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Introduce yourself, your dog (if you have one) and your team. Let us know a little about your experience, what you do, where you do it, Maybe add a photo or two too!
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Hello everyone

Sun Feb 27, 2011 7:19 pm

Hi
my names Tom and my dogs name is rocket. rocket is a working cocker spaniel puppy who likes eating playing and sleeping and will hopefully make a good search and rescue dog in the future (if i can keep up). we am looking foward to attending a probationers course and hope to meet some new freinds.

tom and rocket

Re: Hello everyone

Sun Feb 27, 2011 7:22 pm

Hi Tom,

Great to hear from you. We look forward to welcoming you and Rocket to the team!

Re: Hello everyone

Sun Feb 27, 2011 8:22 pm

What a great name! and so apt for a spaniel [laugh]

Welcome to the forum and looking forward to meeting you soon

Re: Hello everyone

Mon Feb 28, 2011 10:10 am

Hey Tom Welcome
Looking forwards to meeting for you.

Worth trying this to see if search and rescue training with dogs is for you.
Go into the garden on a really cold, wet and horrid night, lay down until you are absolutely frozen and soaked through.
Then just as you are dropping off to sleep, get a dog (not yours) to jump on your chest and lick your face having previously eaten something dubious.
Then get people to shine torches in your eyes to ruin your night vision, expect you to be able to leap up and follow them without a care that you might want to collect your belongings.

Be able to do that week in week out and you'll fit right in to the team.
I defy you to come back to this post in a year and say it isn't fun.
At the same time when you are soaking wet and miserable at 3 in the morning, be proud that today you may have helped save someone's life.

Re: Hello everyone

Mon Feb 28, 2011 10:34 am

Hi Tom & Rocket

Roland forgot to add 3 inches of snow to his list !!!!!! [tongue2]

Look forward to meeting you and hope you enjoy it - we all do. [smile]

Rich

Re: Hello everyone

Mon Feb 28, 2011 10:49 am

hiya Tom,

Welcome .... I look forward to meeting you and Rocket.


Mark N

Re: Hello everyone

Mon Feb 28, 2011 11:07 am

roland and meg wrote:Worth trying this to see if search and rescue training with dogs is for you.
Go into the garden on a really cold, wet and horrid night, lay down until you are absolutely frozen and soaked through.
Then just as you are dropping off to sleep, get a dog (not yours) to jump on your chest and lick your face having previously eaten something dubious.
Then get people to shine torches in your eyes to ruin your night vision, expect you to be able to leap up and follow them without a care that you might want to collect your belongings.

Be able to do that week in week out and you'll fit right in to the team.


:D

Welcome, Tom!

Re: Hello everyone

Mon Feb 28, 2011 2:42 pm

Roland your not meant to put people off!

Thats meant to be my job at thier induction on Tuesday!!

Only joking i am sure you and Rocket will love being a part of the team.
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