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| devon longhair |
Mountain Rescue and HPR'sHiI once met a lady who had worked her GSP as a mountain rescue dog and had been on call to emergency situations. I was wondering if any forum members know about this and how to get in touch with the mountain rescue organisations, dog trainers etc.? Ben is thinking he'd quite like to look into doing this with our GLP bitch. Nikola |
| Ghilliegumdrop |
The brother of my GWP was trained for the mountain rescue down in Devon. This was some time ago in the early 1990s. Not sure who you would conntact but try google.
PS Are there mountains in Devon 
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| johnhod |
http://www.nsarda.org.uk/
Site of the National Search and Rescue Dog Association |
| Claire |
IWRRS have successfully rehomed young weimaraners who have gone on to be trained to work in this capacity 
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| lagopuslagopus |
We did Search & Rescue with the Lincolnshire Police before we moved to Wales and got into the gundog work side of things. |
| BritAnnie |
But it's all flat down there - why do you need Mountain Rescue? Mountains are big things that rise out of the groound and are called funny names 
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| lagopuslagopus |
If you're referring to Lincolnshire it was Search & Rescue not mountain. There are still people that go missing in flat areas. |
| BritAnnie |
So are there mountains in Devon? I though Englandshire was all flat
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| munstyman |
Devon does not have `mountains' but it has moors and hills that can `bite back'. I use to drive tractors on slopes where I had to keep my foot on the door frame in order to stay in the seat 
And both moors have quick mists, bottomless bogs and barrow whites, and you don't want to feel the icy grip of a barrow white Annie  
Peter |
| BritAnnie |
My late partner came from Devon but he didn't talk much about it - bad memories etc. I've never been there, must do sometime - in summer
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| countrygirl |
Barrow white
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| munstyman |
Barrow whites are the guardian spirits of barrows which on being released by grave robbers from the barrow roam through the mists of the moor seeking relatives of those transgressors and take their souls back to the barrow for eternity
Next time you go for a walk on the moors and the mist decends, ask yourself how well do you know what your ancesters did for a living 
Peter |
| BritAnnie |
Eeeeek - mine were horse thieves on the West coast  - fleeing to and from Ireland, and across the English/Scottish Border too . I won't be coming down to visit, thank you very much
BA |
| Helen S |
I have often thought that search & rescue would be a very rewarding and worthwhile employment for a GWP  But wouldn't you have to train the dog not to hunt for game?  
I can just imagine searching for a lost person in the bush and getting sidetracked onto a deer track or pointing a pheasant
Helen S |
| Bareve |
It's like the people who train GWP's (and other gundogs) for working trials. They seem to manage to turn off the natural gundog instinct especially when the dogs have been sent to look in a search area, in the middle of a field, for a paper clip, or match.
I presume they must not encourage any natural instincts when doing any formal training? I know with the drug/explosive dogs they have kicked dogs out of the training programme before because their gundog instincts do occasionally kick in and therefore they aren't deemed to be reliable. |
| karenb |
One of my neighbours has a young GSP that he is training for Search & Rescue (he is a long standing member of the West Pennine Rescue team) The dog is progressing very well by all accounts and I guess having been focused on "search for people scent" from a young age, once given the right cues he goes into people hunting mode without problems at all.
I guess is all about making sure following the scent for people is as rewarding for the dog as following the scent of game ??? Karen |