Mountain Rescue Search Dogs England

A charity training Mountain Rescue volunteers & their dogs, to find vulnerable missing people in the wild & remote places of the UK since 1971. @burnspetfood

[Mountain Rescue Search Dogs England @MRSearchDogsEng]

We are delighted that we continue to be supported by @burnspetfood

Our volunteers would like to say a huge thank you to @burnspetfood, who feed our Graded Search Dogs and are also supporting our trainee dogs

#burnsdogs #poweredbyburns
#somuchmorethanmountains 🐾🐾

[EdaleMountainRescue @edalemrt]

Dog Callout 27th August 2023. 3 of the teams dog handlers travelled to Doncaster to assist @syptweet @woodheadrescue and @York_SAR in a search for a missing person. Search dogs Hope, Dottie, Bolt and Ebba all lent a paw to the search effort. @MRSearchDogsEng @MountainResqUK

[Mountain Rescue Search Dogs England @MRSearchDogsEng]

Bodies eye view of being eaten alive by clouds of midges, waiting for our dogs to find them.

We are so grateful to our amazing dogsbodies.

[thepathlesstravelled @tpltravelled]

An evening spent on the bed of the old Bar Brook reservoir getting savaged by midge whilst waiting for the tinkle of the collar bell of an approaching @MRSearchDogsEng search dog. Pint of @BradfieldBrew Farmers and a packet of beef @Piperscrisps in lieu of piriton afterwards 😉🍺

[Mountain Rescue Search Dogs England @MRSearchDogsEng]

@traceydisco Yes she is the sister of useless Jake and Geoffrey. They are still happy though Jake's legs are slowing down.

The drop out rate for mountain rescue dogs is very due to our tough standards.
We should do a post about former trainees one day. Their working life post SARDA.

[Mountain Rescue Search Dogs England @MRSearchDogsEng]

DOG FIND.
Operational callout 80 for our volunteer handlers in 2023.
Search Dog Wren of @Buxton_MRT found an elderly gentleman who got lost on open moorland and drifted into a deep gully before running out of energy and calling for help.
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[Mountain Rescue Search Dogs England @MRSearchDogsEng]

@edalemrt Spot the midge competition.

[Mountain Rescue Search Dogs England @MRSearchDogsEng]

@edalemrt Spot the midge competition.

[EdaleMountainRescue @edalemrt]

That’s nowt !!! you wanna try being a ‘dogsbody’ volunteer at @MRSearchDogsEng training in the Summer 😳😳😳 - https://t.co/6VwERFKOpY

[Mountain Rescue Search Dogs England @MRSearchDogsEng]

Midges and Flying Ants!

If you think our volunteer dogsbodies were heroic hiding during Storm Antoni last Sat, look what last nights conditions were like as they waited for our dogs to find them!

Amazing people.
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See the Storm Antoni video here
https://t.co/0esJO0s4G5

[Mountain Rescue Search Dogs England @MRSearchDogsEng]

There has been a heroic effort during Storm Antoni by our volunteer dogsbodies today, hiding on Dartmoor for our dogs to find.

This is Search Dog Wren finding Body Dave on Beardown Tor, during a beautiful Dartmoor summers daay.

[Mountain Rescue Search Dogs England @MRSearchDogsEng]

The bodies have been amazing today, we are so grateful to them for coming out.

Wren smelt Body Dave from the other side of the hill in this strong wind, this is the end of the indication sequence as she brought the handler in.

#StormAntoni

[Mountain Rescue Search Dogs England @MRSearchDogsEng]

There has been a heroic effort during Storm Antoni by our volunteer dogsbodies today, hiding on Dartmoor for our dogs to find.

This is Search Dog Wren finding Body Dave on Beardown Tor, during a beautiful Dartmoor summers daay.

[Mountain Rescue Search Dogs England @MRSearchDogsEng]

Training, fundraising and operations continue for our dogs and volunteers, even if we are a bit busy with work and families to post here as often as we would like.

Here are a few photos of our dogs training over the past couple of weeks.

[Mountain Rescue Search Dogs England @MRSearchDogsEng]

Poppy joined her fellow search dogs by the fireside in the sky last week. Her handler James and family will miss her but are thankful for all the work she did and joy she brought to their lives.
Sleep tight Poppy Dog.
Search dog Poppy, OUT.

[Mountain Rescue Search Dogs England @MRSearchDogsEng]

Sad news about retired Search Dog Poppy.
Search Dog Poppy graded in 2012 and enjoyed a long and busy working life.
She retired in 2020 as one of the oldest search dogs in MRSDE.
She attended countless callouts and always had energy when to play with her human brother and sister.

[Mountain Rescue Search Dogs England @MRSearchDogsEng]

Body Annette has completed her 100km race!
9hrs of running on day one, 10hrs on day two. Wow!

Well done from all of our volunteer handlers and bodies.
She has so far raised £760 for our search dogs
Can we get her past £1000???
https://t.co/yLx1NcvClk

[Mountain Rescue Search Dogs England @MRSearchDogsEng]

Now you see him, now you don’t!
One of our volunteer bodies demonstrating their hide and seek skills.

Trainee searchdog Gem from the North East visiting her Dartmoor friends this weekend

[Mountain Rescue Search Dogs England @MRSearchDogsEng]

Annette was out this morning hiding from the Peak District dogs. Here she is with Search Dogs Dottie, Wren and Flo.
Good luck Annette and thank you from all our dogs and handlers.
Please see the link above if you would like to help her and our search dogs.

[Mountain Rescue Search Dogs England @MRSearchDogsEng]

One of our volunteer bodies, Annette, is leaving her camouflaged bivvy bag behind next weekend to take part in a 100km race to raise vital funds for our search dogs and bodies.

https://t.co/yLx1NcvClk

"This 100km trail ultra over two days is my third Threshold series event.

[Mountain Rescue Search Dogs England @MRSearchDogsEng]

In 2021 it was Race to the Castle 100km for Search and Rescue, then Race to the Tower double trail marathon for SRSB in 2022.
This year I am again fundraising for my beloved Mountain Rescue Search Dogs. I am 51 … this is hard … can you help me?"