Thursday 31 January 2013
Birthday wishes
It's my little bruvver's birthday today - a whole year old! Happy birthday Angus dog (don't tell him, but I really do like him!)
Monday 21 January 2013
Happy anniversary to me!
It's 6 years today that I passed my final exam as a searchdog. I've been to over 200 callouts !!! It's been great and I'm hoping to do loads more!
Sunday 20 January 2013
Pics from training
Oh it was really nice today - me and Kaz went to Whinlatter and did some training. Kaz was instructing for Elly and Brackeb, but we got to play too which was fab. I found body Penny in record time (Kaz wasn't doing anything in record time) but she got there eventually! It was good to see Mara and Kath, Martin and Cuillin, my big sis Ginny, Glen and Molly and Laura and Jake.
When my and Kaz got back she let Angus have a go and put out 3 boxes with different scents on and he found all of them which Kaz told me she was very pleased about. Blimey it was cold so a big thank you to all the bodies!
Here's me and Penny
When my and Kaz got back she let Angus have a go and put out 3 boxes with different scents on and he found all of them which Kaz told me she was very pleased about. Blimey it was cold so a big thank you to all the bodies!
Here's me and Penny
Sad news from Glencoe
Me and Kaz and the Dram and Angus dogs had a lovely time yesterday on our walk - we did some obedience stuff (not for me, for Angus dog) and had a fab run round.
It was really cold but not enough snow for playing :-(
Oh my very good friend Rosemary wrote to me telling me how sorry she was that I'd been left outside by Kaz after the Callout the other night - at least someone cares Kaz !!!!!
There was some very bad news yesterday and that was about an avalanche in Glencoe which has killed 4 people. Snow is can be very dangerous on the mountains sometimes and we all feel very sad for their families. I am trained as an avalanche dog too and I know how hard the local Mountain Rescue Teams must have been working to help find them.
Today me and Kaz are going to do some training at Whinlatter - she is taking the Angus dog and Daryl is bringing Dram dog to see if they can do a little bit of training for their trailing thingy. I'm looking forward to that and seeing all my friends.
It was really cold but not enough snow for playing :-(
Oh my very good friend Rosemary wrote to me telling me how sorry she was that I'd been left outside by Kaz after the Callout the other night - at least someone cares Kaz !!!!!
There was some very bad news yesterday and that was about an avalanche in Glencoe which has killed 4 people. Snow is can be very dangerous on the mountains sometimes and we all feel very sad for their families. I am trained as an avalanche dog too and I know how hard the local Mountain Rescue Teams must have been working to help find them.
Today me and Kaz are going to do some training at Whinlatter - she is taking the Angus dog and Daryl is bringing Dram dog to see if they can do a little bit of training for their trailing thingy. I'm looking forward to that and seeing all my friends.
Monday 14 January 2013
Callouts and watching other searchdogs
Well this year has got off to a bit of a quick start.
Kaz and me had been out helping Kath and her trainee dog Mara do some searchdog stuff on Sunday over at Nine Standards.
They did really well and me and the Dram dog kept a sharp eye on the proceedings as you can see!
We got home from training and me and Kaz settled down to have a good read (well she was reading - me and the Angus and Dram dogs were chewing on a rather nice bone I seem to recall). Suddently at about 4.30 the team pager went off for a search for 2 missing people lost somewhere near High Street.
This is what it looks like in the day time at the moment....
Me and Kaz jumped in the van and drove to Mardale Head where we met up with our team member Vic who was going to be our navigator. Our job was to go up to Blea Water, up to Caspel Gate, Long Stile, High Street Summit and then work out what to do from there. Blimey it was a bit difficult - the conditions were pretty awful (even I'll admit that!). As we got up to Caspel Gate and then onto the scramble up to the top, the wind starting really blowing and both Kaz and Vic got knocked over a few times. Even I was blown over and I've got four paws on the ground at all times!
We also met up with Kaz's team mates Glenn and Matt who decided to go from High Street North towards Kidsty Pike to meet up with team members coming the other way. That meant we had to go from the High Street Summit over to Thornthwaite Beacon which was very windy and very wet and foggy.
Kaz and Vic were losing radio signal at one point so we were very pleased to hear that they had been found on Rest Dodd over towards Hayeswater by Patterdale team members. Kaz and Vic had a sit down and a cup of tea then we started making our way back round Mardale Ill Bell towards Nan Bield - I was being very helpful and running in front - apparently that wasn't too helpful cos the visibility was only about 10 feet!
We eventually arrived back at the Mardale Head carpark at about 11pm and we were all a bit tired!!
We drove back home and Kaz did something terrible - she left me outside all night on the doorstep!! That's terrible isn't. She reckons that she'd let the Dram and Angus dogs out for a quick comfort break and thought I'd already gone to bed in the kitchen but I hadnt - I was still in the garden. The other two ran back in and she locked up for the night. When I got back to the front door it was all locked up so I ended up curling up on the doorstep all night until she remembered in the morning and opened the door! The other two dogs laughed at me - dont worry I'll get my own back on them one day.
Then this weekend me and Kaz have been assessing the SARDA England Searchdogs which was great fun. They were really good. 1st off the assessors gave the handlers the area to search - it was really interesting cos the area we were assessing was the one that me and Kaz did when we finally passed our assessments.
Then they ask the handlers to work out how they are going to do their search (some of the handlers draw pictures of their area to help themselves) and then they set them off -
Some of the handlers get very artistic with coloured pens and stuff!
Here's trainee Wisp - who was a very pretty girl but also naughty as she ate the water container in the van cos she was bored.
and here are some of the other searchdogs.................
It was great fun but very cold.
Today it's snowing so I'm looking forward to Kaz coming home and taking us out for a long snowy walk - hooray!
Kaz and me had been out helping Kath and her trainee dog Mara do some searchdog stuff on Sunday over at Nine Standards.
They did really well and me and the Dram dog kept a sharp eye on the proceedings as you can see!
We got home from training and me and Kaz settled down to have a good read (well she was reading - me and the Angus and Dram dogs were chewing on a rather nice bone I seem to recall). Suddently at about 4.30 the team pager went off for a search for 2 missing people lost somewhere near High Street.
This is what it looks like in the day time at the moment....
Me and Kaz jumped in the van and drove to Mardale Head where we met up with our team member Vic who was going to be our navigator. Our job was to go up to Blea Water, up to Caspel Gate, Long Stile, High Street Summit and then work out what to do from there. Blimey it was a bit difficult - the conditions were pretty awful (even I'll admit that!). As we got up to Caspel Gate and then onto the scramble up to the top, the wind starting really blowing and both Kaz and Vic got knocked over a few times. Even I was blown over and I've got four paws on the ground at all times!
We also met up with Kaz's team mates Glenn and Matt who decided to go from High Street North towards Kidsty Pike to meet up with team members coming the other way. That meant we had to go from the High Street Summit over to Thornthwaite Beacon which was very windy and very wet and foggy.
We eventually arrived back at the Mardale Head carpark at about 11pm and we were all a bit tired!!
We drove back home and Kaz did something terrible - she left me outside all night on the doorstep!! That's terrible isn't. She reckons that she'd let the Dram and Angus dogs out for a quick comfort break and thought I'd already gone to bed in the kitchen but I hadnt - I was still in the garden. The other two ran back in and she locked up for the night. When I got back to the front door it was all locked up so I ended up curling up on the doorstep all night until she remembered in the morning and opened the door! The other two dogs laughed at me - dont worry I'll get my own back on them one day.
Then this weekend me and Kaz have been assessing the SARDA England Searchdogs which was great fun. They were really good. 1st off the assessors gave the handlers the area to search - it was really interesting cos the area we were assessing was the one that me and Kaz did when we finally passed our assessments.
Then they ask the handlers to work out how they are going to do their search (some of the handlers draw pictures of their area to help themselves) and then they set them off -
Some of the handlers get very artistic with coloured pens and stuff!
Here's trainee Wisp - who was a very pretty girl but also naughty as she ate the water container in the van cos she was bored.
and here are some of the other searchdogs.................
It was great fun but very cold.
Today it's snowing so I'm looking forward to Kaz coming home and taking us out for a long snowy walk - hooray!
Thursday 3 January 2013
2013 is here
Well it's been a pretty good start to the new year for us. Us dogs had a Callout to help Cockermouth MRT at 0040 on New Years Day - me and Kaz didn't go coz we were all staying at Grandpa Ron's in Worcestershire. My big sis Ginny's went along and luckily the missing lady was found very quickly by team members. Then on 2nd Patterdale MRT called us out but our pagers didn't go off so only Andy and Cory and Mike and Moss went!
Yesterday me and Kaz did some training - here I am finding bodies Rosemary and Terry on the fell at Whinlatter in the driving rain.
Then Kaz did some work on scent discrimination with Angus dog in the woods. He was very good.
Dram dog came too and had a nice run round too.
Then today we went for a long walk - Dram and Angus dogs were right posers (I was more interested in running after tennis balls).
We are all just chilling out now in front of the log burner which is great!
Yesterday me and Kaz did some training - here I am finding bodies Rosemary and Terry on the fell at Whinlatter in the driving rain.
Then Kaz did some work on scent discrimination with Angus dog in the woods. He was very good.
Dram dog came too and had a nice run round too.
Then today we went for a long walk - Dram and Angus dogs were right posers (I was more interested in running after tennis balls).
We are all just chilling out now in front of the log burner which is great!
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