Hi ,

Looking forward to learning from the collective experience of this varied forum.

Farley is a 2 yr old NSDTR. He comes to work with me as a Canadian Avalanche Rescue Dog (CARDA), certified by the RCMP (Royal Canadian Mounted Police).

Just bought the Flinks video, hoping to find some new stuff for us to have fun with! Glad this site is raw friendly as well.

Cheers,
Jennifer

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Welcome Jen.
Great Pics.

Did I mention I am a closet Malinois lover? Don't tell Farley.

Jennifer

Hi Jennifer, and welcome! Beautiful pics you have there!

Welcome!


What a lovely dog. I had a friend who had a NSDTR, very smart dogs.

I confess I had to go to the AKC site to see what an NSDTR was
Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever!

Welcome to the forum Jennifer. I'm curious, are NSDTRs commonly used for avalanche rescue and/or search and rescue? Or is Farley unique?

Sandy,

NSDTR are not common SAR dogs, but they are gaining popularity. They are still considered a rare breed, so by virtue of their rarity, they do not get used much. There is another one in the CARDA program, and I know one in AK, and know of some in Europe. What attracted me to the breed for my needs was that they have a great working history, (most dogs bred have a working/hunting title). They are not mini goldens in temperment, and are quite a bit more "drivey" in my opinion. I'd say they are kind of like a BC in that they do best when they "have a job" of some kind. They are a good size dog for me (Farley on big end of standard, 20-21" and 42lbs) in that I can easily pick him up to load chairlifts and the like, as well as able to hold him while I ski if I need to.

CARDA allows any kind of dog with suitable drive/coat and working ability. Mostly in CARDA we have GSD, Labs, Goldens, some X's, a few BC's, Malinois, and the two "Tollers".

I think we will see more of them in SAR as they become more popular in general. It remains to be seen if they will really make a name for themselves in the SAR world. I think the RCMP involved in our program have taken notice, in a good way!

Cheers,
Jennifer

Thanks for the info Jennifer. SAR has always been fascinating to me...there are a few other forum members here who do this work also. You and your dogs go through so much and your contributions are priceless.

I hope the NSDTR breed proves itself in that noble job.

Heyo,

Farley validated in the summer gound search profile earlier this week under the RCMP (Police) at our summer dog course in Kamloops. He searched off leash for 2 hrs on a difficult peice of tightly forested terrain that had dead animal parts or garbage every 30 meters it seemed, but this did not distract him from his goal

I managed to pass my part by working Farley effectively and perfoming a compass grid search of said terrain. I did have to use some flagging tape.

On top of our avalanche profile, we are now available year round for missing persons/clue searches to our local SAR, the Provicial Emergancy Program and the RCMP.

We will not be looking to add any more kinds of search profiles at this time. We will have to revalidate our current two profiles yearly.

Cheers and thanks for the ongoing ideas, education and inspirations from Leerburg.
Jennifer

YAY!!!

Congrats to you and Farley....Good Job!!!!