 Kate, don't know if you've seen this, but it might be of interest as (I think) you help train these rescue chaps. Eric
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 And if they are too late, then my colleagure's dogs may come in handy - she trains them find dead bodies.
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 Hi Eric, thanks for posting that up. Yes, I know Helen and Cluanie. Cluanie's an absolutely gorgeous dog, and Helen's a very experienced SARDA handler. It's nice to see them getting on the news with this  Roos - I've met one of the local police cadaver dogs, though don't really want to think about how they train them
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 Kate, was Cluanie one of the dogs that you helped train? I seem to recall you mentioning you'd spent a few hours lying 'injured' under a rock somewhere in the Tryfan (?) area last year.
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It is always a mystery to me why the marketing department of a pet food company havent twigged onto the SARDA dogs - bit like MRT teams getting gear, surely some company could supply the dog handlers with topknot nosh for the mutts? Or...have I mised something? (Cluanie looks a character)
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 Eric - yes, I have 'bodied' for Cluanie, and I was a 'casualty' found by her during her assessments last autumn when she qualified as a searchdog  GOM - already done; our SARDA South Wales team is sponsored by Burns dog food, which is a local company. , at least for the dogs!
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Good.
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 Burns ehh, sleeket cowern timerous beastie..... ( I'll go away now  ).
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 Wow, Cluanie looks spookily similar to my dog ! I
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 She does, doesn't she! Lovely dog you've got, Mark 
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 She's actually quite an unusual breed - a Welsh Sheep Dog, legend has it that a fox was crossed into the breed, and at times she looks more like basil brush than basil brush. A great dog. We rescued her from a farmer that didn't deserve her.
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 It is always a mystery to me why the marketing department of a pet food company havent twigged onto the SARDA dogs - bit like MRT teams getting gear, surely some company could supply the dog handlers with topknot nosh for the mutts? Or...have I mised something? (Cluanie looks a character)
Here you go http://www.oscars.co.uk/about/sarda-sponsorship
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