Risa Hunnicutt is a private narcotics search handler and also offers private obedience lessons and board and train. She has been practicing Mondioring since 2004 and represented the USA at Level 1 at the 2006 International Grand Prix in Potugal with her malinois, Real de San Carlos Barakuda, who to date, had earned the highest ranking of a USA dog at level 1.

An avid rottweiller fan, and rescue participant, Risa breeds under the Kennel name of Schwarzer Bar, (Black Bear) for sound mind and body, with beauty often coming as a bonus.