These dogs are not attack dogs, when they are not on duty they are family pets, but they are all trained in air scent, ground scent or both. Trailing, or the use of both air and ground scent, is an extremely effective locating technique. This search and rescue team is not affiliated with the Fish and Game Department, and is another of Lynette's many activities. Three DFG K-9 teams are now in service with the Department of Fish and Game. Along with their detection and tracking duties, these K-9s are trained to protect their partners as they partrol remote areas where law enforcement backup is rare.
Statistics show that work as a game warden is extremely hazardous.
In fact, wardens suffer nine times more assaults than other law enforcement officers. A K-9 partner offers a major deterrent to physical assault. On the job, Lynette is involved in many large cases. She is presently working on an abalone poaching case which could lead to five indictments. In the environmental area she is working on a case involving the complete diversion of a stream and the resulting death of all the downstream trout.