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I don't typically reach out when I'm going through tough times, mostly because my life has been chaos central since minute one, but I've seen the benefit of doing so here. I will insert a trigger warning as I realize I'm fairly desensitized by my work and I don't wish at all for anyone to be blindsided.

TRIGGER WARNING (TW): human remains, child abduction/endangerment

So to start off, I work with dogs. It's as simple as that but sometimes a little more complicated and was something that I started throwing myself into when I was a teenager. I'm really good with most animals but dogs, at the time, seemed easier to put on a business card than 'animal trainer.' I've studied dog psychology, multitudes of training methods, read up on just about every job the dog has been bred to do, and took a ton of classes. It was like learning a new language. I found that my unique background made me adept at resolving issues with 'problem' dogs, which in turn forged connections/mentors and furthered my education.

So far I've worked with; police, military, private sector, search and rescue (SAR), therapy/service dog programs and individuals in all kinds of jobs from human remains detection (HRD) and almost all other types of detection (explosives, drug, endangered animals, currency, etc) to protection to oh my goodness just about everything lol. And yes, there are a lot of acronyms :-)) . Nearly all of it has been in the capacity of; dog develops problem --> usual training methods can't fix problem --> owner/handler/organization approaches me for evaluation. At the start, I would approach people who were looking for assistance with shelter/rescue dogs and I still do this when I can. I worked mostly in Virginia, then got an amazing opportunity to work in Alaska(my favourite), then North Carolina, and now Florida. I'm not sure where I'll go next. I took an interest in SAR while in Alaska, got to go on a month long training 'retreat' in Denali National Park, and although I have no formal training, I've been privileged to help with some SAR groups on tasks.

All of that is to explain how I got where I am and my current struggle. I won't be very specific on times/dates/details to preserve anonymity of victims/individuals. There had been a call about a family member with known mental health issues wandering away from the house and they were found four days later dead due to falling on slippery rocks. Another, a parent, said they had last seen their child around midnight and woke up to them missing. The parent later was arrested after inconsistencies in their story surfaced and refusal to cooperate. I wasn't part of the team that eventually found the child's remains as they brought on more resources after the trail crossed state lines but assisted with the early stages. They weren't sure the remains were the child but DNA evidence proved that it was. I'm utterly exhausted and numb.

I've been scrolling through the search page looking at S+ beauties to cheer me up. Did you know there are over 200k color tested horses with S+? Do you have a favourite S+ horse? Post below.