April 2006 we all got together for a wilderness
rescue school. Josef was here from Slovakia so he
joined us with Nuky. Our dogs had no experience but
they are all good trackers. We had several days of
class room and controlled work. On the final day,
Malinda sent us out in 150 acres of cactus and
snakes and burs and said "go find the missing kid."
We were given a description of the child and that
was it. I really felt panic! I am not ready and
neither is my dog, HELP...!!
BUT, Bruna took
off when I gave her the command and started
searching. I was shocked so I started following her
and in a second I saw her nose go up and she started
running FULL Blast. What an exhilarating feeling. I
could not believe it. She actually understood what I
had been teaching her. WOW...!!
Malinda told us
that the hardest thing is to trust your dog and I
can definitely see that. It is a total loss of
control feeling when they take off. Nuky took off in
a dead run and a rabbit jumped up
and I thought we were history but he kept on track
and had the fastest find of the day. Josef is MR.
Calm and Confident since he has won so much in SNOW
Rescue...!!
We all had a
great time and thanks to Malinda Julien at USTK9 for
the wonderful instruction.
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