Horatio searching for
human scent on an article
of clothing. Often times
lost subjects will shed
clothing. A Wilderness
Search dog is trained to
find and indicate any item
with human scent on it.
Our dogs have indicated
and located human scent
on items MONTHS after
they were planted.
Rope Rescue and High Angle Rescue is highly
needed in our Searching Area. Although our dogs
are trained to accept being lowered from high
angles, dogs are almost never used near cliffs and
steep embankments.
Dogs lack the same depth perception as humans
so a dog is in great danger near cliffs.
Swift Water Rescue is another area that our dogs do not
participate in. The white water areas are very dangerous to
even the most experienced of rescuers. There are many snags
and strainers in local rivers.
Several Fisherman die in our rivers annually. Please if you go
fishing in moving water -especially if you are wearing waders-
PLEASE wear an inflatable fishing vest!
IT WILL SAVE YOUR LIFE! The rivers are very unforgiving.
We have pulled far too many dead bodies out of the local rivers!!!
Search and Rescue Dog Training!
We were invited by the some of Canada's
finest military men and woman to train jointly
with them for a day.
They deployed their men out in the wilderness
and our dogs hunted for the hiding soldiers.
It was a contest between the military men and
our search and rescue dogs.
Our dogs were able to find all of the hidden
soldiers without problem.
The military soldiers were impressed with the
efficiency of our Search Dogs.
Horatio quickly "clearing a field" looking for human scent.
After placing cadaver scent out for the Cadaver
Dogs the empty bag was left on the ground. My girl
was VERY interested in the scent tubes. Right
after this photo was taken she 'stole' the gloves
which had Cadaver Scent on them. We plan to
cross-train her on live and cadaver scent.
My Girl with an Explosives trained Australian
Shepherd from the USA- we will not train our
dogs in the explosives profile. There is no need
for this profile for a BC Search and Rescue Dog.
My Girl - still too young to do any large searches!
Zak and Ben
Search Dogs on
Chilliwack Search
and Rescue Team
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Ben has recently been
retired from Searching due
to bad hips.- He was a
fantastic Search Dog!
Search And Rescue
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