SAR practice

I was lucky enough to have two young helpers on this wet day.

Searching at abandoned school

Thank you again to Hennie and Ruud for more help.

Search fun and help

Did many small article searches, tracking, and a few victim finds with my Dutch friends Ruud Leus and Hennie Bolster giving helpful tips.

Supporting ongoing SAR training

I was involved with SAR long ago and am enjoying the sport version now.  One of Kludde's pups is earning SAR certifications and a second pup should be certified soon.  We made a small donation to the North American Search Dog Network (http://www.nasdn.org) for use at their spring seminar.

Happy 6th birthday

Special shout out to the trainer/decoy who said that if I kept training at his club and had some good luck I could earn (only) a mondioring 1 title by the time Kludde is six.  Motivation comes in many forms.

French Ring 3, Mondioring 3, Protection Sports Association 1, Tracking 3, Stoberprufung 3, Rettungshunde 1, Companion Dog, breed Champion, Excellent Handler Discrimination, Ultimate Jumper, Super Elite, Top gun, Sonic Dock Dog. And he paints!

(Picture from sucessful SAR evidence and victim find training session.)

Kludde pup having some fun

Drooling and leaping like dad.

Missing Pet Partnership

A great resource I hope you will never need.

Supporting SAR in New York - Amigo Search and Rescue

Their main coverage areas include Tioga, Broome, Chenango and Delaware Counties in NY State. They also provide public safety educational programs in Lost Prevention and Wilderness Survival. amigosark9.com

My dog pulls

Second leg for U-WP.  Nice venue offered by Hampton KC and welcoming judge Dina Davis.

Painter for painters

Kludde is supporting the K9 Hero Portrait project, ​a nationwide program that provides law enforcement and military handlers life-like paintings of their fallen K9 partners.

First time weight pull, an easy pass

Thank you to Hampton Roads Kennel Club and judge Dina Davis.  It was a great experience for my first time doing weight pull.  He easily pulled almost 10 times his weight for his first leg of his weight pull title.