Crazy Conditions It is 19 degrees Fahrenheit, a cold wind is blowing out of the north at 7-10 mph, and you are excited to be out in it. You aren’t just out in it, you will be sitting still for 30 minutes or more, waiting to reward a dog for finding you. If that sounds …
GSSARDA Does Presentation to Highland 7th Graders
On Tuesday, January 10, 2012 Mrs. Oshinski, 7th grade science teacher invited Sherri and Belle from German Shepherd Search and Rescue Dog Association to come in and talk about canine search and rescue. The class had just finished a section on forensics. Sherri presented the who, what, where, why and how of canine search and …
Thank You Carson Pirie Scott
Community Days Fund-Raiser Carson Pirie Scott and all the Bonton stores host “Community Days”. They invite not-for-profit organizations to give away coupon books for a $5 donation. The not-for-profit keeps all of the money. The donor gets a coupon worth $10 off anything in the store and several coupons for 20% off many other items. …
Shane and Rosie and Bill and Koda Go Operational
Wilderness Testing On November 19th the testing started. Originally the evaluations were to be in September but getting outside evaluators turned into a serious problem and delayed testing for two months. The original test was to be to Search and Rescue Dogs US (SARDUS) standards, however, when it became clear evaluators were not going to …
Gryphon Racks Up Titles
Susan and No Nonsense Gryphon had a busy year racking up his Begleitenhund title, his IRO Rubble A title, and his NIMS Type 1 USAR certification through IPWDA. First the Begleitenhund Gryphon, handled by a nervous Susan earned his Begleitenhund title on June 17, 2011 at the mid-Ohio Schutzhund Club. Weather conditions were not ideal …
Gatlin and Liz Earn “Ultimate K9”
Gatlin and Liz participated in a friendly yearly competition at MC’s Ultimate K9 in Addison, IL on October 16th, 2011. Fourteen dogs and handlers participated in two classes; intermediate for on leash dogs and advanced for off-leash dogs Gatlin competed in the advanced group. The requirements: The obedience was a modified Begleitenhund routine combine with a …
Warrior Dash Results
What do you get when you put a search and rescue team together with 3.08 miles of mud pits, cargo nets, flames and a bunch of other obstacles? Lots of fun, funds and team building. It all started when Liz asked about the 3 mile in 30 minute run handlers must do to qualify. She …
House Breaking a Puppy Before It Breaks Your House
This post is about how to house break a puppy and goes into prevention of accidents, the use of a dog crate in training how to house break a puppy, how to encourage a puppy to go outside, the timing necessary on the part of the handler to help the puppy with house breaking, how watering and feeding the puppy impacts house breaking, use of a schedule to help in house breaking your puppy, and looking for subtle signs and clues as to when your puppy needs to go outside to encourage the house breaking process.
