March 18th Marks the Beginning of National Poison Prevention Week
Keep the kids (and the animals!) safe. Follow these tips this week to make your house just that much safer.
Keep the kids (and the animals!) safe. Follow these tips this week to make your house just that much safer.
In a Dodge commercial posted in August 2017 by Union Editorial, ASARD dog team member Primer, an Australian Shepherd, digs out a Dodge Challenger. Sorry, no flash photography for this furry superstar!
As we start moving towards winter play-time in the backcountry, please stay safe. Look into local Avalanche Awareness or Avy 1 classes, take the time to familiarize yourself with your Avalanche Safety Equipment (beacon, probe and shovel) and let someone know where you’re headed. Happy trails folks!
Thank you to all who donated to ASARD during Pick.Click.Give for 2015 to help us continue to serve those lost and missing people in and out of Alaska. Happy New Year!
Last weekend ASARD participated in a 3 day training exercise, AKWISE (Alaska Wilderness Interagency Search Exercise), with other volunteer search agencies from across the state. Thank you to everyone who participated or supported in any way.
On January 8, 2015 Anchorage Police Department (APD) was contacted by Animal Control about a dog at a residence that may have been poisoned. Little Su, a 5 year old English Shepard, became sick after consuming a mixture of anti-freeze and chicken from a container near her home. She was taken to the vet by her owners. She passed away the evening of January 8th.
Little Su was a canine member of Alaska Search and Rescue Dogs (ASARD). She was operational in the disciplines of wilderness air scent and avalanche. Anyone with information on this case is asked to contact APD at (907) 786-8900 or Anchorage Crime Stoppers at (907) 561-STOP or online www.anchoragecrimestoppers.com.
ASARD is offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to the conviction of the perpetrator of the poisoning of SAR canine Little Su. If you wish to help offset this cost, you can contribute to ASARD via our gofundme account for ASARD Little Su Reward or our Little Su Reward account at Alaska USA. If no convictions in this case have been made when the statute of limitations for this crime has passed, all funds donated for the reward will transfer to our general fund to support our mission and goals.
Asard will once again be represented at the Wasatch Backcountry Rescue International Avalanche Rescue Dog School, held in Little Cottonwood Canyon, UT. This event takes place January 11-15, 2015 at Alta & Snowbird Ski Resort, and hosted by the Alta Peruvian Lodge. This workshop brings in up to 30 dog teams and provides some awesome opportunities to train in SAR progressions as well as real time response to realistic scenarios including; helicopter & snowcat based response, fully buried vehicles in roadway slide paths, and many more surprises.
Learn more at:
http://www.wbrescue.org/professional-schools-seminars/wbr-international-dog-school
See the link below for a recent article by Lisa Maloney, Alaska Dispatch News.
http://www.adn.com/article/20141028/lost-trouble-these-alaska-dogs-will-sniff-you-out
Veterinary Tactical Group will present a course in Tactical Canine Casualty Care for Cold Weather Environments, in Big Lake Alaska.
Learn more at: www.vettacgroup.com
Please see contact information at website above for registration.
Board meetings are open to all members. Please check the list serve for an email on the time and location.
