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Catherine Marchesi
Catherine chatted to someone when out dog walking about how to work her dog Millie's brain and search and rescue sounded like a good start!
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.
Catherine's dog Millie
Millie is a Flat Coat Retriever and is Catherine's first dog, and as Catherine says, "So is my first challenge!”
Qualifying as a dog handler for search and rescue at Berkshire was completely un-thought of a year ago and now Catherine and Millie are awaiting their first callout.
"Millie is nearly 3 years old and has always needed a food which provides her with the goodness she needs whilst keeping going without further adding to her high level of energy which is already in abundance. I was happy with the food she had been on since being a pup and was only willing to change after excellent reports from the rest of the team about CSJ Command Performance CP21. She loves the food and despite being passionate about jumping into any body of water, her coat looks beautifully glossy and full of health.”
Millie at 4x4 show
Millie and dafodils
List of all Search and Rescue Handlers
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Jessica Harvey
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Catherine Marchesi
Berkshire Search and Rescue Dogs.
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Matthew Dixon
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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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