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 …
The Search for Christina, One Searcher’s Point of View
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 …
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Maggie Goes Tracking Dog Excellent (TDX)
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 …
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Welcome to our GSSARD Illinois, German Shepherd Search and Rescue Dog Association of Illinois. We invite you to look at our articles and requirements and use them to benefit your search, police, fire, or EMA team. Is there a canine SAR subject you would like to develop an experiment to test? Please contact us. …
