Skye is a Border Collie and Search & Rescue Dog with SARDA Wales. I have had her since she was 7 weeks old and have trained her specifically for Search & Rescue since I got her. I am a self employed Mountaineering Instructor and member of Llanberis Mountain Rescue Team and she often comes to work with me during the day. You can find links to the various teams and to expeditionguide.com below.

Saturday 19 December 2009

More playing in the snow



I was working in Scotland last week so Skye had a week at home relaxing by the fire and chewing things she shouldn't be chewing! The week off seemed to increase her enthusiasm for training and we headed out 3 times this week with the kids playing hide and seek. We are still doing run outs and I have bought a camouflage net to hide the kids in to make her work a bit harder. We have done some in the dark as well this week. We are doing run outs over about 20-25 metre distances and she is now giving a good indication (bark) when she comes back to me. She is also starting to show a keenness to repeat the shuttle after she has gone back into the body which is good. The photos were taken this morning on our normal morning walk above our cottage. For snow conditions reports visit my main blog.