Search & Rescue

Team Demonstrates SAR for 14,000 Boy Scouts

June 1, 2010 by sherri · Leave a Comment 

Four members of the team and their dogs demonstrated obedience, bark and recall re-find alerts, doggy base ball and finding the training aid hidden in one of 3 trash cans. The biggest pleasure came when the visitor got to interact with the dogs and pet them

Thank Goodness Dogs Can’t Read

March 16, 2010 by Sherri · 2 Comments 

Thank Goodness Dogs Can’t Read I was reading through the comments on one of the SAR groups listing and saw an entry where the writer was adamant that a handler should not lay their own tracks. It made me glad my dogs couldn’t read since I’ve been laying my own tracks for training for over [...]

German Shepherd Tracking: Splitting Hairs

March 16, 2010 by Sherri · Leave a Comment 

Splitting Hairs I will never forget going to a board of directors meeting as we discussed a tracking standard. The first thing that happened was the discussion descended into defining tracking, trailing and splitting the hairs finer and finer. Here is how the definitions went: ¨      Tracking is when the dog follows footstep to footstep [...]

German Shepherd Training – Food or Fun?

March 16, 2010 by Sherri · 2 Comments 

Food or Fun If you go to the Leerburg website, see if you can find his article about the difference in how dogs are trained to meet the RCMP standard versus typical training in the US. It is worth reading. Historically I trained my dogs with food, gradually weaning off the amount of liver tidbits [...]

Cody Earns TD

April 5, 2009 by Sherri · Leave a Comment 

Cody Earns TD Cody earned his AKC TD-tracking dog title April 5, 2009 in VERY strong wind conditions. The tracks were laid in an area where the grass is usually tall ,but since it is so early in the season, all the tall grass was just matted down and it was impossible to see where [...]

Joanna and Maggie Earn VST Title

November 11, 2008 by Sherri · Leave a Comment 

On Sunday Nov.11, 2008 Maggie got her VST (Variable Surface Tracker) title and became Champion Tracker ! The test took the place at the  DuPage Government Center in Wheaton, Illinois. Maggie had tracked on four different surfaces which included short grass, cement, mulch and blacktop. The track was aged 3 hours and had 4 articles (including [...]

Ruff'n It Demo Greene Valley

September 21, 2008 by Sherri · Leave a Comment 

Ruff’n It Demo Greene Valley Sept 21,2008 The team drew a crowd of interested observers on Sunday, September 21, 2008 at the Greene Valley Forest Preserve. Chuck Carroll and Anna, Sherri Gallagher with Lektor and Belle, Shane Gallagher as subject and Jim Gallagher as MC, demonstrated obedience, directional, play drive, bark alerts and more. It [...]

The Search for Christina, One Searcher’s Point of View

June 19, 2008 by Sherri · Leave a Comment 

Twenty year old Christina was last seen on August 6, 2007 by her friend Eddy Migue. They had gone for a jog in Rainbow Falls Provincial Park, Ontario when Christina decided to turn back while Eddy finished the run. They were both novices in a pristine wilderness that can be brutally unforgiving. Dense growth, sharp [...]

Maggie Goes Tracking Dog Excellent (TDX)

May 11, 2008 by Sherri · Leave a Comment 

Maggie Goes Tracking Dog Excellent (TDX) This was the e-mail Joanna sent out when she handled Maggie to her TDX title. It did such a good job capturing the joy a handler feels when their canine accomplishes something they’ve been working toward, I didn’t want to re-write it. Joanna and Maggie, we salute you!) On [...]

Mary Kay Team Partners With GSSARDA For Fundraising

February 19, 2008 by Sherri · 1 Comment 

Pink and Orange Make a Winning Combination MacDonald All-star Mary Kay team takes making the world more beautiful to a whole new level. On Tuesday, February 19th, 2008 these ladies reached out to German Shepherd Search and Rescue Dog Association (GSSARDA) and accomplished 20% of the unit fund-raising goal. At their regular weekly meeting they [...]

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