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Sponsor Me?
Yes!
Joined Team:
September 2019
Born:
June 2019
Discipline:
Air-Scenting
Breed:
Hungarian Wire Haired Vizsla
Level:
L3 – Area
Gender:
Female
Alert:
Jump at Handler
Handler:
Andy Willis
Reward:
Dehydrated Liver
More about Willow:
As a descendent of a long line of working gun dogs from Lincolnshire and after being exposed to the teams older dogs working from just 8 weeks old Willow was always going to be a SAR Dog success story.
She passed her Behaviour and Obedience Assessment with top marks and then started training properly going through each stage with ease and after qualifying as a Level 2 Search Dog went and passed her Level 3 qualification just six months later. The only set back Willow’s handler Andy experienced is that she decided a jump alert is better than a bark meaning Andy has had to learn to love the 30kg Willow flying into him at 30mph when she’s made a find.
When she isn’t busy searching for missing people Willow spends her down time finding everything else from missing phones to wallets or helping with chores like emptying the washing machine to fetching the post. Willow does however have a darkside and is in fact a legendary international sock thief…
Would You Like To Sponsor Me?
Sponsor Me?:
Not Yet
Joined Team:
October 2018
Born:
August 2017
Discipline:
Air-Scenting
Breed:
Sprocker Spaniel
Level:
L3 – Area
Gender:
Male
Alert:
Jump at Handler
Handler:
Graeme Rumbol
Reward:
Liver Cake
More about Tim
Tim is a Sprocker spaniel, that’s 50% working Springer Spaniel and 50% Working Cocker Spaniel. He was born in Berkshire, the youngest of 8 puppies in the litter. Tim was very much the runt of the litter and was tiny when born and not breathing. His human Mum got him breathing and temporarily named him Tiny Tim. He was hand reared and got very used to being handled and carried around. We kept the name Tim but dropped the Tiny bit as he is no longer Tiny, which is challenging as he still thinks he should be cuddled and carried around. Like all spaniels, Tim is energetic, enthusiastic, and always on the go. He loves search training as he gets to run through the woods springing over the undergrowth in search of people and his liver cake reward, which he is obsessed with. His favourite toy is a soft caterpillar toy which carries around everywhere. Tim enjoys running with his dad and chasing sun reflections, an obsession he has developed but will never succeed at. Tim is fast, friendly, energetic, enthusiastic, and very very loving. He passed his fast-track Level 3 qualification at the first attempt in April 2021.
