Canine Search Solutions

Eric Peterson has been a State Trooper with the South Dakota Highway Patrol since 2016 and Police Service Dog (PSD) handler with the SDHP as of March 2021. Eric is a NASAR SAR TECH II, BCK9SAR Instructor, and AFRCC SMC Graduate.  He holds memberships thru NNDDA and NAPWDA and is currently an NNDDA Human Remains Detection Evaluator.

 

K9 Ninja is a purebred Dutch Shepherd. Ninja is AKC CGC and HRD certified through NNDDA 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 and NAPWDA 2017, 2016. Ninja has a great working lineage and is an amazing working dog.

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K9 Jada, (offspring of K9 Ninja's litter, Nemesis Dutch Shepherds) is a purebred Dutch Shepherd and NNDDA certified in Human Remains Detection. 

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Link to Nemesis Dutch Shepherds on Facebook. 

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Eric's working career with dogs started in 2007 when he adopted K9 Eve from Pit Rescue of the Great Plains. Their early working experiences together consisted of obedience and agility training but the desire for more training steered them to Search and Rescue. They joined Brookings County K9 SAR in 2008. K9 Eve, American Pit Bull Terrier, AKC CGC, Basic Mantrailing NASDN '09, '11 and NAPWDA Tracking and Trailing '11. Eve certified in HRD with NAPWDA '13 and '14. Eve passed away on Feb 19, 2020.

 

K9 Emmet, Boxer, AKC CGC, and certified for Area Search with NASDN '11 and NAPWDA '11, '12, '13 and '14. K9 Emmett passed away from cancer in the spring of 2015.His sweet face and love for people will be missed.