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Trish, co-founder of GARD, started with
her Australian Shepherd, "Joey". After numerous searches for the past 10 years,
including the "Pentagon" in
2001, Joey was retired in June
of 2006. "Rocco", pictured above, is in trainng for cadaver
work and will be certified in 2007. 
Big
Jim – Jim Leonard and Sheba, A German Shepherd/Lab
mix, are Operational dog team
members of
Greater Atlantic Rescue Dogs. Jim is the Diving Operation
Manger
with Oceaneering
Int.
Brandy
got her start in England with the Search and Rescue Dog
Association in Dartmoor, England. She was with them for 1 year
before coming back to the states and joining GARD in 2003. She
has 2 certified airscent dogs, Tango 8 yrs old and Bayja 3
yrs. old. Tango will be retiring at the end of 2007 after many
searches. Brandy is now training a third dog Ekko in
airscent and will go on to train disaster with him. She
works as a Veterinary Technician and has 2
children.
Cathy
and her Border Collie, Rusty, are an operational
air scent team for
GARD. Cathy has worked in the medical field for 25
years and has been involved in canine behavior counseling,
training, canine sporting events and dog rescue.
Aside from Rusty, a rescue from a cruelty situation in North
Carolina, she has a Whippet and a Jack Russell Terrier who
are DELTA certified therapy dogs active with K9 Connection Pet
Therapy in Williamsburg. Another Whippet, "Oreo" is
showing promise working in cadaver
detection. 
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