K9 Brice

06/23/2026

06/23/2026

❤️ Today is HHT Awareness Day ❤️

Meet Joey and Stephany Zumerling — friends of K9 Brice — and read their inspiring story of living with Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia (HHT) across three generations of one family.

06/23/2026

❤️ Today is HHT Awareness Day ❤️

Meet Joey and Stephany Zumerling — friends of K9 Brice — and read their inspiring story of living with Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia (HHT) across three generations of one family.

From Joey’s journey as a young HHT warrior to Stephany’s experience navigating rare disease diagnoses, their story is a powerful reminder of the importance of awareness, advocacy, early diagnosis, and community support.

📖 Three Generations. One Family. One HHT Journey.

Read their story in the June issue of the TAAF Newsletter:

https://bit.ly/TAAFNewsletter

And learn more about HHT and available resources at Cure HHT.

Please join us in raising awareness and supporting individuals and families affected by HHT. ❤️

06/21/2026

With Jeff Schettler – I'm on a streak! I've been a top fan for 2 months in a row. 🎉

06/07/2026

Made the find!

Our Sunday morning training brought us to the City of Roosevelt Park near a nursing facility. Our expert trail-layer walked to a nearby park, and canine Brice had to work through heavy contamination, distractions, and even a little barky dog along the way.

Brice stayed focused, worked the problem, and, in the end, she found her person.

Great work, Brice! 🐾

Roosevelt Park Michigan

05/16/2026

Throwback from May 16, 2018

Oh, the adventures we've shared, the miles we've traveled.

05/09/2026

Better behaved than some children.

Not that we would ever want to anthropomorphize Canine Brice, of course.

After a long day of training, working, and being professionally adorable, Brice has claimed her chair, accepted her blanket, and settled in like she has a reservation at a five-star hotel.

Rest well, K9 Brice. You earned it. 🖤🐾

05/08/2026

Next-level tailgating at K9 training. 🐾☕

K9 Brice is set up and ready to fuel the day with a Jetboil, a percolator, and fresh ground coffee from Magnum Coffee: Taste of the Exotic.

When training starts early, good coffee and good company make all the difference.

Here’s to a full day of learning, teamwork, and sharpening skills with fellow K9 teams.

❤️Potion #9 - IFKYK

05/07/2026

Caption this photo:
..and go!

05/07/2026

🐾 K9 Trail Highlight: How K9 Brice Worked the Track Today

Today’s trail was a great example of how a scent-specific canine helps establish direction of travel when a subject is missing.

The track started at a set of metal open-grate stairs where the subject had been sitting. K9 Brice immediately began to detail the stairs, working carefully to gather the subject’s residual odor left behind at the starting point. She then checked off the people in the group and returned to the stairs to verify the scent source.

That confirmation mattered. After ruling out others present and rechecking the stairs, Brice was able to identify the exit path the subject had walked. From there, she worked the track and we located the subject a short distance away.

This scenario highlights why a scent-specific trailing canine is such an important tool. Without one, responders may not know which direction the subject traveled.

Drones can be a valuable resource in missing person searches, but they still raise an important question:
Where do you begin?
Do you simply fly around and hope to get lucky spotting someone who matches the description?

A trailing dog helps answer that question by providing a starting direction of travel, which can make search resources like drones and ground teams much more effective.

K9 Brice continues to show the value of following odor, confirming the source, and helping turn uncertainty into a focused search.