After 10 years and 3 months it is time for Search Dog Celyn to hang up her search jacket. Celyn and Richard first qualified back in November 2002 at novice search dog, within 24 hours they were Called Out on their first search for a missing despondent in Llangynog near to Oswestry. After four hours of searching, the search was called off when the missing man was spotted near a telephone box outside the village, so off we went home in the early hours of the morning tired but pleased that Celyn had worked really well.
Within a month of qualifying we had our first find for a despondent on Harlech beach, the Coastguard had been searching for most of the night. Within an hour of us starting the search we had found a man, and he was sent on his way to hospital. In March 2003 we passed our novice mountain assessment, a year and ½ Later we qualified at full mountain search dog. Over the years Celyn has been on many callouts all over the country and even Ireland, in this time she has had five live finds and one dead find.
One of Celyn’s last callouts was down in Machynlleth searching for missing April Jones, she spent the day searching with many other volunteers whilst giving my new Search dog Scout the day off after 4 days of searching.
Celyn has worked hard over the years and has been very faithful to me and I am proud to call her my dog, I hope she enjoys her retirement, but I know she would rather be out searching.
