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Daryl Toogood
Daryl, a Student Paramedic for the South Central Ambulance Service, formed Berkshire Search & Rescue Dogs in 2002 and was also involved in the creation of Lowland Search Dogs, the national umbrella body.
About Berkshire SAR Dogs
Berkshire SAR Dogs is a volunteer dog organisation on call 24 hours a day, 365 days a year to assist Search & Rescue Teams, the Police and other Emergency Services.
"Our primary role is to assist in locating lost or missing vulnerable people within Berkshire and its surrounding areas"
Berkshire SAR Dogs became a registered charity in the UK in March 2004 and is entirely reliant on sponsorship and donations to exist and carry out its work.
Involved for over 10 years
Daryl has been involved in Search & Rescue for over 10 years both internationally and in the UK.
He is now a Level 3 handler for Berkshire Search and Rescue Dogs with his Border Collie Guinness - now 10 years old.
Daryl currently works Guinness and is training a 2year old rescued Border Collie called Murphy.
High profile searches?
Daryl and Guinness have been involved in many high profile searches for lost or missing vulnerable people. Guinness has not only been responsible for finding items that have lead to people being located but has also found other items during a search that have been related to other criminal investigations.
Daryl can be contacted for more information via the teams website: http://www.k9-sar.com/.
List of all Search and Rescue Handlers
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Kathrin’s Search Dog Winnie received a commendation from the police for saving the life of a missing girl.
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Jon Runbol
Surrey SAR is a volunteer organisation on call 24 hours a day, 365 days a year to assist Surrey Police and other Emergency Services
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Seamus Kearns
Seamus started in Search & Rescue in 2004 after leaving the Air Training Corps (RAF) and saw the amazing work that dogs can do.
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Roland Brooks
Berkshire Search and Rescue Dogs.
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Ray Greenshield
Berkshire Search and Rescue Dogs.
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Philip Eichman
Berkshire Search and Rescue Dogs.
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Melanie Lewis
Berkshire Search and Rescue Dogs.
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Jessica Harvey
Lowland Search Dogs Kent.
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Paul Mulcahy
Lowland Search Dogs Kent.
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Karin Jung
Lowland Search Dogs Kent.
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Matthew Dixon
Fire Investigation (FI) Dog Handler for West Midlands Fire and Rescue Service.
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Daryl Toogood
Berkshire Search and Rescue Dogs.
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Customers' Views
Champ to the Rescue!
Hi Ceri,
It is not often that you come across such good customer service these days so I thought I would give you an update…..and feel free to include any of it on your recommendations page.
I have been recommending it on the forum for NESSR and find several people are using Champ!
Our working strain Springers….all rescues:
Harry, (22 months) who is gluten intolerant…or at least has loose stools regularly if he has too much gluten in his food….is doing really well on the Lamb and Rice. He walks around whilst “going” less frequently and his stools are firmer. He has not had an anal gland problem since being on this food either. He has increased weight and, although still slim, is a fit boy whose muscle definition would be the envy of many athletes!! He lost weight for a while as he had a very severe reaction to an adder bite and was in the vet hospital for 5 days, but since then has put the weight back on so he is now almost 17kgs. He is very active.
Maddie (was 2 at the end of July) is the thin one, and despite being 18.5 “ is only not quite 14 kgs now. She is no longer “corrugated” along the ribs and is in peak condition on Champ.
Charlie, our stray, but probably was 2 around June/July) is a tall dog at 22.5” now has increased his weight from 19 kgs to about 21kgs and looks so glossy and fit. He is extremely fast and agile, but was too thin. Again Champ is great for him.
And our working strain Golden Retriever…also a rescue: Benson was 2 in mid July is very bouncy, but not as active as the springers on walks…..unless a person with light coloured clothing is in the distance…..! He came to us in April already on Champ. He has increased weight slightly as he needed to, but now must maintain this rather than increase further He is 31kgs and stands 24.5”….so not large as the show retrievers are, but big enough!
They all get bones and chicken wings to supplement and add interest every so often. I no longer feed the CP Xtra to the springers as they are maintaining the weight nicely on the Champ and L&R. The Xtra did the trick, though, in getting them started as nothing else (not even tripe) worked.
They all have beautiful coats now, have no tartar on their teeth and they are extremely fit dogs.
Best wishes
Julie
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