Search Dog Brock’s Blog
Just a quick note today to point the way, if you hadn’t found it already to Search Dog Brock’s Blog at http://www.searchdogbrock.co.uk/ . Brock was one of the first qualified Lowland Search Dogs in the UK. He went on to have the first LSDogs find (I believe), which made him and indeed his Handler, Lou [...]
April 5, 2011
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Tags: Crufts Friends for Life, Lou Holmes, Lowland Search Dogs, LSDogs, Search Dog Brock · Posted in: Search Links, Search Thoughts
ALSAR and the Search for Sian O’Callaghan
One thing that makes me proud of being associated with ALSAR is the fact that when they are involved in high profile searches like the on-going search for Sian O’Callaghan, no one knows about it! No one does what we do for recognition, but we all know that our funding by charitable donations relies upon [...]
March 23, 2011
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Tags: ALSAR, High Profile Search, LSDogs, SARAID, Savernake Forest, Search Technician, Search Techniques, Sian O'Callaghan, Wilsar, Wiltshire Police · Posted in: Search Links, Search News, Search Thoughts
Surrey Search and Rescue Team
Just a very quick post about a meeting I went to last night; where I hope I witnessed the birth of a new search and rescue team in Surrey. Hosted by Surrey Police, with speakers from ALSAR, LSDogs and Sussex Search and Rescue, a core team of volunteers were gathered and will hopefully take on [...]
July 1, 2010
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Tags: ALSAR, Lowland Search Dogs, LSDogs, SARworld, Surrey Police, Surrey SAR, Surrey Search and rescue · Posted in: Search News, Search Thoughts
Combining Tracking with Lowland Search Dogs
As you may have noticed from my recent writing on the POD of a Search Dog is 100%, I have been reading Greg Fuller, Ed Johnson and Robert J Koester’s book Man-Trackers and Dog Handlers in Search & Rescue – Basic Guidelines and Information. One of the reasons I was keen to get hold and [...]
January 25, 2010
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Tags: Bob Koester, Ed Johnson, Greg Fuller, Lowland Search Dogs, LSDogs, Man-Trackers & Dog Handlers in Search & Rescue, Robert J Koester, Search Dog Handler, Search Dog Team, Tracking · Posted in: Search Thoughts
Missing Person Behaviour and SAR Callout Study
After several years of messing around I have finally decided – with much prompting and encouragement from others – to get around to studying missing person behaviour within the lowland search environment. ALSAR and LSDog teams deal with only a tiny fraction of all missing persons and indeed deal with only a small fraction of [...]
January 7, 2010
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Tags: ALSAR, Dementia, Despondents, ISRID, Lowland Search, LSDogs, missing person behaviour, Missing Person Behaviour Statistics, Missing Person Behaviour Study, Urban Search · Posted in: Search Research, Search Thoughts
