A big day for invaluable mountain rescue dogs

Search dog Ty

They are the invaluable extra eyes and ears of the heroes of the hills.

It’s eight years to the day that Ty graded as a Search Dog and Search Dog Bob, along with his faithful handler Mick Nield, passed their up grade to qualify as a fully graded Dog Team for Oldham Mountain Rescue Team. 

Said an OMRT spokesperson: “Since then both have attended many call outs with some successful results.

“Both dogs have had what we class as “life saving finds”, which makes all the hundreds of hours of hard work put in to the training by both handler and the Dogs Bodies worthwhile.

"Without the assistance of our volunteer “Dogs Bodies”, training and assessment would not be possible.

“Both boys are over 12 years now - and we won’t comment on their handlers age - but still keep their hand in on training, keeping the younger ones in check and being involved in smaller search areas on incidents.

“We are incredibly proud of both our search dogs and their handlers.

"Today we want to say thank you to them."

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