Good News

Phil and Flash are not heading off into retirement! Gremlins in the SARDA Wales chain of communication lead us to believe that Flash was to be retired this weekend but in fact he is having a rest over the winter before joining the spring assessment. Good news all round and apologies for the false info!

Dog Find for Antony & Moss

Antony & Moss had a find for a missing Male on Cader Idris this weekend. Tragically the man lost his life in a fall on the mountain but we hope that a swift find by the Search Dog team and local MRT will have reduced the suffering of the family by reducing the period of time worrying about the unknown. Well done to Antony & Moss and to Helen & Cluanie who also attended and our deepest respects and sympathies to the family and friends of the gentleman involved.

Fly retires

Geraint & Fly

Geraint Strello has retired his Collie "Fly" this weekend after many years of dedicated service,  hundreds of hours of training, attending countless searches and having had an impact on numerous peoples lives. She can take her place by the fire with pride and I am sure will continue to keep the young dogs in line at training weekends! Geraint continues to dedicate many hours to the Association as a Search Manager and in the training of young dogs and their handlers and Geraint is also the Chairman of SARDA Wales. Thanks Geraint & Fly.

Succesful weekend for SARDA Wales & Isle of Man

It has been a really busy weekend for SARDA Wales with our autumn assessment taking place as well as two dog all outs (including a dog find). Six dogs were up for assessment and after 3 days of mixed weather and varied areas all dogs passed which is brilliant for the whole association.

New to the call out list are Rich Beech and Scout (his second qualified dog), Andy Dunn & Max (from the Isle of Man) and Rob Johnson with Skye who all qualified as Novice Lowland Search Dogs. Cazz Duce and her dog Tess were graded at Full Lowland, Jim and Star (Isle of Man) were graded at Novice Mountain and Helen Howe with her dog Cluanie achieved Full Mountain Search Dog status. A great result for all concerned and a testimony to all of the hard work of the many people that put hours of their free time into helping train the dogs, bodying, catering at training weekends, organising equipment and kit, organising training weekends, fundraising and the many other jobs that have to go on behind the scenes.

Rob & Skye, Cazz & Tess, Andy & Max, Jim & Star and Rich & Scout

Helen and Cluanie are not shown in the photo because despite a grueling weekend of mountain assessment they left the centre at 4:00am this morning with Antony and his dog Moss for a search on Cader Idris for a missing male.