Meet Our Featured Team Member

Angelyn is the SCK9SAR Team Leader. She started her K9 SAR career in 2008 in Southern California with CARDA (California Rescue Dog Association). She was a certified K9 handler on three teams in California before moving to Skagit County in 2016. Over her K9 SAR career, Angelyn has certified in Trailing, HRD, and Water. In 2017 she restarted the Skagit County K9 unit and has been working with her teammates since then to develop the unit. She is currently working with her partner BellaRose in Trailing and HRD. She is also a certified member of the Ground SAR unit and sits on the SAR Council Board of Directors.

What Angelyn loves about her dog BellaRose, a 2 year old English Shepherd: “Rosie is such a happy dog. She loves making new human friends during training and is a happy worker.  I can’t tell if she likes trailing or HRD more since she wags her tail and smiles a lot when doing both.  I am looking forward to her long SAR career!”

Something Angelyn wants you to know about K9 SAR: Our dogs are spoiled and very well cared for. They are our pets as well as our partners. They have great lives!