Thread: Should I get a dog.

Ricochet.
yes you should get a dog.
The fact that you have asked here says to me that you actually give a toss
some people buy/ get given a dog with no thought gone into it.
do some research, as your doing now
and


For fuck sake, don't get a Wirehaired pointer as your first dog.

Ruff and me agree. Amazing.

I think you should be able to do both, the SAR work becoming an extension of a well trained deer dog.. but as a fresh handler/trainer you may well be biting of more than you can chew, if you were thinking about doing both from day one.. Get a dog, learn to train it, built that trust. Get the basics first and then think about Sar work as its really demanding now. Its public money being spent so there not much room anymore for driftwood. Three years training probably before your even operational bush/wilderness search. If you were an experienced trainer then perhaps two years.

Pm if you want to pursue it though and I will tell you exactly who to contact. Anytime..a year or so from now also good..