Very interested in attaining and training a pup for search and rescue.

[ahadley]

OVERT, the volunteer team helping to search for that missing Whitby man mentions dog teams/training on its website (overt.ca) but not in a lot of detail. They may also be a place to start.

[Rustic]

Are you looking at keeping the dog or training to resell ? If you are just looking for training experience why not work with your breed of choice rescue group. We have fostered and trained many dogs for rescues that were problem children. then rehomed when they could go into a family situation. if you are into Belgian Malinois there are always lots available to be rehomed look for a young dog in need of help.

Lots of people think they would be a great dog to get but if you don't know your pedigrees you will soon find out there are many with temperament issues and then you compound this with someone who doesn't know how to train or read the dog it just spells disaster. you would be doing the dog and bread a favor working with a rescue group.

Just my opinion. as a breeder not knowing you I would have to think long and hard about giving you a pup to raise - train.

Nothing personal just I have taken back to many pups from people who do not have the time or experience to train a high drive dog.

Chris

No offence taken. As a breeder I would hope you research the placement of your dogs. Where are some of your re-homed / problem dogs doing rescue work? And to what level ?
Are you talking Labs or Malinois ? Always love hearing about k9 success story's.

As far as searching for breeders, I've extended my search into the the States and it's proven to be a real eyeopener.
As for rescues , I've had three in the last 20 years, each one came with their own set of baggage but they all turned out to be great companions. Our family has chosen to purchase a pup this time around, though I appreciate you advocating for the adoption of a rescued dog. Just to many unknowns for this type of work/training.

Thanks
Ryan