I had a new
experience last weekend when I went across to Red Screes at Kirkstone Pass to
watch Jan and Daisy training for Daisy to be a search dog. It’s the first training session I’ve been
to. Until now I have deliberately stayed
away so that Daisy would not be distracted by my presence.
Watching them both
work was really interesting. Daisy
covers big distances incredibly well and is very good at finding the
‘casualties’. She doesn’t always tell
Jan that she has found the casualty though so the next training step is to make
sure that she goes back and barks for Jan.
At the moment she finds one casualty and then tends to move straight on
to look for more but she should always return to Jan as soon as she has found
somebody.
It was obvious that
both Jan and Daisy are enjoying the training and I was delighted to see just
how much progress they have made in only a few months. I also enjoyed meeting members of some of the
other rescue teams.
We had gone over
there with our camping van intending to stay overnight in the Ullswater area. We found that the camping sites were all very
busy with people who are taking the opportunity to see the autumn colours. It’s good to know that so many people are
appreciating the Lakes in all their moods.
It looks good even on wet days but when it is sunny with broken cloud,
it looks spectacular. It really is worth
a weekend visit if you have the opportunity but don’t forget your camera!
Daisy here,
Roy came to watch
me train. I was brilliant. I found everybody really quickly. It’s not my fault that Jan can’t smell them.
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