Me and Kaz and Daryl and Deam dig went down to north Tawton in Devon for a trailing training course. We drove for a long time but eventually arrived and met the others. We were going to watch Daryl and the Dram dog do his trailing stuff, but Kaz got told there was a missing person on Bodmin Moor and me and her were going to help the other dogs search for him. It was great - lots of good wind and not too hot but I got a bit scared of the cows who were protecting their calves and the horses who kept chasing me. We worked for a long time but eventually heard that the missing person had been found.
When we got back Daryl told Kaz that him and Dram had done well. So the next day we worked at an old country house - I even got to search in the house and found someone in the cupboard in the library!
We watched Daryl and the Dram dog and they did really well and even did a small trail for a person.
The next day we all went to some fields and searched - it was great and I had loads of fun finding the bodies.
When we came home Daryl and Kaz had been busy until this weekend and on Saturday we all went over to Whinlatter so Kaz could help assess trailing dog Paddy and his handler Neil from Northern Ireland. They followed a 4 hour trail for over 2 km with lots of twists and turns.....and they passed - hooray!
The Dram dog and Daryl did a discrimination test on 3 different people and found the right one and was brilliant!
Then today we went to Haweswater and me and Kaz did some Assessing - Andy and trainee dog Corrie passed some more assessments and haven't got many more to go now- hooray! Everyone else seemed to be doing well too so that was great.
