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Llongyfarchiadau! Congratulations Indi on passing his SARDA Wales re-grade last weekend

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The legend that is Boris, the scent specific Trailing Dog with SARDA Wales has hung up his harness for the last time. At the training weekend just gone Boris’ handler Steve announced that after 7 years on operational duty with SARDA Wales it was time for Boris to have some much needed rest and he... Read More

SARDA Wales are sad to announce the passing of Retired Search Dog ‘Mij’, who passed away this week, aged 16. Collie ‘Mij’ who had rocked up over 200 search missions and saved 14 lives alongside her Handler Iain Nicholson during her time with SARDA Wales, and was a pioneer of the scent specific trailing discipline.... Read More

After a busy weekend training in Snowdonia we were called to assist North Wales Police with the search for a missing person in the Buckley area late on Sunday night. We were joined on Monday by members of North East Wales Search and Rescue and the search continued until this afternoon when sadly a body... Read More

On Thursday evening Search Dog ‘Skye’ and Handler Damien were called to assist Cheshire Police and Cheshire Search and Rescue Team who were searching for a missing elderly male in the Runcorn area, who had been missing for 7 hours. Damien and ‘Skye’ trailed the missing person from the place last seen, successfully locating him... Read More

Some excellent news from this weekend – a huge congratulations to ‘Ben’ and Handler Alex who successfully passed their assessment this weekend and are now join the callout list. Less than two hours after grading, ‘Ben’ and Alex were deployed on their first live callout on Anglesey but were stood down on route. Here is... Read More

Some great news from the weekend! We’re proud to say that ‘Scout’ and Handler Richard, and ‘Cluanie’ and Handler Helen successfully underwent their re-grade assessments. Every three years, every Search and Rescue Dogs Association (SARDA Wales) fully-graded Search Dog team has to undergo a re-grade assessment to make sure they are still working at a... Read More

What a weekend! Our training weekend took us to Rhyd Ddu, in the heart of Snowdonia for a packed couple of days. Our Air Scenting Search Dogs worked some areas in the Llanberis Pass, with our Trainee Search Dog ‘Ben’ and Handler Alex successfully passing their pre-assessment and moving forward to their assessment next month.... Read More