Meet Bracken, he is a Springer Spaniel, he has quite a presence on social media!
He along with team member and handler Claire Starkey are on their journey to become a SARDA graded search dog team. Claire spent many days as a National Dogs Body with SARDA England, started training with Bracken early in 2018. As a Team they have to pass a series of stages from basic obedience, the ‘find sequence’ (indicating when Bracken has found a person), before going on to search ‘areas’ of land.
Bracken is at the stage of having to demonstrate he can indicate when he has made a find. This Stage is where the all important sequence is learnt and as every dog handler knows, the dog you have at the end of stage one is the dog you’ll have forever. Claire isn’t rushing Bracken through the key phase of learning.
You can folllow Bracken’s progress on Instagram @traineesearchdogbracken and Twitter @sardogbracken
Applications can be made to join the team in a support role (Operational Support) or as a hill going (Search and Rescue) member.
Applications for either role can be made at any time. Intakes for Operational Support members occur at various times of the year. There is one annual intake for Search and Rescue normally each September.
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Ahead of our Santa Sleigh run around Great Ayton next Monday, Santa went AWOL last night, going for an unplanned practice run with just one of his helpers. We then received reports of a ‘sleigh crash’ on the moors just outside Great Ayton. Fortunately, we just happened to be up that way for our final training night of the year - what a coincidence!
We’re pleased to report that Santa and his helper (who obviously wasn’t much help on the night!) were soon located. Other than a few bruises here and there they were largely okay. But we took no chances and carried them to the safety of our rescue Land Rovers before they disappeared into the night. They’ll be back on Monday for the sleigh run but this time safely escorted by a crack team of Cleveland’s mountain rescue Elves!
Training last night was organised by a group of our members who are coming towards the end of their Probationary year. We were also helped by our four Prospective members as they aim to become Probationers in 2025. Good luck to both groups for ‘decision time’ when the Committee meets in January.
Link to Monday's sleigh run: clevelandmrt.org.uk/santa2024/
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