regularly teaches at search dog workshops throughout the region and is a certified evaluator for the National Search Dog Alliance.