Cumberland K9 Search and Recovery

04/15/2026

Cumberland K9 has had a very busy month. 5 searches so far (3 last week alone) and one more scheduled. So proud of how the K9s have worked but really pleased with the way the young ones, Evie and Allee, have stepped up.

Today we said our final goodbyes to an awesome detective we have worked with many times. We met him first on the Baby Joe Clyde Daniel’s case. Trevor walked many a mile with River and Millee looking for Baby Joe’s remains. Trevor will be greatly missed by all who knew him. I know Baby Joe was waiting with open arms at the gates of heaven.
Rest in Peace Trevor til we meet again. We will take it from here.
“His Master said to him, well done, good and faithful servant….” Matthew 25:23

03/31/2026

03/28/2026

Congratulations to one of our team members/K9 handler Brandon McCurdy. He was just named Employee of the Year for Clarksville Fire Rescue. Brandon is Asst Chief of Special Operations for CFR.
Cumberland K9 is honored to have Brandon and his K9 Evie as a member of our team.

03/24/2026

Scent detection isn’t just about the trained final response 🐾🐕‍🦺

Scent detection isn’t just about the final response, it’s about everything the dog shows us throughout the search.

Each subtle change in body language, breathing rate , movement direction and speed, the problem solving, the thoughtful pause builds layer upon layer, like a cake forming as the search unfolds. 🍰

When we learn to read those layers, we start to truly understand how the dog is working the odour, not just where they finish.

The trained final response (TFR) is simply the cherry on too, visible and important, but is only a small part of everything that came before

Mandy Rigby
Scent Detection Instructor / Founder
Canine Scentwork Academy

03/22/2026

Beautiful weather to do a little training . Was a bit windy but the dogs enjoyed working. Even the pups Tedee aka Chunk and Mocha got to do a little work too.
Evie also got to go on her first official search Friday. We cleared an area for LE.

03/02/2026

Saturday we ran some training sessions with the K9’s, we worked on building search, rubble pile, and open area search. We worked with 6 dogs all way from River age 10 to Mocha at 4 months. Even at Rivers age he is always up for a swim!

02/21/2026

Cumberland K9 received a very very generous donation today from a donor who wants to remain anonymous
We thank them so very much!!
We are so grateful to everyone who continues to support us

02/14/2026

A little training before rain sets in.

02/08/2026

After two weeks of snow and ice and freezing temps we finally started to thaw out some. So decided to do some K9 training. Dogs had a blast. Even the two pups got to do some training too. Good job by all.

01/07/2026

Today, we had the pleasure of doing a SAR K9 presentation and demonstration. Thank you Denise Steverson for inviting us to speak with some high schoolers at Pleasantview Christian School. The students were engaging. River and Charlee were as usual, superstars. We really enjoyed our morning. Thanks-

01/03/2026

Great day to do some training.