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Avalanche rescuers in trainingOctober 27, 2011, By Rebecca Edwards, ARTICLE,ACTIVITIES
It takes 18 months of training before dogs and handlerswith the Canadian Avalanche Rescue Dogs Association(CARDA) get validation to attend RCMP-organizedsearch and rescue missions.
After being accepted in a spring puppy selection, teamsgo through a week-long winter training course to teachthem basic scent and search skills, and then hold ‘in-training’ status for one year, before taking a test tobecome validated members of CARDA.
Ilya Storm and ‘Skeener,’ and Corey Brealey and ‘Orbit,’ are two of the teams-in-training thatare currently working toward validation in Whistler in January 2012.
ILYA STORM AND SKEENER
RevelstokeAs a forecaster for the Canadian Avalanche Centre and a backcountry ski guide, Ilya Storm’sfocus has always been helping backcountry skiers avoid avalanches through education andsafe terrain choices.
Now, as handler of CARDA dog-in-training Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever Skeener, he isfocusing on avalanche victim search and rescue.
Storm says he decided to take Skeener through CARDA training after realizing she hadexcellent retrieve and search instincts.
“Even though she is a working dog, she is a great pet, too. For her, work is play and play iswork – the only difference is that the games we play will help her search for people one day.
“I am also working very hard to make sure the strongest bond she has is with me – no otherhuman or dog can be as important to her.”
COREY BREALEY AND ORBIT
Whistler Blackcomb Ski Patrol andSquamish Search and RescueSki patroller Corey Brealey wasn’t planningto train his mixed-breed dog Orbit as anavalanche rescue dog when he picked himup from the Squamish SPCA shelter.
But, says Brealey, Orbit’sGreyhound/Collie/Labrador Retrieverbloodlines meant he soon showed a strongsearch instinct and a willingness to pleasehis master – key instincts for aCARDA dog.
“I was always looking for a high-energy dogbecause I wanted to take him ski touring.Then I was working with Whistler CARDAhandler Gwen Milley and she was showingme how she trains her dog ‘Chili.’ Shesuggested I try a “master runaway” withOrbit, where I ran away from him and hehad to find me, and he was a natural.
“He has so much fun doing it – his favourite thing is to be searching, and he knows that itmakes me happy, too.”
Rebecca Edwards is a freelance journalist from Fernie, British Columbia, who becameinterested in avalanche rescue dogs thanks to a love of skiing and her chocolate LabradorRetriever, ‘Bryn.’
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