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Rescue dogs are ready to serve dale team

by Teesdale Mercury
February 6, 2020
in News
Rescue dogs are ready to serve dale team

PET RESCUE: Mike Needham with Tarn

TEESDALE’S rescue team has two newly qualified search dogs.

Tarn, a five year old tri-coloured border collie owned by team member Mike Needham, has joined Teesdale and Weardale Search and Mountain Rescue Team.

He is joined by Chief, a three-year-old red and white border collie owned by team member Tony High.

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Spokesman Scott Bisset said: “It takes two years of intensive training to get to the point where both dog and handler can be used to search for missing persons in the North East and around the country assisting other rescue teams.”

The training starts with basic obedience to show that dog and handler have an understanding of their role and to demonstrate control. Dogs are then tested to ensure they ignore any livestock when searching.

Training is at least once a week and one weekend a month anywhere in the country.

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Mr Bissett added: “The dogs are trained to pick up air scent and follow it to its source to achieve their reward, usually nothing more than a simple toy or ball.

” One of the final tests is the indication test which is how the dog will work during its searching career. The dog must find the casualty then bark – it must then return to its handler and bark again. This is known as ‘indicating’ as it indicates that it has found something.

“he dogs are not owned by the team but are treated as the handlers pet and are therefore willing volunteers, and like the rest of the team members receive no remuneration.

“All costs and time are at the handlers expense – that’s dedication.”

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