Hatch and Judy have been involved with search and rescue (SAR) for thirty years.     Among the founders of Dogs Organized for Ground Search (D.O.G.S.) in Alaska in 1975, they have been on the cutting edge of SAR dog organization, experimentation, development and promotion ever since. They helped pioneer the use of dogs in underwater recovery in the Virginia Search and Rescue Dog Association in 1979. They were founders of DOGS-East and in California they have been members of Wilderness Finders- WOOF and now CARDA, California Rescue Dog Association. In CARDA, Hatch was the first Vice President and Chief of Operations. Judy and Hatch have both subsequently served on the Board of Directors and on various operations committees.

        They are Life members of the National Association for Search and Rescue, NASAR. Judy established and was first editor of SAR Dog Alert for 11 years, 1982-1992. Hatch headed NASAR's SAR Dog Committee from 1985 to 90. Judy was named an Honorary Angel of the High Lonesome in 1983 and both have received NASAR's Service Award. Hatch helped edit and update NASAR's Managing the Lost Person Incident in 1994.

        Judy and Hatch were on the Advance Team to the Mexico City Earthquake in 1985 and have had dogs trained in all aspects of SAR work at one time or another.

        The two have been invited to lecture and train in search management and the use of dogs at NASAR conferences and other working dog seminars in Missouri, Texas, New York, Nevada, Wisconsin, Utah, Washington State, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Florida, Arizona, Mexico City, Maine, as well as California.

         Besides Judy's editorships, both have written extensively on the use of SAR dogs. For several years they were jointly the SAR Dog Staff Writers for Dog Sports Magazine.

Here are some of their articles grouped under topics:

• General

• Airscenting

• Avalanche

• Building Search

• Cadaver

• Disaster

• Handler Skills

• Search Management

• Scent Transport

• Trailing

• Water Search

• Search-and-Rescue Poems