Flathead K9 Foundation

Flathead K9 Foundation North Valley Search and Rescue, Flathead County Search and Rescue, and Flathead County Sheriff's Office

Join us in wishing all of our amazing teams well for their weeks of upcoming certifications with NAPWDA through Montana ...
05/28/2026

Join us in wishing all of our amazing teams well for their weeks of upcoming certifications with NAPWDA through Montana Law Enforcement Canine Association!

Part of the law enforcement group will test early next week, along with the search and rescue tracking and area teams. In 2 more weeks, our human remains teams will have their testing.

In the midst of that we have a tracking seminar, and another planned for October! Never ending training, striving for bringing people home!

Our K9 team had the pleasure of training at the beautiful iconic Flathead Lake Lodge last weekend. The Averill family h...
05/19/2026

Our K9 team had the pleasure of training at the beautiful iconic Flathead Lake Lodge last weekend. The Averill family has always been extremely supportive of our law enforcement and search and rescue teams here in the Valley. We are humbled by their gracious commitment to our continuing education, and very thankful to be allowed to train there before they open for the year.
Thank you Kate and Chase for the opportunity!!

If you are a local business or land owner and want to donate the use of your property for our training, please send us a message and let us know!

www.FlatheadK9.org

Our incredible canine teams will be undergoing multidiscipline certifications in just a few weeks. The law enforcement ...
05/13/2026

Our incredible canine teams will be undergoing multidiscipline certifications in just a few weeks.

The law enforcement teams will travel a few hours to Missoula, and the search and rescue teams will be hosting two different time frames for our three disciplines here in the valley.

Between the certifications are two tracking seminars with the amazing Noz. What a busy and exciting time!!

Help the K9 Foundation wish all of our counties teams all the best - and above all else - Trust your dog!!

About one month remains before most of our K9 teams undergo a very intensive certification process under the workshop um...
05/04/2026

About one month remains before most of our K9 teams undergo a very intensive certification process under the workshop umbrella of the Montana Law Enforcement Canine Association with visiting master trainers from NAPWDA.

Our law enforcement teammates will travel 2 hours to Missoula for their patrol and detection portion the first week of June. Our SAR K9 teams will host the tracking, trailing and area portion of certifications here in the valley the same week under Travis Walthall, and the human remains detection teams will certify here in the valley 2 weeks later under Robert Noziska.

Between those two weeks, 8 of our volunteer tracking and trailing SAR K9 teams will host and train under Robert Noziska in a jam packed 3 day/2 session seminar. Noz was the driving force behind the US Border Patrol’s Search and Rescue K9 Program and, in 2003 became the first Border Patrol Agent SAR Canine Handler to become an Instructor. He has been training K9 teams for the Border Patrol and other federal, state and local agencies ever since.

The Flathead K9 Foundation is still seeking corporate and big partners to fund this intensive K9 team tracking training program.

As most of our supporters know, the Flathead County’s Search and Rescue K9 teams are called upon in critical situations—missing persons searches, wilderness emergencies and disaster response. Top-tier training for our Search and Rescue K9s is ESSENTIAL.

Please help us bring “Noz” to Flathead County for these two 3-day intensive training events.
6 days; 8 teams; $8000.

Search and Rescue K9 teams in Flathead County are all volunteer. Our preparedness depends on our partners.
As a corporate partner, your company will be:
Publicly recognized as a corporate sponsor
Acknowledged in press releases
Thanked on our Flatheadk9.org website.
Please consider becoming a Flathead K9 Foundation corporate partner and making a cash donation to help fund this event.

A huge belated congratulations to FCSO Deputy Minaglia and K-9 Rosso on completing their first IPCA Patrol Certification...
04/21/2026

A huge belated congratulations to FCSO Deputy Minaglia and K-9 Rosso on completing their first IPCA Patrol Certification. This will be Deputy Minaglia's second dual-purpose dog and he has put in hundreds of hours of hard work transforming Rosso from a green dog into an absolute stud. These two will do great things for Flathead County!
K-9 Rosso was acquired from Makor K9 of WV with funds provided by Flathead K9 Foundation. Pursuit K9 Montana assisted with the training of this amazing department team!

Don't let the snow stop you - in fact - come in and warm up with us, our K9 partners, and some cider!! It's raffle time...
04/16/2026

Don't let the snow stop you - in fact - come in and warm up with us, our K9 partners, and some cider!!

It's raffle time at Big Mountain Ciderworks!

BONUS goodies include an insulated metal growler with a free fill and a 6 pack from Big Mountain Ciderworks, AND a bonus raffle of 6 dozen cookies from the amazing Lake Baked bakery in Bigfork! 1 dozen is available tonight, and the rest can be collected monthly from the bakery in person!

We've got a great lineup of raffle prizes generously donated by local businesses. Gift cards, gear and more - every ticket you buy supports the Search & Rescue dogs. So come raise a glass, grab a pint and join us at Big Mountain Ciderworks on April 16th to take a shot at winning one of these five great prizes!

Men's Brush to Mountain Pro Pants from Forloh, with removeable knee pads ($284 value!)

-Assorted raffle basket from Les Schwab Tires, including a $140 coupon for wheel & tire alignment (total value: $200!)

-Doggo goodie bag from Cabela's Bass Pro Shops, featuring leash, collar, toys and more ($96 value!)

-Fifty dollar gift card to Starbucks ($50 value)

-DIY car wash bucket from AutoZone ($25 value)

There may be a few bonus items offered, as well as our usual K9 merchandise!

If you can't make it in person - use the QR code on the flyer to grab some raffle tickets and we will enter you from afar!
https://tinyurl.com/fk9fpintnight

Tomorrow night is Pint Night at Big Mountain Ciderworks! It's raffle time at Big Mountain Ciderworks! BONUS goodies inc...
04/15/2026

Tomorrow night is Pint Night at Big Mountain Ciderworks!

It's raffle time at Big Mountain Ciderworks!

BONUS goodies include an insulated metal growler with a free fill and a 6 pack from Big Mountain Ciderworks, AND a bonus raffle of 6 dozen cookies from the amazing Lake Baked bakery in Bigfork! 1 dozen is available tonight, and the rest can be collected monthly from the bakery in person!

We've got a great lineup of raffle prizes generously donated by local businesses. Gift cards, gear and more - every ticket you buy supports the Search & Rescue dogs. So come raise a glass, grab a pint and join us at Big Mountain Ciderworks on April 16th to take a shot at winning one of these five great prizes!

Men's Brush to Mountain Pro Pants from Forloh, with removeable knee pads ($284 value!)

-Assorted raffle basket from Les Schwab Tires, including a $140 coupon for wheel & tire alignment (total value: $200!)

-Doggo goodie bag from Cabela's Bass Pro Shops, featuring leash, collar, toys and more ($96 value!)

-Fifty dollar gift card to Starbucks ($50 value)

-DIY car wash bucket from AutoZone ($25 value)

Our amazing host is also throwing in an insulated meal growler, with a fill, AND a 6-pack of their wonderful cider! There may be a few bonus items offered, as well as our usual K9 merchandise!

If you can't make it in person - use the QR code on the flyer to grab some raffle tickets and we will enter you from afar!
https://tinyurl.com/fk9fpintnight

1 week from Pint Night at Big Mountain Ciderworks! Pint Night is coming, and it's raffle time at Big Mountain Ciderwork...
04/09/2026

1 week from Pint Night at Big Mountain Ciderworks!

Pint Night is coming, and it's raffle time at Big Mountain Ciderworks!

We've got a great lineup of raffle prizes generously donated by local businesses. Gift cards, gear and more - every ticket you buy supports the Search & Rescue dogs. So come raise a glass, grab a pint and join us at Big Mountain Ciderworks on April 16th to take a shot at winning one of these five great prizes!

Our amazing host is also throwing in an insulated meal growler, with a fill, AND a 6-pack of their wonderful cider! There may be a few bonus items offered, as well as our usual K9 merchandise!

If you can't make it in person - use the QR code on the flyer to grab some raffle tickets and we will enter you from afar!
https://tinyurl.com/fk9fpintnight

The Flathead K9 Foundation is seeking corporate partners to fund an intensive K9 team tracking training program. Flathe...
03/26/2026

The Flathead K9 Foundation is seeking corporate partners to fund an intensive K9 team tracking training program.

Flathead County’s Search and Rescue K9 teams are called upon in critical situations—missing persons searches, wilderness emergencies and disaster response. Top-tier training for our Search and Rescue K9s is ESSENTIAL. Two intensive 3-day tracking training programs for 8 K9 teams will be led by one of the top search and rescue K9 training experts in the United States, Robert Noziska (aka Noz). Noz was the driving force behind the US Border Patrol’s Search and Rescue K9 Program and, in 2003 became the first Border Patrol Agent SAR Canine Handler to become an Instructor. He has been training K9 teams for the Border Patrol and other federal, state and local agencies ever since.

Please help us bring “Noz” to Flathead County for these two 3-day intensive training events.

6 days; 8 teams; $8000.

Search and Rescue K9 teams in Flathead County are all volunteer. Our preparedness depends on our partners.

As a corporate partner, your company will be:

Publicly recognized as a corporate sponsor
Acknowledged in press releases
Thanked on our Flatheadk9.org website.

Please consider becoming a Flathead K9 Foundation corporate partner and making a cash donation to help fund this event.

Federal, state, city, and two different county organizations converged today to train at the old Gateway Mall in Kalispe...
03/20/2026

Federal, state, city, and two different county organizations converged today to train at the old Gateway Mall in Kalispell. Detection drills for explosives, fi****ms, narcotics, and cadaver were performed, with a little tracking thrown in! Multi-disciplinary and multi-organizational trainings are paramount to keeping our communities safe, as well as holding each other and our working K9's to a higher standard of excellence!

Come see us for a pint on April 16th at Big Mountain Ciderworks! www.flatheadK9.org

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