Beat Marti has worked as a software engineer for many years for Digital Equipment Corporation. He joined a startup company in Massachusetts 1994 as VP of Customer Service. Four years later he participated in pioneering the very successful video-on-demand product that is widely used today. As of April 2004 he is retired spending most of his time enjoying the outdoors and working his dogs Chief and Mahko for K-9 Search & Rescue.

Beat joined High Country Search Dogs in 2004. Formerly, he was also a member of the Wyoming K-9 Search and Rescue in Jackson, WY where he joined with his 7 week old puppy “Chief”. 

Beat has been handling German Shepherds for 30 years. He started tracking 17 years ago and achieved certifications in AKC – CD /TD and CKC – TD/TDX. Beat is a certified first responder and trained in “Managing the Lost Person Incident”, "Managing the SAR function", "Mantracking" and "Avalanche Safety". He has taken a number of related search dog training seminars such as “Xtreme K-9 Mantrailing 1 & 2”,  “HRD”, "Cadaver", "Wilderness" and "Avalanche K-9 Search" as well as several High Country K-9 Seminars.

Chief "walks on water" ...