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at approximately 0600. Last, Larry assigned a
CARDA number to the mission—82-052—
documenting it as the 52nd callout for the as-
sociation thus far in 1982.
CARDA is a nonprofit, volunteer search and
rescue organization, founded in 1976. It has about
35 members who come from a wide spectrum of
professions—nurses, carpenters, teachers, truck
drivers, peace officers and other government
employees, and a couple of veterinarians. (One
member. Bill Hartin. is also in an Explorer search
and rescue post). They live across the midriff of
California, from Santa Cruz on the coast to the
Lake Tahoe area on the Nevada state line.
The four teams which responded to Larry Pea-
body's callout came from half-way across the state.
Barbara Adcock and her German Shepherd, Kiela,
live in San Jose. Shirley Hammond and Nina, a
Doberman, are from Palo Alto. And Graham and
Judy Hatch, with their German Shepherds, Pepper
and Sardi, live in Santa Rosa. AII these communities
are in the San Francisco Bay area. Collectively, they
drove about 500 miles to reach the CP. They arrived
at 0600, Friday.
What brings CARDA members, people so
diverse in profession and widely separated geo-
graphically. together? "Dogs." June Robinson, the
association's president, says. "We are all dog
people. And we're not satisfied simply to show
them or take them through obedience training.
CARDA gives us a chance to work them and help
other people at the same time."
The search unit in CARDA is the team. It
comprises a handler and a dog. The handler is the
team's head, the dog. its nose. These two work
closely together as equals, for as Urs Ochsenbein.
who developed the training techniques used by
CARDA. writes. "Handlers learn that the dog is
not their pupil who has to obey them, but their
unusually gifted partner with whom they have to
come to an understanding."
"We use dogs of many breeds." June Robinson
says. "German Shepherds. Golden Retrievers,
Dobermans. Heidi Hadley's dog. Ralph, is a
Canhardly. You can hardly tell what it is. Tem-
Scouting March-April 1983
(Left, above) Bringsel is a leather object hung from
Bear's neck. He places it in his mouth to tell his master
he's found a victim. (Top) National park ranger Hal
Grovert orients Rollins, Brennan, and Navarre for rescue
drill. (Above) Janet Brennan works with Bear on
training ladder.
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