BOWDOINHAM — Join Friends of Merrymeeting Bay and representatives from Maine Search and Rescue Dogs for a search and rescue dog demonstrations 9-11 a.m. Saturday, July 25, at the Merrymeeting Bay Wildlife Management Area in Bowdoinham. This presentation features Handler Chad Carleton and his Dutch Shepard Jenga as well as Flanker Jim Bridge. MESARD has 31 members, 18 certified SAR dogs and six dogs currently in training.
Maine Search and Rescue Dogs is a non-profit volunteer K9 Search and Rescue group in Maine supporting search missions conducted by the Maine Warden Service, State Police and other law enforcement agencies across Maine and New England. A MESARD team consists of a K9 handler and a search dog that have completed extensive training and passed certification exams. Typically a Flanker is part of the team and responsible for navigation and team safety along with anything else distracting to working Handler and SAR dog. All MESARD teams comply with the Maine Association for Search and Rescue standards.
Attendees need to pre-register with Jim Bridge at (207) 725-8432.
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